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The Games: Summer Challenge

The sequel to Winter Challenge, this Summer edition includes 8 events from athletics to cycling. The events are: Kayak: The player goes on a downhill stream, and must navigate through gates without missing or…

31 December 1992

The Games: Summer Challenge is a sport developed by MindSpan, released 31 December 1992 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and DOS.

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What The Games: Summer Challenge is

The Games: Summer Challenge is a sport game developed by MindSpan and released in 1992. It was published by Accolade. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The sequel to Winter Challenge, this Summer edition includes 8 events from athletics to cycling. The events are: Kayak: The player goes on a downhill stream, and must navigate through gates without missing or touching them (unlike the real event, there are no reverse gates), as well as avoiding to hit the margins of the stream. Pushing forward paddles, pressing a direction along a button allows a sharper turn. The winner is the one with the fastest time after penalty time is added Archery: Each competitor has four targets, each with three arrows. By moving the directional buttons the player moves the erratic crosshair, while pressing a button fires the arrow. 400m Hurdles: The player does a…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

The Games: Summer Challenge launched on 31 December 1992, within three weeks of Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting and Moto Roader MC.

Released around the same time: Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Moto Roader MC.

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When did The Games: Summer Challenge come out?
The Games: Summer Challenge was released on 31 December 1992 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and DOS.

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