Video Olympics was one of the nine games originally released with the Atari VCS in 1977. The developpers goal was apparently to make the ultimate Pong compilation on one cartridge.
Indeed all previous Pong variants created by Atari (mostly in the arcades) can be found in Video Olympics one way or another.
- the original Pong (1972) game of course, - Pong Doubles (1973), called here Pong 4-I, - Superpong (1974), - Quadrapong (1974), - Rebound (1974), called here Volleyball
The games included into this Video Olympics are: - Pong, - Super Pong, - Soccer, - Foozpong, - Hockey, - Quadrapong, - Handball, - Volleyball, - Basketball + variations for each game (Speed-up, Whammy, Catch, Jump)
In 1978, Atari released a kind of arcade version of this cartridge called "Tournament Table"! Sources say that the hardware of the Tournament Table is almost an Atari VCS. The list of games inlcuded are: Breakout, Soccer I, Soccer II, Foozpong, Hockey I, Hockey II, Hockey III, Quadrapong, Handball, Volleyball, Basketball I and Basketball II. Only Breakout has been added instead of Pong and Super Pong.
SOFTWARE RELATIONS:
Video Olympics is related toBig Sports 12 (Epoch Cassette Vision)
Video Olympics is related toPong (*multiple ports*)