Athens 2004 (video game)

Athens 2004
Developer(s)	Eurocom
Publisher(s)	PlayStation 2 SCE PC Eidos Interactive
Platforms	PlayStation 2, PC
Release date(s)	PlayStation 2 EU 20040702July 2, 2004 NA 20040714July 14, 2004 JP 20040729July 29, 2004 PC
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

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Playable countries

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

• Algeria
• Argentina
• Australia
• Austria
• Bahamas
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Czech Republic

• Denmark
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• Gambia
• Germany
• Great Britain
• Greece
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• India
• Iran
• Ireland
• Israel

• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Kenya
• Korea DPR
• Korea Republic
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Morocco
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• Norway
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Poland

• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• USA

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings (PS2) 65.27% (PC) 37.50% Metacritic (PS2) 61/100 (PC) 41/100 Review scores Publication Score GameSpy IGN 4.5/10

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 and the PC version a 37.50% and 41/100. IGN gave the game a 4.5/10, criticising the game's ever-repeating button mashing and overall easiness of the game. GameSpy gave the game 4 out of 5 starts, praising the game's varying gameplay.

See also

• Olympic video games
• 2004 Summer Olympics

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