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Games, The: Summer Edition

OCS

alias Go For Gold

Games, The: Summer Edition - Double Barrel Screenshot

Information

Year of the first release

1989

License

Commercial

Number of disks (or CD)

Publisher

Epyx - Rest of the World
U.S. Gold - Europe

Number max of players

Budget publisher

Kixx (U.S. Gold) - Worldwide

Simultaneous max players

Developer

Code Monkeys, The

Language

English

Artists

Coder : Colin Hogg
Coder : Elliot Simon Gay
Coder : Mark Richard Kirkby
Graphician : Daisy Graffix
Musician : Dave Lowe (Uncle Art)

Language in manual

English
French
German
Italian

Hardware

OCS

Amiga original game

Have cheatcode

Have SPS release

yes

WHD install

yes

WHD information

Author	Codetapper
Updated	2002-05-27 21:42:11

HD install

HD notes

Genre
Category	Sport
Subcategory	Sport - Player
Dimension	2D
Origin	Event - Sports
Quickmatch	Track & Field - Hyper Olympic / Olympic Decathlon
Scrolltype	Into Screen
Scrolltype	Scrolling - Horizontal
Scrolltype	Single Screen - Flip Screen
Theme	Sport - Archery
Theme	Sport - Cycling
Theme	Sport - Diving
Theme	Sport - Gymnastics - Rings
Theme	Sport - Gymnastics - Uneven Parallel Bars
Theme	Sport - Track & Field - Hammer Throw
Theme	Sport - Track & Field - Hurdles
Theme	Sport - Track & Field - Pole Vault
Theme	Sports - Multi-Event
Viewpoint	Behind
Viewpoint	First Person
Viewpoint	Multiple
Viewpoint	Sideways
Viewpoint	Top Down

Conversion hardware

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Apple II/IIGS
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
PC (DOS)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TC2048
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

Conversion notes

Based on 1988 The Code Monkeys/Epyx C64/128 release.
PC versions: Hercules, CGA, EGA, MCGA/VGA, Tandy

Classic compilation

Mega Sports
Epyx Wide World Of Sports
Sporting Gold

Relationship

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Rarity: One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes:

[1] Licensed game officially endorsed by the U.S. Olympic Committee for the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea.

[2] Coding by Elliot Simon Gay, Colin Hogg and Mark Richard Kirkby. Graphics by Daisy Graffix. Music/sound FX by Dave Lowe (Uncle Art).

[3] Kixx released two budget versions of THE GAMES: SUMMER EDITION - one version in 1991 under its original title, and another the following year using the rebranded title GO FOR GOLD in the lead up to the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain (see HERE).