<s>
The	B-Application
Activision	I-Application
Decathlon	I-Application
is	O
a	O
sports	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
David	O
Crane	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
,	O
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
compete	O
in	O
the	O
ten	O
different	O
events	O
of	O
a	O
real-life	O
decathlon	B-Application
,	O
either	O
in	O
sequence	O
or	O
individually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
player	O
whose	O
score	O
met	O
or	O
exceeded	O
the	O
values	O
below	O
could	O
send	O
photo	O
documentation	O
to	O
receive	O
an	O
Activision	B-Application
Decathlon	I-Application
Club	O
patch	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
colors	O
of	O
an	O
Olympic	O
medal	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
release	O
,	O
Activision	O
's	O
Decathlon	B-Application
drew	O
comparisons	O
to	O
Konami	O
's	O
popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
Hyper	B-Application
Olympic	I-Application
(	O
Track	B-Application
&	I-Application
Field	I-Application
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
introduced	O
at	O
the	O
Amusement	O
Machine	O
Show	O
a	O
month	O
later	O
in	O
September	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
version	O
of	O
Decathlon	B-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
by	O
Video	O
magazine	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
Arcade	O
Alley	O
"	O
column	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
absolute	O
triumph	O
of	O
imaginative	O
programming	O
"	O
and	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
masterwork.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
rated	O
the	O
VCS	O
version	O
92%	O
while	O
giving	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
version	O
a	O
93%	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1985	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
appeared	O
at	O
number-two	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
chart	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
reissued	O
simply	O
as	O
Decathlon	B-Application
by	O
the	O
UK	O
budget	O
label	O
Firebird	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
2002	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
compilation	O
Activision	B-Application
Anthology	I-Application
.	O
</s>
