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Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92

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PlatformNESYear1992
PublisherCapcomDeveloperCapcom
RegionNALanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Sports, Mini-games, Olympics, Eight Player
PlatformNES
Year1992
PublisherCapcom
DeveloperCapcom
RegionNA
LanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Sports, Mini-games, Olympics, Eight Player

Play in seventeen Olympic style events with up to eight friends (only two at the same time). Events include 100m Dash, 200m Dash, 400m Dash, 4x100m Relay, 110m Hurdles, Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Javelin Throw, Shot Put, 100m Freestyle, 100m Breast, 100m Backstroke, 100m Butterfly, 200m Medley, Weightlifting, and Vaulting Horse. You can also choose from twelve different countries.
 
GoodBad
  • Cute character style
  • Characters look different
  • Simple intuitive controls
  • Strategy to some games including maintaining stamina
  • Battery save of progress and records
  • Eight players with two controllers
  • Some events are very similar but longer
  • Track events are too long
  • No difficulty selection
Good
  • Cute character style
  • Characters look different
  • Simple intuitive controls
  • Strategy to some games including maintaining stamina
  • Battery save of progress and records
  • Eight players with two controllers
 
Bad
  • Some events are very similar but longer
  • Track events are too long
  • No difficulty selection
 
7With charming graphics and characters and the ability to play with 8 friends this is an excellent party game assuming you're okay with the required button mashing. Some of the longer events are a bit too exhausting.

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