Track & Field, known in Japan as Hyper Olympics (ハイパーオリンピック), is a 1983 Olympic-themed arcade game developed and published by Konami.
The arcade version was released in 1983 as an arcade game. The simple gameplay, based on quick, repeating, button presses set the basics for sequels and similar games in the genre for the next decades. There were several home versions of the original; the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions were only released as p...
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Track & Field, known in Japan as Hyper Olympics (ハイパーオリンピック), is a 1983 Olympic-themed arcade game developed and published by Konami.
The arcade version was released in 1983 as an arcade game. The simple gameplay, based on quick, repeating, button presses set the basics for sequels and similar games in the genre for the next decades. There were several home versions of the original; the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions were only released as part of the Game, Set and Match II compilation in 1988, and are poorly regarded by fans . The NES version was especially well-received, and sold well.
In the original arcade game, the player uses two "run" buttons (or a trackball in some early units) and one "action" button to control an athlete competing in following six events:
In each event, there is a qualifying time or level that the player must achieve to advance to the next event; failing to qualify (in one heat for running events or three tries in the other events) ends the game.
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