The Epyx Games: Sports Collection gameplay
Gameplay has come in for The Epyx Games: Sports Collection, which was only announced for Nintendo Switch a few days ago and just launched. A collection of Epyx retro classics are included in the digital package.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
In the 1980s, the gold-medal-winning name for sports games on the C64 was Epyx. Now you can relive over 50 different athletic and sporting events across eight of Epyx’s retro classics in this remastered collection, including the best-seller California Games.
Take home the gold in everything from skiing to skateboarding, from wrestling to roller skating, from BMX to bobsled, and many more. Epyx games were known for their amazing animation and stunningly accurate and immersive gameplay, with some even developed in coordination with former Olympic athletes for a truely authentic experience.
Play with up to 8 players, with many events supporting two-player simultaneous play.
Featuring:
- Summer Games (1984) – The original competition
- Summer Games II (1985) – Return and go for gold
- Winter Games (1985) – Canada’s slopes provide the greatest challenge
- World Games (1986) – Take on the globe
- Championship Wrestling (1986) – It’s clobbering time
- California Games (1987) – The raddest, most totally tubular events ever
- The Games – Winter Edition (1988) – Take to the slopes once more
- The Games – Summer Edition (1988) – The ultimate athletic tournament
Experience these collector’s classics with many modern features, including:
- Display filters (including retro CRT filters) and scaling options (including aspect-ratio-corrected and fullscreen options)
- Recreated game boxes – rotate to view from any angle
- Fully integrated game instruction manuals
- Save games – save and restore your games at any point
- Right- and left-handed control presets
Continue on below for a look at the The Epyx Games: Sports Collection gameplay.
Gameplay
You can grab the collection now on the Nintendo eShop. We also have more information here.
