Sports / Sports - Athletics · 1983

Activision Decathlon (The)

Published by Activision

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Information

Genre: Sports - Athletics
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1, 2 (alt.), 2+
Programmer(s): Crane, David
Format: PAL
Year: 1983
Publisher: Activision
Country: Europe
Medium: Cartridge
Serial: EAZ-030

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 8.1/10 · Votes: 11 · Downloads: 3,503 · Hits: 11,408

Additional Comments

Two different versions of this game exist. The second version (packaged with a b&w manual) fixed the following infamous 'pole vault bug' in the original version: if you keep hitting the Fire button after letting go of the pole during the pole vault event, you can clear heights well beyond the intended limit of 5.6m.

Screenshots (19)

Activision Decathlon (The) — screenshot 1

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Cover Art (10)

Cartridge 1

Cartridge 2

Cartridge 3

Cartridge 4

Cartridge 5

Cartridge 6

Cartridge 7

Cartridge 8

Cartridge 9

Cartridge 10

Instructions (2)

Instructions page 1

Instructions page 2

Ads (8)

The Activision Decathlon

The Activision Decathlon [French]

The Activision Decathlon · 1983

The Activision Decathlon [Italian] · 1983

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Clothing (5)

Decathlon Game Glove

Decathlon Sweatband

Decathlon Jogging Suit Front

Decathlon Jogging Suit Back

Decathlon Jogging Suit Pants

Pins / Badges / Medals (3)

Decathlon - Bronze

Decathlon - Silver

Decathlon - Gold

Comments (1)

Schabbl — 4 Jun 2009
I remember this game... Killed a lot of joysticks... and I had a round red wound in the middle of my right hand from shaking the original Atari joystick with a flat hand put on top of the stick... Haha! I loved it! Great game! Schabbl from Germany