Summer Games (Epyx 1984)

Spectacular Olympic sports game by Epyx, on the venerable Commodore 64.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• classic
• sports
• game
• Epyx
• Commodore
• 64

[Singingjacobus]

Ummagumma from Canada?

[Umma6umma]

@Singingjacobus Born and bred.

[d00derman]

My girlfriend this year during Beijing's olympics asked how I knew all the country's national anthems. I mentioned this game.

[Umma6umma]

You're probably pretty impressive during the Olympics, at least up to the first 10 seconds of the anthem.

[dgarvin1]

Glad to see I'm not the only one that could never get a handle around gymnastics!

[Umma6umma]

Yes, I probably should have played a few more practice runs on gymnastics before recording this video. Like 500 practice runs.

[bc8412]

how many joysticks did we break playing this game? awesome memories!

[fulcanellimm]

I'm touched...i never imagined i would see and hear this again! Thanks so much!!

[ReelSmartGameplay]

whoaa:i remember this especially because of the theme tune and flag options..made me feel real patriotic.i,m goin down the chippy now to play galaxians..spend all me pocket money..nice vid..thanks for the nostalgic trip..

[gjc82071]

@lucylovesguitar I would play Summer Games with you online, or M.U.L.E.  Do you have any emulators? Ever use any?

[lucylovesguitar]

@gjc82071 Same here! Those joysticks just weren't durable. And my dad would always snap them when he got mad at games and accused them of cheating. LOL

[bombcaryah]

@clydecromey that's it!!!! you still think your a child!!! get your fat burger eating ass off tha computer and go get some help before you hurt some1!!!! DELETE 27-0

[Silkie341]

If you had the floppy disk version you could link it with Summer Games 2 and play through all the events of both games towards your final score. My nephews and nieces used to love playing through like that when the family got together. My sisters just liked getting a hour or so of peace from their kids.

[Cnorm77]

@blobblesanimations you move the joystick down to lower the pole, then to the upper right corner to twist the guy upwards, then press the button to let go of the pole and drop. Took me a long time to get the hang of it, but I finally cleared 5.9(but on practice so it didn't save it! Grrrrrrrr.........)

[gjc82071]

This was 1 of the all time greatest C64 games ever made. I couldn't even begin to count how many hours my friends & I spent playing this game (or how many joysticks I ruined "running" during races. [Joystick] *left* - *right* *vigorously repeat at full speed*.

I played it so MANY times, but all I really remember now is, I was like 14yo, sleeping @ a friends house, it was like 3:00am & my buddy, his bro & I were playing. That was 25yrs ago!

[blackhawkfan54]

damned canadians! always selecting their home country first- LOL!

thanks for the blast from the past though :)

how aboot some archon c64 style? ;)