Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge

Description

The third licensed game based around the legendary British decathlete did something slightly wider in scope than the basic Games style of play. Before you play the main events you have to train in the gym. Weight-lifting, squats and sit-ups are included, which involve waggling the joystick as fast as you can to fill a displayed bottle of Lucozade (clever bit of product-placement there). The better you do at this, the better you'll fare in the events, which are predominantly waggling-based as well. They include the standard decathlon events of running, jumping and throwing as well as you can. There are four types of shoes available, and choosing the wrong one for the event will seriously hamper your performance.

Alternate Titles

• "Daley Thompson `88" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Black protagonists
• Daley Thompson licensees
• Olympic-themed games

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The Press Says

Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Nov, 1988	91 out of 100	91
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Nov, 1990	84 out of 100	84
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Nov, 1990	74 out of 100	74
Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Oct, 1988	72 out of 100	72
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Nov, 1988	7 out of 10	70
Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Oct, 1990	65 out of 100	65

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Trivia

Just as some magazine critics felt that this game was one Epyx-influenced sports game too many, it proved to be one Olympic Games too many for Daley, by then 31, as he finished outside the medals for the first time.

He later appeared in an advert for the Thompson telephone directory service, in which the company's animated cat mascot told him that, as you needed the service every day, he should be called "Daley Thompson" (obviously that pun works better spoken than written).