Caveman Ughlympics

1988 video game

Caveman Ughlympics or Caveman Ugh-lympics is a 1988 Olympic-themed sports video game set in the Stone Age. It was developed for the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS by Dynamix and published by Electronic Arts. The Nintendo Entertainment System version was ported and released by Data East USA, a subsidiary of Data East, as Caveman Games.^[1]

Gameplay

Caveman Ughlympics is a Stone Age Olympics played using different combinations of keys on the player's keyboard or the NES controller. The game is made up of six events:

• Saber Race, where the player races against an opponent avoiding both obstacles and the sabre tooth tiger running behind.
• Matetoss, similar to the hammer throw, where the player has to spin their wife/husband and try to throw them as far as they can.
• Firemaking, where the player races an opponent to create a full-burning fire.
• Clubbing, where the player faces off against an opponent holding clubs on a cliff, trying to club the other off the cliff sides or deplete their life meter.
• Dino Race, where the player sits on a dinosaur and races against an opponent, avoiding obstacles on the course.
• Dino Vault, where the player has to pole vault over a Tyrannosaurus rex.

Reception

Computer Gaming World gave the game a positive review, saying the game is most enjoyable with 2-4 players. The game's humor was its most praised quality.^{[2][verification needed]}

David Wilson reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "the next time you find yourself longing for those simpler times and looking for a way to sate the barbarian within, don't lose your cool—boot up Caveman Ughlympics instead."^[3]

References

1. "Caveman Ugh-Lympics (NES) Back Cover". MobyGames. August 4, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
2. Sipe, Russell; Scorpia (Jan 1989), "IBM Goes to War", Computer Gaming World, pp. 24–25
3. Wilson, David (March 1989). "Neanderthal Nonsense and Cro-Magnon Comedy". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 57. pp. 43–44.

External links

• Caveman Ughlympics at MobyGames
• Caveman Ugh-Lympics at www.c64-wiki.de (German)