Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92
{{short description|1992 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92
| image = Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92 Cover.jpg
| developer = Capcom
| publisher = Capcom
| designer = Yoshinori Takenaka
Keiji Inafune
| programmer = Tadashi Kuwana
| artist = Hayato Kaji
Naoya Tomita
| composer = Sachiko Oita
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|5 June 1992|NA|August 1992|EU|17 June 1993}}
| genre = Sports
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = Nintendo Entertainment System
}}
Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92, known in Japan as {{nihongo|Capcom Barcelona '92|CAPCOM バルセロナ'92}}, is a 1992 video game by Capcom. It was an Olympic sports game loosely based on the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It heavily relied on button mashing style games. This game is also notable for its capability to have 8 human competitors to compete in the Olympiad concurrently against each other (although only two at a time).
Gameplay
The player can choose any of the 12 countries which includes:
- {{flag|United States of America}}
- {{flag|China}}
- {{flag|Great Britain}}
- {{flag|Germany}}
- {{flag|Bulgaria}}
- {{flag|Spain}}
- {{flag|Commonwealth of Independent States|1992}}
- {{flag|Canada}}
- {{flag|France}}
- {{flag|Romania}}
- {{flag|Hungary}}
- {{flag|Japan}}
The object of the game is to win the best scores in the following events.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%" | |
| Games | Group |
|---|---|
*100 M Dash
| |
*100 m Backstroke
| |
| *Vault | |
| *Weightlifting
|Miscellaneous |
Reception
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Allgame editor Skyler Miller described the game as an "overlooked gem (that) is definitely worth seeking out"{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Skyler|title=Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92 - Review|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14581&tab=review|website=AllGame|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=February 23, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115205445/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14581&tab=review|archivedate=November 15, 2014}} and that the game "does an excellent job of recreating the total experience of Olympic competition".{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Skyler|title=Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92 - Review|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14581&tab=review|website=AllGame|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=February 23, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115205445/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14581&tab=review|archivedate=November 15, 2014}}
Notes
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References
External links
- [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/587311-capcoms-gold-medal-challenge-92Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92] at GameFAQs
- {{moby game|id=/gold-medal-challenge-92}}
Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games
Category:Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
Category:Summer Olympic video games
Category:Video games set in 1992
Category:Video games set in Barcelona
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Athletics video games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
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