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The Olympic Games have been featured in numerous sport video games, whether officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee or not. These games often feature several sports and an Olympic theme. Starting with the 1980 Moscow Olympics, an official or unofficial Olympic tie-in video game has been released to coincide with all of the ...
Following is a list of events in the game. By default, all events are available for both sexes unless otherwise noted: Track Sprints: 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres; Middle distance: 800 metres and 1500 metres; Hurdles: 100 metres hurdles for women and 110 metres hurdles for men; Field Jumping: Long jump, triple jump, high jump and pole ...
The game was originally released in Japan for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on July 24, 2019. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic delaying the start of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the game was not released outside of Japan and East Asia until June 2021, when it also released for Windows , Stadia , and Xbox One .
Torino 2006 is the official video game of the XX Olympic Winter Games, hosted by Torino, Italy in 2006. Developed by German studio 49Games and published by 2K (and I-play ), it was released for Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 2 , and Xbox .
Players navigate a long-distance course, and are required to manage an energy meter to maintain the optimum speed. Bobsled: Players navigate a narrower course in a bobsled, similar to the luge event. Speed skating: Players complete three laps of a circuit, starting to a gun and being required to press keys as quickly as possible to maintain speed.
Nagano Winter Olympics '98, known in Japan as Hyper Olympics in Nagano (ハイパーオリンピック イン ナガノ, Haipā Orinpikku in Nagano), is a multi-event sports game from Konami. It is based on the 1998 Winter Olympics and features 10 Olympic events including skating, skiing, luge, bobsleigh, slalom, curling, halfpipe and snowboarding.
Most speed skating races are held on an oval course, but there are exceptions. Oval sizes vary; in short track speed skating, the rink must be an oval of 111.12 metres, while long track speed skating uses a similarly standardized 400 m rink. Inline skating rinks are between 125 and 400 metres, though banked tracks can only be 250 metres long.
At the 1914 Olympic Congress, the delegates agreed to include long-track speed skating in the 1916 Olympics, after figure skating had featured in the 1908 Olympics. However, World War I put an end to the plans of Olympic competition, and it was not until the winter sports week in Chamonix in 1924—retroactively awarded Olympic status—that ...