| Beijing Olympics 2008 | 
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| From: Sega Of America, Inc. Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99 Buy New: $44.99 You Save: $5.00 (10%)
Buy New/Used from $42.96
Avg. Customer Rating:   (1 reviews) Sales Rank: 911
Platform: Playstation 3 ESRB: Everyone Media: Video Game Edition: Jewel Case Autographed: No Memorabilia: No Batteries Included: No Age: 5 - 20 years Shipping Weight (lbs): 2 Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 69018 Model: 69018 UPC: 010086690187 EAN: 0010086690187 ASIN: B0015AT8G6
Release Date: July 8, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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 |
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| Editorial Reviews:
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.
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| Customer Reviews:
  If you like Pina Coladas... July 18, 2008 14 out of 20 found this review helpful
If you like repetitive key punching, then have a couple pina coladas and you might find this entertaining. Maybe I'm too hard on it, this is best suited for a family get-together, with young kids, for setting the Olympic mood. But it really amounts little more than repetitive key punching, to the extent you wonder if you're going to brake your gamepads. Its not all that different from the Apple IIe's key-banging equivolent circa 1983, but the graphics have thankfully improved somewhat in the last 25 yrs -- too bad gameplay hasn't. I guess it's just difficult to make a good Olympics game, b/c no one ever pulls it off.
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