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Athens 2004: The Official Videogame of the Olympic Games (PS2 Platinum)

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Athens 2004TM: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games…
The world’s greatest sporting competition on PlayStation®2.

Wearing your country flag on your uniform and representing your country in The Olympic Games is about honor, sportsmanship and the human spirit. Experience the tradition and passion of The Olympic Games while competing for the gold in over 26 events from seven sports including Athletics (Track & Field), Aquatics (Swimming), Gymnastics, Equestrian, Weightlifting, Archery and Shooting.

Features:

Olympic License — Athens 2004TM is the only official licensed video game product of the IOC on console.
Thirteen Athletics (Track and Field) Events — 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, pole vault, javelin throw, discus throw, and shot put
Four Aquatics (Swimming) Events — 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke and 100m butterfly
Four Gymnastics Events — Floor exercises men, floor exercises women, rings men and vault
One Shooting Event — Skeet
One Archery Event — Individual 70m
One Weightlifting Event — Clean & Jerk
One Equestrian Event — Jumping individual mixed
Four Arcade and Eight Competition game modes from Practice to the Official Decathlon and Hepthlon combined events

  • Practice Mode — All world-class athletes need to practice so before taking on the world’s best, head to Practice Mode to sharpen your skills and nail down your timing.
  • Single Event Mode — In addition to playing for medals, Single Event Mode awards players based on a point system so that you then take your points to the Olympic Store and exchange them for hidden items and features.
  • Challenge Mode — The simulation section of the game that reflects the spirit of the Olympic Games. In this mode, 1-4 players are competing against real times, and real world records in real Olympic scenarios.
  • Party Mode — Athens 2004TM is truly an interactive experience while competing in Party Mode. Display your athletic ability by using the Dance Mat while competing in 10 different events including hurdles, 100m freestyle, gymnastics floor exercises plus many other challenging events while chasing the gold medal.
  • Competition Mode — Individual, Decathlon, Hepthlon, Athletics (Track & Field), Aquatics (Swimming), Gymnastics, Champion and Custom.
Dance Mat Compatible — The Dance Mat makes Athens 2004TM truly an interactive experience as you attempt to run faster, swim stronger and jump higher all while competing on the Dance Mat.

800 Characters from 64 Countries

Dance Mat (for PlayStation 2, sold separately)...

Product Info

Categories
Sports, PS2 Platinum
Barcode
6004416063745
Country
South Africa
Platform
PlayStation 2
Screenshots
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Studio
Sony

Product Reviews (2)

Neil, Goodwood. 19 July 2004

Athens 2004 (PS2) is probably one of the best party games out at the moment. The controls are really straight forward for most of the events. In most cases you simply press the X and O buttons to run or build up power, and then the L1 button to perform an action, such as jump or lunge.

There is quite of a number events to compete against each other with. Some of these events can be almost as exhausting as the real thing, like breast stroke or trying to do the weightlifting sections.

Athens 2004 is one of those games which should come with an extra controller as you risk breaking your controller from hyper intense X & O mashing. I don't even want to think how much exercise you will have to do, if you use your dance mat in the part mode.

This is a real fun game. Highly recommended if you have a few friends over.

Waine, Goodwood. 27 July 2004


Every four years the Olympic Games roll onto our televisions sets, and for about 3 weeks we become fascinated by sports events we show no interest in for the other 200+ weeks in between. Discussions around the kettle move from the usual topics to the nuances of timing the kick-finish in the ladies 10 000 meters, or why the Chinese dominate Ping-Pong...err Table Tennis. And in recent Olympiads the cycle of athletic events has become complete by releasing a video game, so that the armchair athletes amongst us can also share, ever so slightly, in the thrill of competing in the Games. Athens 2004 is another such Video Game, released exclusively for the PS2.

As you'd expect from Sony, the design aspects of the game are polished, allowing you to quickly select whether to try Arcade or Competition, or even just a simple practice event or two. However the problem with the game becomes noticeable once you've loaded up the first event - its just a simple button-masher. While there are a few events that do offer some variety in terms of gameplay, anout 80% of the game is simply trying to push X and O faster than either your Human opponent can, or than you did during precious attempts. Even this would be forgivable if there was some reward for succeeding, like unlocking new events, video clips of past champions etc, but all ever you'll get a simple medal ceremony.

There's also no career mode available, nor is there any difference in choosing your nationality, so unfortunately there's no long term single player challenge in the game. However where the game does redeem itself is in multiplay. Seeing which of your buddies is more able to take the pain in the wrist to win an event is a blast. A good feature of the game is the ability to set up your own custom competition across multiple events, or alternately you can choose to compete in the standard decathlon or heptathlon.

In terms of events the sprints offer little or know challenge, while the 400m only becomes difficult as your wrists and fingers begin to suffer from the strain. The field events probably offer the greatest variety in terms of gameplay, but most are a combination of X and O sprinting, followed by the correct timing of a jump. The Gymnastics events are essentially rhythm based games, where pressing the right sequence of buttons determines success. The Shooting and Archery events are the most fun in my opinion, while events such as Swimming and Weightlifting become almost impossible. I've never been so exhausted while using a controller as during the swimming events.

The graphics and sounds are surprisingly ordinary, nothing bad, but nothing spectacular either. A disappointment is the lack of national identities. Other than the competitors wearing the uniform of your chosen country, and some demographic player models, there's nothing to distinguish the competitors. Even the most rudimentary sports games tend to build in some sort of stats model, but this is totally missing in Athens 2004.

In summary Athens is great fun for a group of people sitting around a console. As a single player game it is below average however, which makes it a very difficult game to score. As a multiplayer game I would score it 9 for playability, while that rating would drop to about a 6 for single player. That's simply based on the fact that other than mastering the events for multiplayer action, there's no challenge and hence no longterm playabilty in the single player mode. I would have liked to have seen something along the lines of selecting a national squad based on some sort of stats system. Building up your "players" through practice and other events, before moving on to the Olympic Stage to compete for medals.

A final word of warning your controller will take a solid pounding, while your wrists and fingers will also take a fair bit of stress during Athens 2004. Don't be surprised if a blister or two appear during an intense multiplayer session.

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