The 100m sprint with a computer-generated cheetah chasing each runner, the long jump over a computer-generated pool of snapping crocodiles, the javelin spearing a computer-generated evil henchman as it lands, etc.-- hippo, Aug 21 2008 Animalympics http://www.youtube....L_Q&feature=related"46 Seconds - not bad for a fatso!" [Jinbish, Aug 21 2008] For [theleopard] http://pirates.emuc...thlon/c64/main.htmlDaley Thompson's Decathalon - the game that crippled a thousand joysticks. A week. [Jinbish, Aug 21 2008] For all sports, please. Anything to make people running round a field, hitting a ball with a stick, et cetera more interesting. [+]-- Srimech, Aug 21 2008 I remember my first ever experience on a rowing machine at a gym: it included a display screen with program that had a 'shark chase'.
Not quite peril, but you could add sprinting animals to the races. Usain Bolt against a crocodile (Bolt Jenkins - see linky), Michael Phelps versus an otter (!?).-- Jinbish, Aug 21 2008 Slightly different, but I used to think it would be good to dub 8-bit games console sound effects over the top of the Olympics. Imagine the triple jump, the javelin and the hurdles with Mario jumping noises and shoot-em up lasers and the like.-- theleopard, Aug 21 2008 I used to have that game! A sure-fire way of developing arthritis at the age of 9.-- theleopard, Aug 21 2008 Yep. Kids have it easy these days. Wii Fit, my arse.-- Jinbish, Aug 21 2008 (+) Synchronized swimming with piranhas.-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Aug 21 2008 + what [Srimech] said...let's make it interesting!-- xandram, Aug 21 2008 use monkey and pigsy from the olympics trailer for something please.-- po, Aug 21 2008 Wouldn't it be simpler to use real cheetahs?-- wagster, Aug 21 2008 // real cheetahs //
Now THAT gets our vote ! [+]
Marathon runners being chased by a virtual velociraptor would be good .... but bluescreen/CGI can only go so far. The Long Jump where the first part of the pit is full of live venomous snakes would be excellent. Putting the shot, but with a live grenade - throw it far enough, and you not onl get a medal, you get to live, too. And for the equestian events, a pack of hungry lions would add that extra frisson of authenticity ....-- 8th of 7, Aug 22 2008 //Putting the shot, but with a live grenade // It wouldn't be heavy enough, would it?-- pertinax, Aug 23 2008 If it was heavy enough, then you wouldn't be able to get far enough away. Somewhere in between there must be a happy medium where most competitors live but the odd few die.-- wagster, Aug 23 2008 "Darwin Olympics" = survival of the fittest, literally ?-- 8th of 7, Aug 23 2008 Nice idea!
Being an ex-pole vaulter, I can imagine the fun of jumping over a giraffe.-- django, Aug 24 2008 halfbakery