Athens 2004 is a 2004 sports video game developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software. The official video game of the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, hosted by Athens, Greece in 2004, it was released for the PlayStation 2 by Sony Computer Entertainment and Windows by Eidos Interactive.
List of events Following is a list of events in the game. By default, all events are available for both sexes unless otherwise noted: Track Sprints: 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres Middle distance: 800 metres and 1500 metres Hurdles: 100 metres hurdles for women and 110 metres hurdles for men Field Jumping: Long jump, triple jump, high jump and pole vault Throwing: Discus throw, javelin throw and shot put Swimming 100 metres breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke and butterfly Gymnastics (PS2 version only) Artistic: Floor exercise (separate gameplay for male and female), still rings (men only) and vault Equestrian (PS2 version only) Show jumping (mixed gender event) Weight lifting +105 kg. clean and jerk (male only) Archery 70 m individual (female only) Shooting Skeet shooting (male only)
Playable nations
A record 64 countries were able to be played on the game. They are:
Reception
The PlayStation 2 version of Athens 2004 received "mixed" reviews, while the PC version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the PS2 version was ported for release on 29 July 2004, Famitsu gave it a score of one seven, two sixes, and one seven for a total of 26 out of 40.
References
External links at Eurocom