Play Carl Lewis' Go for the Gold Online

Game Overview

Remember when track and field games were just about mashing keys at the right time and praying your pixelated athlete didn't trip? Carl Lewis' Go for the Gold is that exact brand of chaotic, sweat-inducing fun from the MS-DOS era. You get six events—the 100m dash feels like trying to type the alphabet at lightspeed, while the long jump has you nervously tapping just before the foul line. The javelin? Pure panic trying to angle it right.

It's janky in that perfect early-90s way, with Carl Lewis' sprite looking more like a collection of colored blocks than an Olympian. But there's something weirdly satisfying about finally nailing the triple jump rhythm after faceplanting five times in a row. The soundtrack is basically bleeps and bloops that somehow still get your heart racing.

Honestly, half the fun now is laughing at how absurdly hard it feels compared to modern games. Just try not to throw your keyboard when you miss gold by 0.01 seconds.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".