Summer Games

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Summer Games
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Developer(s) of original games: Epyx
Genre: Sports[2]

















Number of players: 1-8
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
EU
5119
Sega Master System
PT
Sega Master System
UK
£29.9929.99[4][5] 5119
Sega Master System
AU
Sega Master System
MX
Sega Master System
BR
Non-Sega versions

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Summer Games, known as Jogos Olímpicos in Brazil, is a sports game first released by Epyx in 1984. It was ported to the Sega Master System in 1991 and is the first in Epyx's Games series. Featured are a number of events similar to those seen in the Olympic Games.

A North American release was planned and advertised[7], but did not materialise.

Gameplay

Events

The original 1984 release of Summer Games contained eight events borrowed from the Olympic Games, however just as with its counterpart Winter Games, console conversions are known to have dropped events presumably due to storage concerns. On the Sega Master System, only five events exist in the game:

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Pole vault

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100m dash

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Gymnastics

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Platform diving

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100m freestyle

This means the 4x400m relay, freestyle relay and skeet shooting events have been axed.

Production credits

Whether or not the game has proper credits roll is unknown; this partial list is taken from an interview. In addition, Akashi said in the first interview that Zap may have been subcontracted by Kaga Electronics, parent company of naxat soft.

  • Direction: Hitoshi Akashi (Zap)
  • Programming: Hitoshi Akashi (Zap)
  • Sound Programming: Tokuhiko Uwabo (Sega)
Source:
interview[1]


Magazine articles

Main article: Summer Games/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Guida Video Giochi (IT) #15: "Ottobre 1990" (1990-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Ação Games (BR)
83
[6]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
41
[8]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) PAL
69
[9]
Console XS (UK) PAL
40
[10]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
47
[4]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
41
[11]
Excalibur (CZ)
30
[12]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
59
[13]
Joystick (FR)
68
[14]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
68
[15]
Mean Machines (UK)
41
[16]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
37
[17]
Player One (FR)
72
[18]
Power Play (DE)
40
[19]
S: The Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
63
[20]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
25
[21]
Sega Pro (UK)
47
[22]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
40
[23]
Sega Master System
51
Based on
18 reviews

Summer Games

Master System, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Master System, PT
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Cover
Master System, AU (Hotline sticker)
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Cover
SummerGames SMS AU Cart.jpg
Cart
Master System, AU (NIAL sticker)
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Cover
SummerGames SMS AU Cart.jpg
Cart
Master System, BR
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Cover
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Cart
SummerGames SMS BR Manual.pdf
Manual
Master System, MX
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 8da5c93f
MD5 10f2a7506ae6402f42b8083b24c0d105
SHA-1 f9638b693ca3a7c65cfc589aaea0bbab56fc7238
128kB Cartridge (EU)

References

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Epyx's Games series on Sega systems
California Games (1989) | World Games (1990) | Summer Games (1990) | California Games II (1993)
Game Box Série Esportes Radicais (1996)