Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92

Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92, known in Japan as Capcom Barcelona '92 (CAPCOM バルセロナ'92), is a 1992 video game by Capcom. It was an Olympic sports game loosely based on the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It heavily relied on button mashing style games. This game is also notable for its capability to have 8 human competitors to compete in the Olympiad concurrently against each other (although only two at a time).

Capcom's Gold Medal Challenge '92
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Designer(s)	Yoshinori Takenaka Keiji Inafune
Programmer(s)	Tadashi Kuwana
Artist(s)	Hayato Kaji Naoya Tomita
Composer(s)	Sachiko Oita
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System
Release	JP: 5 June 1992 NA: August 1992 EU: 17 June 1993
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The player can choose any of the 12 countries which includes:

•  United States of America
•  China
•  Great Britain
•  Germany
•  Bulgaria
•  Spain
•  Commonwealth of Independent States
•  Canada
•  France
•  Romania
•  Hungary
•  Japan

The object of the game is to win the best scores in the following events.

Games	Group
100 M Dash 200 M Dash 400 M Dash 4 x 100 M Relay Long jump Triple jump High jump Shot put Javelin throw 110 M Hurdles	Track & Field
100 m Backstroke 100 m Breaststroke 100 m Butterfly 100 m Freestyle 200 m Individual medley	Swimming
Vault	Gymnastics
Weightlifting Marathon	Miscellaneous

Reception

Review score

Publication	Score
AllGame	[1]

Reception

Allgame editor Skyler Miller described the game as an "overlooked gem (that) is definitely worth seeking out"^[2] and that the game "does an excellent job of recreating the total experience of Olympic competition".^[3]

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