Decathlon Activision patch #16

I finally went back to my quest of Activision patches. For whatever reason, I was not able to get my heavy sixer to show on the TV, so I dug out a Coleco with its Atari adapter. Just adding some variety to the challenge,

Decathlon was one of my favorite as a kid, and I am still amazed at the graphics, even at the box, I love that blue. I remember having blister in my palm, and my grandma made a soft cushion for me to put between the stick and my palm.

Colecovision with Atari extension and Decathlon

This one I did it for sure as a kid, but just redid it with 9247 points (8600 needed). The only difficulty is to remember to read the manual to understand how to do the pole vault event. Without it, you will ruin your 3 chancres, and it will get really hard.

  

Decathlon, 9247 points

In fact this patch was hard just because I had to try 4 carts before finding one that works.

At this point, I think I only have Space Shuttle let to beat in my collection, so I need to find some more games with a patch achievement.
Here is a list to start with from Collector's Corner

Game	Patch difficulty	Game Rating
Freeway	Medium	Nice game speedy cars, great colors. netter than Frogger
Dragster	Medium	Weird game, with 6 seconds gameplay. Super stressful
Laser Blast	Very easy	Boring and pointless
Skiing	Medium	Scrolling, colors, learning path, awesome game
Pitfall!	Very easy	Classic, so many screens, animations, colors, it has everything
Kaboom	Hard	Awesome, colors, paddle control, in the zone feeling.
Pitfall II	Easy	Huge map, so many screens, colors, sound, awesome
Chopper Command	Easy	Speed and colors, such a long road from Tank
Tennis	Easy	Colorfully boring
Megamania	Easy	Like 8 games in 1, great game
River Raid	Easy	My hands.....
Ice Hockey	Easy	Nice sprites.
Oink!	Hard	My hands.....
Barstorming	Hard	Like a racing game when you go up and down
Ice Jinks	Easy	Meh, looks great
Decathlon	Easy	First try, pole vault is the key, read the manual