''Hes Games'' is a 1984 sports game released for the

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. It was originally developed by 3-2-1 Software for the C64 . It was later upgraded by Michael Crick and released in the UK by Americana as ''Go For The Gold'' (#1 hit September 1986) and in the US by COSMI CORP under the label Celery Software. The US title, ''World Games'', was changed to ''Gold Medal Games'' to avoid confusion with an

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product also called ''

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''.

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'' in 1984 stated that ''HES Games'' "may be one of the best" of several Olympics-related games, especially praising the weightlifting simulation. The game was positively reviewed by Zzap!64 magazine who gave it a 95% rating.

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