List of Olympic video games
Video game subgenre
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 Olympic Games.[ 1]
Officially-licensed Olympic video games
These games are officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee or an associated organization such as a national Olympic team.
Hyper Sports (1984, Konami )[ 2]
Olympic Gold (1992, Tiertex Design Studios )[ 3]
Team USA Basketball (1992, Electronic Arts )[ 4]
Winter Olympics (1993, Tiertex Design Studios)[ 5]
Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings (1995, Alexandria)[ 6]
Olympic Soccer (1996, Silicon Dreams Studio )[ 7]
Olympic Summer Games (1996, Tiertex Design Studios)[ 8]
Nagano Winter Olympics '98 (1998, Konami)[ 9]
Olympic Hockey '98 (1998, Treyarch )[ 10]
Sydney 2000 (2000, Attention to Detail )[ 11]
Salt Lake 2002 (2002, Attention to Detail)[ 12]
Athens 2004 (2004, Eurocom )[ 13]
Torino 2006 (2006, 49Games)[ 14]
Beijing 2008 (2008, Eurocom)[ 15]
Vancouver 2010 (2010, Eurocom)[ 16]
London 2012 (2012, Sega )[ 17]
Steep (2016, Ubisoft )[ 18]
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game (2020, Sega)[ 19]
Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022 (2022, nWay)[ 20]
Olympics GO! Paris 2024 (2024, nWay)[ 21]
Unofficial Olympic video games
Microsoft Decathlon (1980, Microsoft )[ 31]
The Activision Decathlon (1983, Activision )[ 32]
Track & Field (1983, Konami )[ 33]
Daley Thompson's Decathlon (1984, Ocean Software )[ 34]
Hes Games (1984, HESware )[ 35]
Summer Games (1984, Epyx )[ 36]
Summer Games II (1985, Epyx)[ 37] [ 38]
Winter Games (1985, Epyx)[ 31]
Winter Olympics (1986, Tynesoft )[ 39]
Stadium Events/World Class Track Meet (1986, Bandai )[ 40]
The Games: Winter Edition (1988, Epyx)[ 41]
Konami '88 (1988, Konami)[ 42]
Caveman Ughlympics (1988, Dynamix )[ 43]
Track & Field II (1988, Konami)[ 44]
Track Meet (1991, Interplay Entertainment )[ 45]
The Games: Winter Challenge (1991, Accolade )[ 31]
The Games: Summer Challenge (1992, Accolade)[ 46]
The Games '92: España (1992, Ocean Software )[ 47]
Gold Medal Challenge (1992, Capcom )[ 48]
Decathlon (1992, C&E )[ 49]
Alien Olympics 2044 AD (1994, Ocean Software)[ 31] [ 50]
DecAthlete (1996, Sega)[ 51]
International Track & Field (1996, Konami)[ 52]
Winter Heat (1997, Sega)[ 53]
International Track & Field 2000 (2000, Konami)[ 54]
Millennium Winter Sports (2000, Konami)[ 55]
Sergei Bubka's Millennium Games (2000, Midas Games)[ 56]
ESPN International Winter Sports 2002 (2002, Konami)[ 57]
Asterix at the Olympic Games (2007, Étranges Libellules )[ 58]
New International Track & Field (2008, Konami)[ 59]
Summer Athletics (2008, DTP Entertainment )[ 60]
My Game About Me: Olympic Challenge (2008, Double Fine )[ 61]
QWOP (2009, Bennett Foddy )[ 62]
Hyper Sports Winter (2010, Konami)[ 63]
Hyper Sports Track & Field (2010, Konami)[ 64]
Doodle Champion Island Games (2021, Google )[ 65]
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