Embrace the competitive spirit of the world's most prestigious sporting event and represent your country and bring home the gold

Appearing on next gen consoles for the first time, Beijing 2008 delivers an entertaining and immersive Olympic experience. The superior graphics capture the fine emotional detail of each event where a fraction of a second means thedifference between winning and losing. The Innovative game mechanics challenge a player�s time, speed and co-ordination. Compete for glory with up to seven friends online; strive to break records as you lead your country to victory. This summer show your patriotism and bring home the gold!

Above is the description found on a webpage selling the PC edition of this game. Notice how it mentions "next gen consoles". Well, this should pretty much indicate that it's a console-to-PC port. This is a spectacularly bad port though. Infact we found it to be pretty much unplayable without an XBOX360 for Windows controller, which begs the question, why bother porting it at all ?It's pretty buggy too.

Minimum System Requirements:
OS: Windows XP
Processor: Pentium 4 @ 2.4 Ghz or Equivalent
Memory: 1 GB
Video Memory: 6600 Nvidia graphics card or ATI equivalent with support for Pixel Shader 3.
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

Recommended System Requirements:
OS: Windows XP / Vista
Processor: AMD or Intel Dual Core Processor
Memory: 1 GB
Video Memory: 7800 Nvidia graphics card or ATI equivalent.
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive