Daley Thompsons Decathlon

Copyright : Ocean Software | Reviewed by : Malc Jennings

Daley Thompson was a little strapped for cash one day so he popped his head around the Ocean Software doors and bingo a computer game of the Olympics was formed.

You take on the role of Daley Thompson and have the chance to race, run, jump and throw in the Olympics. There are many different parts to this game (running end to end) and you are given 3 chances to qualify the event you are on and 2 lives to continue with if you mess these up. There is something for everone in this game and it was always one of my favourites when it arrived on the home computer, it was of course an arcade game to begin with (on show at the sports center) and the way it transferred to computer was just great.

As you will see below, the Daley Thompson range of games is great and strongly recommended to anyone and everyone who is up for a challenge.

Graphics

Although you cannot select any other character that was around during that time in the Olympics the game is still great. Like I mentioned earlier there is something for everyone in this game, the events run from easy (the 100 meters) to difficult (the long jump) and fun to boring.

The graphics are nice and bright, the cartoon representation of Daley Thompson and the staff that come running to check if you qualified are absolutely brilliant. Ocean have made great use of the colours and it certainly does catch your eye when playing, the intro sequence is also great and by todays standards very funny indeed.

Sound

The sound is again spot on, all the sounds you would expect to hear in a game of this age and type are here and sound great, Ocean have treated us to a computer version of the Olympic theme "The Challenge" which again by todays standard is very funny but back then it was superb - I for one turned the speaker up.

Gameplay

Gameplay is what you come to expect from this type of game, sure you will break a few joysticks during gameplay and your writst will ache as if you have been watching adult movies all day but you simply have to qualify - something drives you to carry on. Decathlon has great graphics, sound and awesome gameplay, afer borrowing this from a friend I quickly went out the next day and purchased myself a copy - great stuff indeed