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6,654 pages: 1,289 machines, 702 software, 460 companies, 64 history, 17 articles, 59 fun. 4,336 media files so far; references to files not downloaded yet are left out. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
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title: Video Olympics
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tags:
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- ball and paddle
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- basketball
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- football
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- handball
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- hockey
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- sport
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- tennis
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- volleyball
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years:
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- '1977'
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params:
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specs:
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- label: year of release
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value: '1977'
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- label: companies
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value: Atari
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- label: type
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value: game
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- label: media
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value: cartridge
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- label: requirement
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value: Atari paddles
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- label: systems
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value: Atari 2600
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- label: number of players
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value: 1 - 4 players (versus)
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- label: staff
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value: Joe Decuir
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screenshots:
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- title: Pong / Robot Pong
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Pong 4
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Pong 4-I
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Super Pong
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Super Pong 4
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Soccer
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Soccer 4-I
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Soccer 4-II
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Foozpong
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Foozpong 4
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Hockey
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Hockey II
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Hockey III
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Hockey 4-I
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Hockey 4-II
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Quadrapong
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Handball
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Handball II
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Volleyball
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Volleyball 4
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Basketball
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: Basketball 4
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: cartridge - image label
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: cartridge - text label
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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- title: ''
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: null
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machines:
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- /museum/atari-vcs-2600
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company: /companies/atari
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oc_id: 422
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230529162052/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=422
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date: '2023-05-29'
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---
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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.
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Indeed all previous Pong variants created by Atari (mostly in the arcades) can be found in Video Olympics one way or another.
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\- the original [Pong](/software/pong/) (1972) game of course,\
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\- [Pong Doubles](/software/pong-doubles/) (1973), called here Pong 4-I,\
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\- [Superpong](/software/superpong/) (1974),\
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\- [Quadrapong](/software/quadrapong/) (1974),\
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\- [Rebound](/software/rebound/) (1974), called here Volleyball
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The games included into this Video Olympics are:\
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\- Pong,\
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\- Super Pong,\
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\- Soccer,\
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\- Foozpong,\
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\- Hockey,\
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\- Quadrapong,\
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\- Handball,\
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\- Volleyball,\
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\- Basketball\
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\+ variations for each game (Speed-up, Whammy, Catch, Jump)
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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.
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