| Micro Olympics |
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| Release Date | 1984 |
| Original Publisher | Database Publications Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Sport Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £5.95 |
| Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 1.99 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
| Features | Button Mashers |
| Controls | Redefineable keys |
| Sports | Athletics, Multi-sport Event |
| Inspirations | Olympic Games '84, Los Angeles (Sports event) |
| Other Platforms | Acorn, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 49.25% (4 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 44% (10 votes) |
Standalone re-releases
| #1 - Alternative Software Ltd (UK) | (1987) | as "Olympic Spectacular" | |
| #2 - EDOS (UK) | |||
| #3 - System 4 (Spain) | (1987) | as "Olympic Spectacular" | |
| #4 - Profisoft [1] (Germany) | (1987) | as "Olympic Spectacular" |
Authors/Contributors
| Database Software (UK) | - ? |
Compilations
| Full version in | La Caja Magica | (1987) | by System 4 (Spain) | ||
| Full version in | Sportacular Disk 1 | (1988) | by Alternative Software Ltd (UK) | - titled "Olympic Spectacular" | |
| Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | MicroOlympics.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| MicroOlympics.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| MicroOlympics(OlympicSpectacular)(AlternativeSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| MicroOlympics(OlympicSpectacular)(System4).tzx.zip | #3 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| MicroOlympics(OlympicSpectacular)(Profisoft[1]).tzx.zip | #4 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #8-1984/Sep | page 46 | - Review: 77% | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #18-1985/Jul | page 45 | - Review - Crash - Crashback | |
| Games Computing | issue 1984/Nov | page 33 | - Review | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #10-1984/Sep | page 58 | - Review: 6/10 | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #29-1984/Jul/19 special "week#3" | page 48 | - Review | |
| Sinclair Answers | issue #2-1985/Jan | page 30 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #66-1987/Sep | page 64 | - Review: 3/10 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #20-1987/Aug | page 64 | - Review: 3/10 |
Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #16-1985/May | page 40 | - Feature - Sports Scene supplement | |
| Home Computing Weekly | issue #75-1984/Aug/14 special "week#2" | page 5 | - News/Note | |
| Personal Computer Games | issue #12-1984/Nov | page 28 | - Letters | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #45-1984/Nov/8 special "week#2" | page 55 | - News/Note |
Magazine Advertisements
| Big K | issue #5-1984/Aug | page 79 | - Full-page ad | |
| Big K | issue #6-1984/Sep | page 80 | - Full-page ad | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.3 #39-1984/Sep/27 special "week#4" | page 19 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #29-1984/Aug | page 113 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #30-1984/Sep | page 97 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #33-1984/Dec | page 218 | - Advert |
Related Magazine References
| Crash | issue v.1 #51-1988/Apr | page 8 | - News/Note (Sportacular Disk 1) |
Links
| Centre for Computing History | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
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