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Olympic Summer Games — stories left

Sentences written about this title, gathered by type from the Japanese and English Wikipedia articles (as of 2026-8-30).

Reception (3)

They criticized the bland, simplistic graphics, shortage of sound effects, repetitive music, and the lack of variety in the gameplay of the different events.

The reviewer again praised the combination of button mashing and timing, and noted that while the graphics do not measure up to International Track & Field or DecAthlete, those two games would not have been able to run on the 3DO without significant compromises.

Reviewing the Game Boy version in GamePro, Coach Kyle praised the graphics and animation, but criticized the sound effects and said the gameplay was uninvolving.

People (2)

Reviewing the Game Boy version in GamePro, Coach Kyle praised the graphics and animation, but criticized the sound effects and said the gameplay was uninvolving.

Johnny Ballgame said that some of the events require little skill, run too long, or suffer from poor graphics.

Firsts and onlys (1)

It was the last "Olympic" video game released for the fourth generation of consoles, as well as the Game Boy.

(English)English Wikipedia"Olympic Summer Games"from "Introduction"

Cancellations and recalls (1)

However, the Saturn version, though completed, was never released.

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Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
Sources: Japanese and English Wikipedia, Wikidata
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