# The Olympics started today. If there was a retro gaming Olympics, what would the events be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Video Games\ **Created:** [February 9, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584 "2018-02-09T22:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raskulous](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/raskulous/32/11773_2.png) [@raskulous](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/raskulous)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584/1 "2018-02-09T22:27:40Z")
What do you guys think? ---
**Author:** ![BTails](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/btails/32/4121_2.png) [@BTails](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/BTails)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584/2 "2018-02-09T22:38:13Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/retrogameboards/original/2X/6/6c7fb060f76094d45048bc429446017f35437074.jpeg) All kidding aside, there’s a lot of focus on eSports currently. I think a lot of Retro games would unfortunately not work at a professional competition level, since many of them have exploits or flaws that would make balanced play difficult. That being said, I’d love to watch some Halo 1 deathmatch as an Olympic event, or Smash Bros Melee! ---
**Author:** ![raskulous](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/raskulous/32/11773_2.png) [@raskulous](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/raskulous)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584/3 "2018-02-09T22:51:22Z")
Haha that image… Perfect. How about Dragster? I heard if you rev the engine and pop the clutch on the count down, you can start in second gear. ![Dragster_Cover](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/retrogameboards/original/2X/4/4619853b8e8d1112168c9a93ff9c95c2703d03e9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![raskulous](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/raskulous/32/11773_2.png) [@raskulous](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/raskulous)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584/4 "2018-02-09T22:52:25Z")
All kidding aside, speedrunning would be the obvious choice here, with sanctions on what can be glitched and what can’t. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/matt/32/13124_2.png) [@matt](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584/5 "2018-02-10T01:06:40Z")
We’ve been playing Olympics games (following on from Golf, Winter Sports, Tennis) and the best one we’ve found is World Sports Competition (Power Sports) on TG16/PCE. Very very good. ---
**Author:** ![Mega](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/mega/32/279_2.png) [@Mega](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Mega)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584/6 "2018-02-10T02:57:06Z")
![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/retrogameboards/original/2X/9/9b1ab576396fb9486e2dd535482e722357a85b45.jpg) ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/retrogameboards/original/2X/0/059edd213d1dcada69922095527fe95d763d9811.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![New002](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/new002/32/8283_2.png) [@New002](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/New002)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584/7 "2018-02-10T03:31:00Z")
Stadium Events of course. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/fuzzy/32/458_2.png) [@Fuzzy](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Fuzzy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584/8 "2018-02-10T03:37:11Z")
Oh, I thought thread meant stuff like “rapid button pressing” and “Mario Party stick destroying”. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Peltz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/peltz/32/6142_2.png) [@Peltz](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/Peltz)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584/9 "2018-02-10T03:47:51Z")
In all reality… DOTA2 PUGB Rocket League CS:GO ---
**Author:** ![dubc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/dubc/32/758_2.png) [@dubc](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/dubc)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584/10 "2018-02-10T07:46:30Z")
Also Konami’s Track and Field for NES. ---
**Author:** ![BTails](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/btails/32/4121_2.png) [@BTails](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/BTails)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/the-olympics-started-today-if-there-was-a-retro-gaming-olympics-what-would-the-events-be/584/11 "2018-02-12T21:59:50Z")
I wish some of my Retro buddies lived in the same city as me. We used to play Blades of Steel all the time. Would love to get a bracket going to celebrate the return of Olympic hockey (Minus the NHL players ☹ )