Summer Athletics: The Ultimate Challenge
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About the Game
Summer Athletics: The Ultimate Challenge is a collection of sports events based on the Olympic Summer Games. It features 26 sports divided into seven disciplines: Swimming, jumping, throwing, cycling, running, platform diving and archery. The handling is similar for all of them: rhythmic motions to keep the athlete moving and quick time events (pressing a button when it gets displayed on the screen) for performing certain actions. The mentioned rhythmic motions depend on the input device players uses, e.g. at the swimming event players need to press two buttons alternately when using a keyboard and rotate the analog sticks when using a gamepad.
Gameplay & Core Systems
There is also a optional arcade mode where the players have so-called boosts to their disposal to improve their athlete's performance for a short time.
Standout Features
- Swimming: It features 26 sports divided into seven disciplines: Swimming, jumping, throwing, cycling, running, platform diving and archery.
- A major part of the experience is a basic career mode where players gain a fixed amount of experience points after every event which an be reinvested into improved stats.
- The mentioned rhythmic motions depend on the input device players uses, e.g. at the swimming event players need to press two buttons alternately when using a keyboard and rotate the analog sticks when using a gamepad.
- There is also a optional arcade mode where the players have so-called boosts to their disposal to improve their athlete's performance for a short time.
Modes & Ways to Play
There is also a optional arcade mode where the players have so-called boosts to their disposal to improve their athlete's performance for a short time.
Player support includes Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS).
More game data: releases, identifiers & technical details
Regional release records and identifiers for Summer Athletics: The Ultimate Challenge | Sony PlayStation 2 | PS2.
Release and technical facts
| Fact | Value | Release / platform | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published by | dtp entertainment AG | Germany | MobyGames |
| Developed by | 49Games GmbH | Germany | MobyGames |
| Additional Graphics by | Glare Studios | Germany | MobyGames |
| Motion Capture by | Metricminds GmbH | Germany | MobyGames |
| Music by | audiovibes-studios | Germany | MobyGames |
| Media Type | DVD-ROM | PlayStation 2 | MobyGames |
| Controller Types Supported | Analog Controller | PlayStation 2 | MobyGames |
| Input Device Features Supported | Vibration | PlayStation 2 | MobyGames |
| Multiplayer Game Modes | Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS) | PlayStation 2 | MobyGames |
| Number of Offline Players | 1-4 Players | PlayStation 2 | MobyGames |
| Genre | Sports | North America | PriceCharting |
| Disc count (PriceCharting) | 1 game disc | North America | PriceCharting |
| ESRB rating | Everyone | North America | PriceCharting |
| Player count | 1 player | North America | PriceCharting |
Regional releases
| Release date | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2008-07 | Germany | MobyGames |
| 2008-07-29 | North America | PriceCharting |
| July 29, 2008 | North America | PriceCharting |
Catalog identifiers by release
| Identifier | Code | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAN-13 | 4017244017745 | Germany | MobyGames |
| Sony PN | SLES-55220 | Germany | MobyGames |
| asin | B001AMMZRI | North America | PriceCharting |
| epid | 66180545 | North America | PriceCharting |
| upc | 815315001396 | North America | PriceCharting |
Data by MobyGames.com · Catalog data: PriceCharting
