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Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta '96

OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES brings the rules and spirit of the Olympics home to the PlayStation. The wide spectrum of Olympic competition is covered in the game's 15 events. It's all there, from running and jumping…

18 July 1996

Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta '96 is a sport developed by Eidos Interactive, released 18 July 1996 on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

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What Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta '96 is

Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta '96 is a sport game developed by Eidos Interactive and released in 1996. It was published by Black Pearl Software. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

The premise, in the publisher's words

OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES brings the rules and spirit of the Olympics home to the PlayStation. The wide spectrum of Olympic competition is covered in the game's 15 events. It's all there, from running and jumping, to swimming, shooting, and weight lifting. All of the events look realistic, thanks to motion-captured animation--you will see how athletes really jump over a seven-foot tall bar. And clearing that seven-foot hurdle will help you destroy the computer-controlled competition. However, it would be much more fun to smoke seven of your friends and rub their faces in your superiority as a virtual athlete. Most people will never be able to compete in the Olympics, but with OLYMPIC SUMMER…
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Where it sits in the Olympic Games series

Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta '96 is the 23rd of 48 entries we hold in the Olympic Games series. The next entry was Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings in 1996.

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What it launched against

Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta '96 launched on 18 July 1996, within three weeks of Tobal No. 1, Nights Into Dreams..., Star Gladiator Episode I: Final Crusade and Triple Play 97.

Released around the same time: Tobal No. 1, Nights Into Dreams..., Star Gladiator Episode I: Final Crusade, Triple Play 97.

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When did Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta '96 come out?
Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta '96 was released on 18 July 1996 for 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

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