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Olympic Gold (Game Gear)

Go for the gold, on the go!

Regional Differences#

Like its Genesis counterpart, the US/JP and EU versions of the game have some small differences.

USA/Japan

Europe

  • The EU version adds a Coca-Cola logo to the startup screen along with a smaller version of the original logo next to it. It also changes the copyright text slightly.

USA/Japan

Europe

  • The language selection screen shows the USA flag for English in the US/JP versions, and the UK flag for English in the EU version.
  • Seven bytes are added to address $02bc3 in the EU version. The code has an additional sound play after displaying the medal table.
  • The ROM header in the US/JP versions has "GG International" as its region, while the EU version has "GG Export".

(Source: SMS Power!)