Asterix at the Olympic Games goes mobile

By Dusan Belic on Monday, January 21st, 2008 at 4:03 PM PST In Gaming

I can never forget reading the first Asterix comic book. I was 12 years old and I couldn’t sleep because of it. Yeah, I loved it. The first movie and then the sequel was cool, but I enjoyed the cartoons even more. Guess I was younger when they aired…

Enough about my childhood. It’s the EA Mobile which secured the licence to release the official game of the “Europe’s biggest 2008 movie” - Asterix at the Olympic Games. The game title is somewhat different and seems made so that everyone knows it’s the game they should get - Asterix: The Official Mobile Game of the Movie.

As for the game itself, it’s a platform adventure and it’s your task to play with Asterix and Obelix, and compete in Greece to win the hand of Princess Irina for young Gaul - Lovestorix. You start on the streets of Athens, preparing yourself for various disciplines like long jump, running, disk, football and the chariot race finale…

I haven’t played the game, but I’ll certainly will. Even if it’s piece of crap — and I honestly hope it’s not — it will bring back the memories. I can’t do anything about the time… Pardon me for being more pathetic than usual…