Year & Price 1984 - £9.95 Publisher Ocean Graphics Sound Gameplay

"Daley Thompson's Decathlon" (Ocean)

Description:
One of the first Multi-event Sporties for the speccy of this quality. 100m, shot-put, javelin, long jump and hurdles. Rapid key-punching required to build up the necessary speed, then select the optimum angle to jump/launch!


Object:

In each multi-event you must qualify to proceed to the next event/stage, then win Gold.

Vitals   Publisher Ocean Year 1984 19841986 Author -- Model Spectrum 48k/128k Format Arcade/Sport Price £9.95 Controls Keyboard, Joystick Tips & More No. of Players Up to One player Graphics Sound Game-Play Overall

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Criticism:
I remember well my poor speccy's keyboard got a battering trying to built up the speed for the events. A joystick could be used, but you'd seriously need to service it every 30 games!

Nevertheless, this is a good game with nicely animated figures. The events are similar and all rely on the same principle - run as hard as possible and jump/launch at the right angle. If Sir Clive were to have witnessed the abuse that those poor speccys got during the 80's due to Daley Thompson's Decathlon (not to mention Daley Thompson's Super Test!), he'd probably have retired early in disgust!

Sound & Graphics:
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