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Summer Challenge

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Platform Genesis Year 1993
Publisher Accolade Developer MindSpan
Region NA Language English
Tags Action, Sports, Mini-games, Olympics, Ten Players
Platform Genesis
Year 1993
Publisher Accolade
Developer MindSpan
Region NA
Language English
Tags Action, 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.
 
Good Bad
  • 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
 
3 The 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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