website/content/software/video-olympics.md

---
title: Video Olympics
tags:
- ball and paddle
- basketball
- football
- handball
- hockey
- sport
- tennis
- volleyball
years:
- '1977'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/atari_2600_video-olympics_box_1_m.jpg
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1977'
  - label: companies
    value: Atari
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: cartridge
  - label: requirement
    value: Atari paddles
  - label: systems
    value: Atari 2600
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 - 4 players (versus)
  - label: staff
    value: Joe Decuir
  screenshots:
  - title: Pong / Robot Pong
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29.png
  - title: Pong 4
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_1.png
  - title: Pong 4-I
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_2.png
  - title: Super Pong
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_3.png
  - title: Super Pong 4
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_4.png
  - title: Soccer
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_5.png
  - title: Soccer 4-I
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_6.png
  - title: Soccer 4-II
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_7.png
  - title: Foozpong
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_8.png
  - title: Foozpong 4
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_9.png
  - title: Hockey
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_10.png
  - title: Hockey II
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_11.png
  - title: Hockey III
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_12.png
  - title: Hockey 4-I
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_13.png
  - title: Hockey 4-II
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_14.png
  - title: Quadrapong
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_15.png
  - title: Handball
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_17.png
  - title: Handball II
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_18.png
  - title: Volleyball
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_19.png
  - title: Volleyball 4
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_20.png
  - title: Basketball
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_21.png
  - title: Basketball 4
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/video%20olympics%20%281978%29%20%28atari%29_22.png
  - title: cartridge - image label
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/atari_2600_video-olympics_cart_1.jpg
  - title: cartridge - text label
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/atari_2600_video-olympics_cart_2.jpg
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/atari_2600_video-olympics_box_1.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/atari-vcs-2600
  company: /companies/atari
  oc_id: 422
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230529162052/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=422
    date: '2023-05-29'
---

Video Olympics was one of the nine games originally released with the Atari VCS in 1977. The developpers goal was apparently to make the ultimate Pong compilation on one cartridge.

Indeed all previous Pong variants created by Atari (mostly in the arcades) can be found in Video Olympics one way or another.

\- the original [Pong](/software/pong/) (1972) game of course,\
\- [Pong Doubles](/software/pong-doubles/) (1973), called here Pong 4-I,\
\- [Superpong](/software/superpong/) (1974),\
\- [Quadrapong](/software/quadrapong/) (1974),\
\- [Rebound](/software/rebound/) (1974), called here Volleyball

The games included into this Video Olympics are:\
\- Pong,\
\- Super Pong,\
\- Soccer,\
\- Foozpong,\
\- Hockey,\
\- Quadrapong,\
\- Handball,\
\- Volleyball,\
\- Basketball\
\+ variations for each game (Speed-up, Whammy, Catch, Jump)

In 1978, Atari released a kind of arcade version of this cartridge called "[Tournament Table](/software/tournament-table/)"! Sources say that the hardware of the Tournament Table is almost an Atari VCS. The list of games inlcuded are: Breakout, Soccer I, Soccer II, Foozpong, Hockey I, Hockey II, Hockey III, Quadrapong, Handball, Volleyball, Basketball I and Basketball II. Only Breakout has been added instead of Pong and Super Pong.