One of the most important dates for sports fans has already arrived. We are obviously talking about the Olympic Games which are being held on this occasion in Paris. We believe that this is the best time to examine some video games on the sports practiced in this competition.
Without a doubt, one of the oldest sports in history is Athletics. Running is something as ingrained in our DNA as breathing. And like any good sport worthy of the name, it has had to adapt to video game but which are the best?
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So since this sport is now on everyone’s lips, we thought it was the perfect time to take a look at those who have been the top five video games that have this sport as a reference, using it as a model to follow the most loved by the fans. That said, we can get things started.
SEGA Athlete Kings
We inaugurate the list with a great classic of the incomparable SEGA for Saturn. While gameplay-wise it’s a pretty standard title today with nothing much to offer, at the time it was the closest thing to an adrenaline-pumping video game that put you in the shoes of a olympic runner. If you still have a connected SEGA console, we recommend you give it a try.
Summer games
We continue with another classic from the golden age of video games. From the 80s to Commodore 64. This title took as a reference the typical Olympic Games (Los Angeles in 1984), in which one could try a series of sports that were located in the branch of Athletics and that they were fun, no, the following. The truth is that I was then quite accomplished.
Daley’s Thompson Test
going to ZX SpectrumThis classic did what many Olympics would do years later, create a kind of compilation with levels that allowed you to put yourself in the shoes of a real Olympic athlete who wins many medals. At that time, the truth is that it was a lot of fun, despite its very rudimentary graphics.
International Athletics
We return to another video game that takes the Olympic Games as a reference, only now that this one has been released for PlayStationthere has been a noticeable graphical improvement over what we found in the game mentioned above. Obviously, athletics is one of those sports that he can’t be absent in a title with these conditions.
Athletics
We end this list with one of those titles that just by seeing and listening to them puts us in a good mood. The most remarkable thing about this video game is that its graphic section shows pure essence of the 80sas we like it, since it came out for recreational machines. In addition, there is a wide variety of sports, among which is athletics.
And you? Do you watch the Olympic Games?
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