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The Activision Decathlon

Release Date calendar
August 15, 1983
Platform joystick
Atari 2600
Game Type type
Released
Max Players players
4
Overview

Requiring discipline and sweat, stamina and speed, with muscles opposing muscles, compete in the most celebrated game of the Olympics: the ten events of the decathlon. Earn points for each event. Highest final score wins! Up to four players compete in the ten different events of a real-life decathlon, either in sequence or individually. The game became somewhat notorious for the amount of wear or damage inflicted upon console controllers, where rapid back-and-forth movement of the joystick propels the athlete down the track.

Alternate Names
  • The Activision Decathlon: Zehnkampf Germany Germany
  • Zehnkampf Germany Germany
  • Decatlon Brazil Brazil
  • Olimpiadas Brazil Brazil
Cooperative

No

ESRB

Not Rated

Genres
Sports
Developers
David Crane
Publishers
Activision
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