Olympic Gold is the official video game of the XXV Olympic Summer Games, hosted by Barcelona, Spain in 1992. It was released for the Sega console, Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System, and Sega's handheld, Game Gear.
Developed internally by US Gold, the game was the first to have an official license from the IOC; it also was sponsored by Coca-Cola, and the game featured both the company logo on a zeppelin above the scoreboard, but also the company jingle.
The game uses button mashing as the main part of gameplay, but in three events it isn't used (archery, diving) or is slow-paced (swimming). Graphically, it did not make full use of the Mega Drive/Genesis' capabilities, and looked only a bit more colorful than the 8-bit counterpart, but still manages to be marginally better than Olympic Summer Games, released four years later.
Each computer athlete has his own name (fake) and nationality (choosing from UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, USA, Japan and the Unified Team, everyone...
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