Ep.205 – Gold, Glory, and Gamepads: The History of the Olympics and its Video Game Adaptions
A Trip Down Memory Card Lane · David Kassin and Robert Kassin
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Show Notes
For centuries, the world has gathered in the spirit of competition, and in 1980, video games joined the Olympic tradition with Microsoft Decathlon. This week, we explore how developers brought the Games from the stadium to the screen, tracing the evolution from Microsoft’s first digital decathlon to Konami’s Track & Field and Sega’s modern Olympic adaptations. We discuss official and unofficial titles, from Daley Thompson’s Decathlon to Mario and Sonic’s friendly rivalry, and reflect on how each era’s technology reshaped our interactive Olympics. Join us as we sprint, jump, and throw our way through the history of Olympic video games on today’s trip down Memory Card Lane.