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DecAthlete
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released in Europe as Athlete Kings due to a licensing issue, is a track-and-field themed arcade sports video game. On its unveiling, the gaming media generally described it as a modern clone of ''Daley Thompson's Decathlon. Released in 1996, it was developed by Sega AM3 and produced by Sega. A home port was released on the Sega Saturn in 1996, largely identical to the arcade version, due to the similar hardware of the ST-V hardware and the Saturn. It was released on the PlayStation 2 in Japan only as part of the Sega Ages 2500 series. Compared to other decathlon based games, Decathlete has a
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It sits within the topics 1996 video games, Arcade video games and Multiplayer and single-player video games.
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Decathlete, released in Europe as Athlete Kings, is an athletics themed arcade game. Released in 1994, it was developed and produced by Sega. A well-received home port was released on the Sega Saturn in 1995, scoring mainly positive reviews for its arcade faithful conversion, due to the similar hardware of the ST-V arcade and the Saturn. It was released on the PlayStation 2 in Japan only as part of the Sega Ages 2500 series. Compared to other decathlon based games, Decathlete has a more comic and cartoon like style. A sequel followed in 1997, the winter sports based Winter Heat.
- Released
- 1996
- Genres
- Sport
- Platforms
- Arcade, Sega Saturn
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Developer
- Sega AM3
- Publisher
- Sega
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Sega
- Developer
- Sega
- Platform
- arcade video game machine
- Game mode
- multiplayer video game
- Distribution format
- read-only memory
- Sport
- athletics
Show 3 more facts
- publication date
- 1996-07-12
- input device
- joystick
- title
- Dekasurīto
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Characters
- Development
- Reception
- Notes
- References
- External links
released in Europe as Athlete Kings due to a licensing issue, is a track-and-field themed arcade sports video game. On its unveiling, the gaming media generally described it as a modern clone of ''Daley Thompson's Decathlon. Released in 1996, it was developed by Sega AM3 and produced by Sega. A home port was released on the Sega Saturn in 1996, largely identical to the arcade version, due to the similar hardware of the ST-V hardware and the Saturn. It was released on the PlayStation 2 in Japan only as part of the Sega Ages 2500 series. Compared to other decathlon based games, Decathlete has a more comic and cartoon-like style. A sequel followed in 1997, which was the winter sports-based Winter Heat.
==Gameplay== left|thumb|Screenshot of DecAthlete during gameplay.
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