Activision Patch: Decathlon Gold

The gold medal patch for The Activision Decathlon - the hardest of the whole programme to earn.

How the tiers worked

• Decathlon awarded bronze, silver and gold according to the score reached, which no other Activision patch did.
• All three are catalogued here, which makes this collection a complete set of a graded award - unusual, and worth knowing.

How it was earned

• Photograph the television showing your score, post it to Activision, and receive the patch and club membership.

The Decathlon is a game about hammering a joystick as fast as possible for ten events, and the gold score demanded a level of physical punishment that broke a good many controllers. That is what makes this patch scarce and the sticks of that era so often worn out.