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Nobody waggles joysticks any more. Not only does it look obscene, but it also tends to wear out more joysticks than an EMAP Kick Off championship. Add to that the fact that Daley Thompson is about as 'in' as Showaddywaddy and you begin to marvel that this Olympic Challenge ever saw the light of day again.

The challenge is made up of the ten decathlon events plus a 'training camp' section. A healthy dose of joystick waggling makes Daley run the 100m, fly over the pole vault and lift weights in the gym.

The whole genre is well past its sell-by date now (Epyx having produced the last decent multi-event game in California Games) and with Daley himself not having surfaced for a number of years, and the next Olympics well over a year away, this isn't exactly a sure-fire hit.