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Summer Challenge

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PlatformGenesisYear1993
PublisherAccoladeDeveloperMindSpan
RegionNALanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Sports, Mini-games, Olympics, Ten Players
PlatformGenesis
Year1993
PublisherAccolade
DeveloperMindSpan
RegionNA
LanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Sports, Mini-games, Olympics, Ten Players

An Olympics style game that includes eight events. Events include Archery, Kayak Race, Equestrian, Hurdles, Pole Vault, High Jump, Javalin, and Cycling. The graphics offer a behind the player 3D view of the action and include the ability to practice any event you want.
 
GoodBad
  • Includes the ablity to view an instant replay of your performance
  • Voice lines including crowd sounds
  • 3D graphics for racing events
  • Has events not seen in other similar games
  • Racing events have terrible frame rate
  • One missed hurdle ends the race
  • Only men's events
  • Manual does not explain controls. Requires a separate card for that information.
  • Pole vault event is impossible
  • No simultaneous multiplayer
  • Other competitors are not on the track
  • Up to 10 players but all with same controller
  • Many boring events
  • Cropped image
  • Little of the screen area actually has action
Good
  • Includes the ablity to view an instant replay of your performance
  • Voice lines including crowd sounds
  • 3D graphics for racing events
  • Has events not seen in other similar games
 
Bad
  • Racing events have terrible frame rate
  • One missed hurdle ends the race
  • Only men's events
  • Manual does not explain controls. Requires a separate card for that information.
  • Pole vault event is impossible
  • No simultaneous multiplayer
  • Other competitors are not on the track
  • Up to 10 players but all with same controller
  • Many boring events
  • Cropped image
  • Little of the screen area actually has action
 
3The slowness of the graphics and unresponsive controls make this odd selection of events pretty bad. They tried something different with the graphics, unfortunately it's a miss.

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