Summer Games (video game)

Summer Games
Commodore 64 cover art
Developer(s)Epyx
Publisher(s)Epyx
Quicksilva[1]
U.S. Gold
Designer(s)Scott Nelson
Erin Murphy
Stephen Mudry
Brian McGhie
Stephen Landrum
Jon Leupp
Randy Glover
Composer(s)Randy Glover
Platform(s)Commodore 64
Amiga, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Master System, ZX Spectrum
Release1984
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Summer Games is a sports video game developed and published by Epyx based on sports from the Summer Olympic Games. Released in 1984 for the Commodore 64, it was ported to the Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit computers, and Master System.

In the UK, the game was first released by Quicksilva[1] and subsequently by U.S. Gold who later created versions for the Amiga, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Atari ST for inclusion in compilations. In 2004 it was re-released on the C64 Direct-to-TV.

Summer Games was the first in Epyx's Games series which continued with: Summer Games II, Winter Games, World Games, California Games, California Games II, The Games: Summer Edition, and The Games: Winter Edition.

  1. ^ a b "Summer Games". Your Commodore. No. 4. Argus Specialist Publications. January 1985. p. 52. Retrieved 22 March 2022.