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Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92 | |
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Developer(s) | Capcom |
Publisher(s) | Capcom |
Designer(s) | Yoshinori Takenaka Keiji Inafune |
Programmer(s) | Tadashi Kuwana |
Artist(s) | Hayato Kaji Naoya Tomita |
Composer(s) | Sachiko Oita |
Platform(s) | Nintendo Entertainment System |
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Genre(s) | Sports |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92, known in Japan as Capcom Barcelona '92 (CAPCOM バルセロナ'92), is a 1992 video game by Capcom. It was an Olympic sports game loosely based on the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It heavily relied on button mashing style games. This game is also notable for its capability to have 8 human competitors to compete in the Olympiad concurrently against each other (although only two at a time).
Gameplay
The player can choose any of the 12 countries which includes:
- United States of America
- China
- Great Britain
- Germany
- Bulgaria
- Spain
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- Canada
- France
- Romania
- Hungary
- Japan
The object of the game is to win the best scores in the following events.
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Track & Field |
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Swimming |
Gymnastics | |
Miscellaneous |
Reception
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Publication | Score |
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AllGame |
Allgame editor Skyler Miller described the game as an "overlooked gem (that) is definitely worth seeking out" and that the game "does an excellent job of recreating the total experience of Olympic competition".
Notes
References
- Miller, Skyler. "Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92 - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
- Miller, Skyler. "Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92 - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
- Miller, Skyler. "Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92 - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
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