The games are a collection of bat-and-ball style games, including several previously released by Atari, Inc.as arcade games. The games use the Video Computer System's paddle controllers, and are for one to four players (three or four players requires a second set of paddles).
 
Games
The Hockey variation
Video Olympics includes 50 games and variations:[3]: 30 
Pong - The classic table tennis simulation.[4]: 42 
Super Pong - A Pong variation where each player has two paddles.[4]: 42 
Robot Pong - A solitaire Pong variation.[4]: 42 
Pong Doubles
Quadrapong - A four-player, four-wall Pong variation.[4]: 42 
Foozpong - Based on Foozball, this Pong variant has the players control a vertical three-paddle column.[4]: 42 
Soccer[5]
Handball - A handball simulation.[4]: 42 
Ice hockey
Hockey III - An ice hockey simulation where players can catch and shoot the puck at the opposing goal.[4]: 42 
Basketball - A basketball simulation.[4]: 42 
Volleyball - A volleyball simulation where the traditional (Pong-style) left-right volley is swapped for a top-bottom volley. Players can volley or spike.