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To keep the Olympic spirit, go out and buy this tape. There are five events which you can take part, two sprints, two hurdles (110 and 400 metres) and the hammer throw.

In the track events you compete against two other athletes. To win each race you have to press a key which increases your effort as you run. Too much effort and you will fall flat on your face with exhaustion, too little effort and you come in last. A scale at the bottom of the screen shows you much effort you are using and also a scale of what distance is left to run.

In the hurdles you have another key to press to make your man jump.

There are facilities for training and a choice of event. Graphically it's not bad but there is an awful lot of time wasted with menus between each event.

Overall, good fun and your money is not wasted. Athlete is for the 48K owners only at £5.95.