<s>
Video	B-Application
Olympics	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
programmed	O
by	O
Joe	O
Decuir	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	O
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
games	O
from	O
Atari	O
's	O
popular	O
arcade	O
Pong	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
collection	O
in	O
arcade	O
machine	O
form	O
called	O
Tournament	B-Application
Table	I-Application
was	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	B-Application
Olympics	I-Application
was	O
rebranded	O
by	O
Sears	O
as	O
Pong	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
use	O
the	O
Video	B-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
's	O
paddle	B-Device
controllers	I-Device
,	O
and	O
are	O
for	O
one	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
(	O
three	O
or	O
four	O
players	O
requires	O
a	O
second	O
set	O
of	O
paddles	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	B-Application
Olympics	I-Application
includes	O
50	O
games	O
and	O
variations	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Pong	B-Application
-	O
The	O
classic	O
table	O
tennis	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	O
Pong	B-Application
-	O
A	O
Pong	B-Application
variation	O
where	O
each	O
player	O
has	O
two	O
paddles	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robot	O
Pong	B-Application
-	O
A	O
solitaire	O
Pong	B-Application
variation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quadrapong	B-Application
-	O
A	O
four-player	O
,	O
four-wall	O
Pong	B-Application
variation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foozpong	O
-	O
Based	O
on	O
Foozball	O
,	O
this	O
Pong	B-Application
variant	O
has	O
the	O
players	O
control	O
a	O
vertical	O
three-paddle	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hockey	O
III	O
-	O
An	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
simulation	O
where	O
players	O
can	O
catch	O
and	O
shoot	O
the	O
puck	O
at	O
the	O
opposing	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basketball	B-Application
-	O
A	O
basketball	B-Application
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volleyball	B-Device
-	O
A	O
volleyball	B-Device
simulation	O
where	O
the	O
traditional	O
(	O
Pong-style	O
)	O
left-right	O
volley	O
is	O
swapped	O
for	O
a	O
top-bottom	O
volley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Winter	O
1979	O
issue	O
of	O
Video	O
,	O
the	O
cartridge	O
was	O
reviewed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
general	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
where	O
it	O
received	O
a	O
review	O
score	O
of	O
8.5	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
constituent	O
games	O
were	O
characterized	O
as	O
"	O
old	O
standbys	O
"	O
but	O
"	O
still	O
lots	O
of	O
fun	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
more	O
thorough	O
review	O
appeared	O
in	O
Video'''s	O
"	O
Arcade	O
Alley	O
"	O
column	O
in	O
the	O
Summer	O
1979	O
issue	O
where	O
the	O
release	O
was	O
generally	O
praised	O
for	O
"tak[ing]	O
Atari	O
's	O
Pong	B-Application
concept	O
and	O
explor[ing]	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
limit.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Individual	O
games	O
were	O
singled	O
out	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
with	O
praise	O
for	O
Volleyball	B-Device
and	O
Robot	O
Pong	B-Application
(	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
astonishingly	O
good	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
criticism	O
for	O
Handball	O
(	O
for	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
visually	O
disturbing	O
blinking	O
paddle	B-Device
rather	O
than	O
an	O
absent''	O
paddle	B-Device
to	O
indicate	O
inactive	O
players	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Basketball	B-Application
(	O
described	O
as	O
primitive	O
compared	O
to	O
Atari	O
's	O
own	O
1978	O
version	O
of	O
Basketball	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
