Ten Events is a realistic simulation of the men's multi-events competitions (decathlon and indoor hepathlon) and enables you to coach history's greatest in a quest for gold.
The decathlon consists of the following track and field events held over two days of competition:
Day 1: 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, and the 400-meter dash.
Day 2: 110-meter hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, and the 1500-meter run.
Fatigue, injuries, altitude, and wind effects are incorporated in the game. For example, Mexico City's high altitude (7546 feet/2300 meteres) will produce faster sprint times, longer broad jumps and javelin throws, but hinder athlete's efforts in the 1500-meter run... just as it did during the 1968 Olympic Games.
As coach, you must choose you athlete's effort levels in the throws and long jump in order to maximize distance while avoiding fouls.
Using a large number of throws, vaults, and jumps will create fatigue and hurt suceeding efforts.
Old-timers' abilities have been enhanced to enable them to compete with today's athletes whose advantages include better nutrition, full-time training with better facilities, synthetic tracks and poles, superior landing pads, and starting blocks. A time travel feature enables you to let modern athletes compete in past times too.
See how Bryan Clay or Bill Toomey might do against Jim Thorpe and his contemporaries in Stockholm in 1912.
See how 19th-century all-around champion, Malcolm Ford of 1902s champ, Harold Osborn might fare against Rafer Johnson and C. K. Yang in Tokyo in 1960.
Pit Bruce Jenner and Daley Thompson against Glenn Morris and other greats of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
More than 350 athletes are included. Most were world-class decathletes. Some were stars of other multi-event disciplines such as the ten-event all-around, the pentathlon, and the indoor heptathlon. Some athletes were better known for prowess in a single event, but dabbles in muti-event competitions.
The following athletes are among the highest-rated in in the ten events are:
100-Meter Dash:
Eulace Peacock, Malcolm Ford, Harald Andersson-Arbin, Dan O'Brien, Bill Toomey, Chris Huffins, and Daley Thompson.
Long Jump:
Ralph Boston, Peacock, Bob Clark, Robert Legrende, Ned Gourdin, and Al Kraenzlein.
Shot Put:
Brian Oldfield, Edy Hubacher, Donald Dinnie, Bill Watson, Russ Hodge, Martin Sheridan, and Heino Lipp.
High Jump:
Jagan Hames, Christian Schenk, Pat Davin, Joachim Kirst, Jim Thorpe, and Jurgen Hingsen.
400-Meter Dash:
Toomey, Jeff Bennett, Charles Hoff, Jeff Bannister, Eberhard Stroot, Roy Mercer, and Rafer Johnson.
110-Meter Hurdles:
Martin Lauer, Milt Campbell, Frank Buseman, Bob Coffman, Don Shy, and Kraenzlein.
Discus Throw:
Eero Lehtenen, Dinnie, Oldfield, Evert Nilsson, Hubacher, Harry Goelitz, William Curtis, Sheridan, and Lipp.
Pole Vault:
Tim Bright, Hoff, Erki Nool, Rick Sloan, Harry Babcock, Sebastien Levicq, Bennett, Dave Steen, and C. K. Yang.
Javelin Throw:
Lennart Hedmark, Jerry Dyes, Raimo Pihl, Kurt Bendlin, Dinnie, Bill Miller, Eric Lemming, R. Johnson, and Vasiliy Kuznyetsov.
1500-Meter Run:
Leonid Litvinyenko, Bennett, Mike Hill, Bannister, Jan Podebradsky, Dick Emberger, John Crist, Yuriy Kutsenko, and Toomey.
Other greats such as Bob Mathias, Bruce Jenner, and Roman Sebrle will be competitive by performing well in almost every event.