Calling all sports fans! If you like competition, you'll find all you can handle in Summer Athletics. Get ready to tackle more than 25 summer sports in an Olympic-sized collection of contests. Choose from cycling, archery, swimming, track-and-field events, and many more. Each event has intuitive controls designed to accommodate the whole family. Game modes include Arcade for quick play and Career for long-term glory. Create your own character, then start playing in one of four difficulty levels. Realistic 3D graphics bring the stadium atmosphere to life with all the majesty of the world's greatest sporting events.
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IGN Review (5.2 out of 10)
With the Olympics currently in full swing over in Beijing, we're seeing a handful of Olympics and track and field games hit store shelves. The latest comes from 49Games, Summer Athletics: The Ultimate Challenge. Though SEGA wrapped up the official Olympics license with the aptly-titled Beijing 2008:...more
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Average Member Rating: 4.3 out of 10
"Summer Athletics": A bag of mostly bad games. (6 out of 10)
posted by JMichaud (BETHESDA, MD) on Aug 5, 2008
Member since Jan 2008
13 out of 14 gamers (93%) found this review helpful
Member since Jan 2008
13 out of 14 gamers (93%) found this review helpful
Summer Athletics: The Ultimate Challenge features events from seven categories - let's take a look at each one and rate them from "Very Bad" to "Very Good". The Swimming events are the worst of the bunch - the game hardly recognizes the motions of the Wiimote no matter how fast or slow those motions...more
Specs & Requirements
Controllers Nunchuk Controller
Modes Arcade, Challenge, Career, Exhibition, Multiplayer
Audio/Video In-Game Dolby Digital