SCEA Announces Athens 2004 – The Official
Videogame of the Olympic Games
PlayStation today announced a unique
partnership with International Sports Multimedia (ISM), exclusive licensee of
the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for Interactive Entertainment
software, to develop a PlayStation 2 game based on the 2004 Olympic Games in
Athens. Scheduled for release in July 2004 just prior to the start of the next
Olympic Games in August, Athens 2004™, The Official Videogame of the Olympic
Games will be the only official licensed videogame product of the IOC on
PlayStation 2.
Developed by Eurocom in close
cooperation with ISM and the Organising Committee of the Athens 2004 Olympic
Games to ensure the authenticity of the game, Athens 2004™ will capture the
excitement and realism of the 2004 Olympic Games on PlayStation 2. The game
features seven venues – the Olympic Stadium for Athletics, the Markopoulo
Olympic Shooting Centre, the Olympic Aquatic Centre, the Nikaia Olympic
Weightlifting Hall, the Olympic Indoor Hall for Gymnastics, the Markopoulo
Olympic Equestrian Centre and the historic Panathinaiko Stadium for Archery –
which have been recreated in the game using accurate architectural plans and
photography to ensure an exact replication of the real-life environments. The
game’s advanced motion-capture technique delivers unprecedented control and
flexibility allowing for more complex and realistic movement, guaranteeing an
accurate and immersive experience for players.
Athens 2004, The Official Videogame
of the Olympic Games, celebrates the diversity of the Olympic Games by
delivering a wide variety of Olympic sports. Aquatics includes the Swimming
discipline featuring 100m Backstroke, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Butterfly and 100m
Freestyle events. Athletics includes Track and Field areas (including High Jump,
Long Jump, Triple Jump, Discus Throw, Javelin Throw, Pole Vault, Shot Put, 100m,
200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 100m Hurdles and 110m Hurdles events), as well as the
Combined area (including Decathlon and Heptathlon).
Gymnastics features the Artistic
discipline including Floor Exercise, Rings and Vault events. Additional sports
include Archery (Individual 70m event); Equestrian (Individual Mixed event for
Jumping); Shooting (Skeet event); and Weightlifting (Clean & Jerk event).
Developer: Eurocom Genre: Sports
Players: 4 players Peripherals: Analogue Controller (DUALSHOCK2), Memory Card
(8MB) (for PlayStation2)
