Beijing Olympics 2008

by Sega

Product Features

• As the exclusive official video game, Beijing 2008 offers over 30 official events and national teams
• Create the atmosphere of the Olympic Host City in your own home
• Sports include: Track & Field, Aquatics, Gymnastics, Cycling, Judo, Table Tennis and Canoe-Kayak
• Online features including exhibition events and leaderboards
• New gameplay mechanics including time, rhythm, and targeting based systems

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0015GVKCU
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: July 31, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,896 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PC

Amazon.com

In Beijing 2008: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games, players will embrace the competitive spirit of the world’s most prestigious sporting event and represent their country as they compete for the highest honor--the Gold Medal. Appearing on next generation consoles, the game promises to deliver a far more entertaining and immersive Olympic experience with superior graphics capturing the detail of each event where a fraction of a second means the difference between winning and losing. With brand new gameplay mechanics challenging their speed, time and coordination, players will strive to break records alone or with up to seven friends online as they lead the US team to victory in 38 authentic Olympic events. This summer, everyone will want to show their patriotism and bring home the Gold.

Features:

• Over 30 Official Events and National Teams: Across 10 authentic-looking stadiums, players will represent the country of their choice and compete in such sports as Track & Field, Aquatics, Gymnastics, Cycling, Judo, Table Tennis and Canoe-Kayak for the highest honor.
• In-Depth Olympic Games and Competition Modes: In Olympic Games mode, players will organize their daily schedule and customize their national teams with agility, power, stamina and speed for competition in 38 events. With up to three friends, players will participate in either single or multi-event challenges in Competition mode.
• New Gameplay Mechanics: There are a variety of controls across all events, including a time-based system where timing, power and angle are essential, a rhythm-based method that requires increasing and sustaining speed, and a targeting system to aid players in accurately hitting targets.
• In the Zone: Pulls players right into the athlete’s mind, getting them closer to the action and giving them time to accurately control every move.
• Global Online Competition: As a member of the aspiring US Olympic Team, players will face challengers from across nations. A multitude of online features, including exhibition events, and leaderboards will allow players to prove themselves before the world.
• Capturing the Olympic Spirit: As the exclusive official video game, Beijing 2008 offers an authentic look and feel of the Games, ultra-realistic recreations of the Beijing stadiums and a chance to soak up the atmosphere from the Olympic Host City in your own home.

Product Description

In Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games, players will embrace the competitive spirit of the world’s most prestigious sporting event and represent their country as they compete for the highest honor - the Gold Medal. Appearing on next-gen consoles, the game promises to deliver a far more entertaining and immersive Olympic experience with superior graphics capturing the emotional detail of each event where a fraction of a second means the difference between winning and losing. With brand new gameplay mechanics challenging their speed, time and coordination, players will strive to break records alone or with up to seven friends online as they lead the US team to victory in 38 authentic Olympic events. This summer, everyone will want to show their patriotism and bring home the Gold.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rushed to market, August 10, 2008

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Bruce Horn (Allen, Texas) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Beijing Olympics 2008 (CD-ROM)

I'm not going to tell you that you wont enjoy this game, because you might. It looks like it COULD be a lot of fun. I will tell you that my copy is in the plastic recycling bin at the Piggly Wiggly. In order to play this game you will need an Xbox 360 For Windows Controller, because it only works with that controller. You will need an account at Gamespy. You will need a very fast internet connection, because there is a lot of lag on the servers already. You will need thumbs of steel, because this thing is a mega button-masher. You will also need a pretty high-end computer. I have a very good computer and it was only adequate. If you have all of these things you might have a grand time with this game. Without them, the game is almost unplayable. If you play this game for any period of time you will get carpal tunnel syndrome. Some of the controls are so poorly laid out that I don't think I could succeed even if I had a perfect system. I attempted to play Archery and the lag hindered the aiming so badly that eventually I simply gave up. There is no real attempt to immerse the player in the Olympic experience. For instance, when I competed for gold in Archery my competition was cpu BEL, cpu FRA, and so on. You can't really compete against people online, although after every event they show you where you rank in the all time scores, whether you want to see it or not. Sega, you are usually so reliable. What happened?? Could have been a lot of fun, but as it stands I have enough aggravation in my life already.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If I had only known..., August 22, 2008

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political economist (Quito, Ecuador) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Beijing Olympics 2008 (CD-ROM)

I bought this as a present for my son, a bit worried because I could not find out the necessary computer specs ahead of time. Turns out it requires 1 gb of RAM--my son has been playing lots of other sports games with just 256 RAM. So we couldn't even load the game. Now I see from the other review that we might need lots of other things we haven't got.... My son is very disappointed.

1.0 out of 5 stars this game really is not as cool as it sounds, February 6, 2009

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Gavin P. Stevens - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beijing Olympics 2008 (CD-ROM)

i saw the other bad reviews for this game and thought that it couldn't really be THAT bad for a hardcore olympic fan like myself...i was wrong! very wrong! firstly the game needs an absolute monster of a machine to run properly...i thought my machine was pretty awesome...but it struggles to run this game. then...the game is so ridiculously difficult that you lose interest after playing it only once or twice. don't waste your money here! the game is a disaster...it really is...listen to the reviews...buy something else!

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