Athens 2004 (video game)

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Athens 2004
Developer(s)	Eurocom
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Release date(s)	2004
Genre(s)	Sports (Olympic)
Mode(s)	Single player, multi player
Rating(s)	IGN: 4.5/10 (PC and PS2) Gamespot: 3.6/10 (PC) GameSpy: (PS2)
Platform(s)	PC, PlayStation 2
Media	PC: 1 CD PS2: 1 DVD-ROM

Athens 2004 is the official video game of the 2004 Summer Olympics, featuring various track and field events, as well as others.

1 Reception
2 List of events
3 See also
4 External links
- 4.1 Reviews

[edit] Reception

The reception of the game was quite mixed, one example being IGN,^[1] criticising the game for it's ever-repeating button mashing and overall easiness of the game, awarding the game a "poor" 4.5 rating, as opposed to GameSpy,^[2] who praised the game for its varying gameplay, awarding it 4/5 stars.

[edit] List of events

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 vault
- Throwing: Discus throw, javelin throw and shot put
Swimming
- 100 metres breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke and butterfly
Gymnastics
- Artistic: Floor exercise (separate gameplay for male and female), still rings (men only) and vault
Equestrian
- Show jumping (male only)
Weight lifting
- +105 kg. clean and jerk (male only)
Archery
- 70 m individual (female only)
Shooting
- Skeet shooting (male only)

Preceded by Sydney 2000	Official video game of the Summer Olympics 2004	Succeeded by Beijing 2008
Preceded by Salt Lake City 2002	Official video game of the Olympics 2004	Succeeded by Torino 2006