Athens 2004 (video game)

Athens 2004

Developer(s)	Eurocom
Publisher(s)	PlayStation 2 SCE PC Eidos Interactive
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, PC
Release date(s)	PlayStation 2 ^EU July 2, 2004 ^NA July 14, 2004 ^JP July 29, 2004 PC ^NA October 5, 2004 ^EU October 8, 2004
Genre(s)	Sports (Olympic)
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

Athens 2004 is the official video game of the 2004 Summer Olympics, featuring various track and field events, as well as others.

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
- Artistic: Floor exercise (separate gameplay for male and female), still rings (men only) and vault
Equestrian
- 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)

Countries

Playable countries

A record 64 countries were able to be played on the game.

Reception

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	(PS2) 65.27%^[1] (PC) 37.50%^[2]
Metacritic	(PS2) 61/100^[3] (PC) 41/100^[4]
Review scores
Publication	Score
GameSpy	^[5]
IGN	4.5/10^[6]

Athens 2004 has received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation 2 version a 65.27% and 61/100^[1]^[3] and the PC version a 37.50% and 41/100.^[2]^[4] IGN gave the game a 4.5/10, criticising the game's ever-repeating button mashing and overall easiness of the game.^[6] GameSpy gave the game 4 out of 5 starts, praising the game's varying gameplay.^[5]

References

External links

Athens 2004 at Eurocom

Preceded by Sydney 2000	Official video game of the Summer Olympics 2004	Succeeded by Beijing 2008
Preceded by Salt Lake City 2002	Official video game of the Olympics 2004	Succeeded by Torino 2006

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