Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge (1988)

Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge is a 1988 sports game published by Ocean Software. The development team consisted of Dave Thompson, Bill Harbison, and Jonathan Dunn.

This action-oriented sports title supports a single player. It features AY sound, compatibility with Kempston and Interface 2 joysticks, and utilizes a multi-loader in 48K mode. The gameplay incorporates a strategic layer, requiring players to select the correct shoes for specific events.

The cassette version retailed for £9.95, while the disk edition cost £14.95. The game was also released for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Amiga, and Atari ST.

It holds an average magazine score of 73.11%. The game earned a Crash Smash award from Crash magazine, which gave it a 91% rating in their November 1988 issue.

The game became well-known in the Soviet Union due to numerous TR-DOS conversions released by groups such as Microspace and the Mortal Kombat Hackers Group. Cracked cassette versions by Bill Gilbert were also in circulation. The title frequently appeared in local popularity charts of that era.