Some stupid trivia for you. Between the original's arcade release, and the release of the trackball "fix", Konami also recommended placing garden hose washers inside the buttons to cushion the pounding. My late best friend was an arcade mechanic, and I assisted in installing these washers on their games.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, I never knew that. Thanks for the info
@bofletcher3212
4 жыл бұрын
There was also a ridge placed around the buttons to block the pencil technique. My friend & I defeated that by attaching the tops from gallon milk jugs to a carpenter's pencil (flat). The milk caps fit perfectly over but inside the guards.
@frankrizzo890
4 жыл бұрын
@@bofletcher3212 That wasn't to block the pencil technique! It was another attempted fix to stop people from pounding their hands/fists on the buttons! My bud's company didn't care about the pencil technique, as that was a finesse strategy. You guys weren't breaking buttons, just records! :-)
@dodgerblue182able
3 жыл бұрын
@@bofletcher3212 Good idea! We cut a wire hanger and bent it to go over the side shields. Before the side shields on buttons, the black pocket comb worked best for me, lol!
@DarkpawTheWolf
4 жыл бұрын
I love this game. In Canada, we were lucky enough to get it in the original "Hyper Olympic" title. I can play this game pretty much all day on one quarter. I eventually just get too tired, and walk away from it. When you get past level 9, the level number has a bug in it, and just starts showing ASCII characters.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That's very cool, I can only made the level III or four and that was it
@anonymousanonymous5327
4 жыл бұрын
"Will award you 1000 points" awards 3000
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the correction
@moebetta5561
4 жыл бұрын
And it wasn’t a bird it was a UFO
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
@@moebetta5561 I've seen it both
@foxfireinferno197
3 жыл бұрын
It awarded a thousand points, it just did it three times.
@ACanOfBakedBeans
4 жыл бұрын
Good game, although I actually prefer the sequel, Hyper Sports
@georgef551
5 жыл бұрын
In actuality, you didn't have to hit the run buttons as fast as possible, so long as you had precise rhythm, you can get to good speeds (3 blocks short of full speed on the speed bar) just alternating 3 times per second. In my most recent plays (recent upload a couple months ago on an actual machine) I wasn't fast, but kept the rhythm constant, getting up there in speed (at times, just 2 blocks short of full).
@daneast
4 жыл бұрын
You're absolutely right about the buttons getting worn out. I've seen more of these machines out of order (or worse and more frequent, still "in order" but with screwed up buttons) than any other arcade machine I can remember. Something about this game really appealed to me though. You're also right about breaking 2600 controllers. I can't remember if it was this game or some other game (I don't remember owning Track & Field for the 2600), but you had to wiggle the controller left and right as fast as you could, and I do remember breaking controllers doing that.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
There were a lot of those joystick wiggling games For the Commodore 64 in a few for the 2600. DECATHELON was another joystick killer :-)
@FlyHec
3 жыл бұрын
3:10 this is the NES version being shown. Info on the Easter egg is correct though. 3:17 is also the NES version but there is no mole on arcade Long Jump. The mole on arcade is on High Jump. That NES version mole is triggered by having 3 zeros at the end of the measurement in 10.00. you also get it from 9.99, 8.88 etc. The 1000 pts on Arcade is done by getting all 3 jumps to be the same distance. So much cringe in this vid to list.
@GitDatPC
Жыл бұрын
Track & Field and Hyper Sports are still unique and addictive 🙂 Standing the test of time 👍
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@vestaxwax
4 жыл бұрын
Activision's Decathlon was the real joystick shredder for the 2600. Particularly the 1500m event.
@MMaximuSS1975
4 жыл бұрын
Nice that somebody mentioned the "broken pencil between your fingers" technique to rapidly press the buttons faster. You placed it in such a way that you put them across your knuckles, weaving your fingers over and under, perpendicular to your fingers so that it acted like a teeter totter mechanism to keep the rhythm steady and fast. You held it in one hand so that the pencil would also assist your other hand. When one finger lifts up it would help push the other down. Kind of one of the first "hacks" I remember as a kid watching my older friends and cousins in the arcade.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I used to see people use a comb and do essentially the same thing
@WIBoomer1
2 жыл бұрын
Loved this game. I think my highest high jump was 2.46..maybe 2.47, i know it was much higher than the 2.35 to quailfy. My technique was a little unique...I would kneel to get my hands up higher and it seemed to work better than most. Hated the cocktail version though, because with my technique, could never see the screen!!! had to haver people hit the jump button for me! Thanks for bringing back the memories!
@ivane5110
2 жыл бұрын
this was one of my favorites. I was all about track & field in real life at that point, so was through the roof when this showed up (arcade? PX? Diner?). I'm retroactively jealous of the hyper version. That would have taken it to the next level...but wow what a hit to the coin pocket. lol, maybe I'm the lucky one after all?
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
2 жыл бұрын
LOL, it was great and so was the follow-up
@stevesirois3418
5 жыл бұрын
Nice video! In addition to Track & Field and Hyper Sports games, I also enjoyed Decathlon on the Atari 2600 (that was a real workout!) and the Summer/Winter Games series from Epyx on the Commodore 64.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I like decathlon as well on the 2600 because that was the closest we had at the time to a home version of track and field. Decathlon was a real workout. There was one event I think the 500 m dash which was ridiculously long. Summer and winter games were Some of my favorite games on the Commodore 64. That's a good idea for a video covering those.
@OTTOgraphd
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great vid that shows the evolution and variations of a fun classic game. I actually own the 4-player cocktail with both T'n'F and Hyper Sports boards. But my 'run' buttons actually have anti-cheat guards!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome, glad you liked it. It's funny you mentioned the anti-cheat guards because I just learned of them earlier today. I remember seeing them when I was a kid back in 83 or 84 but I never knew what they were for until today. Had I known you can bet your butt I would've put that in the video. Thanks for the comments
@alkohallick2901
Жыл бұрын
What a shame Arcade1up shelved their Track & Field cabinet. Well they're not known for good business decisions..
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
It would've been cool
@steveleslie2170
4 жыл бұрын
We had Track and Field in Saskatchewan. We used 2 people to play I'd do the run buttons (by hand) and my friend would do the jumping. Once you get to a certain level it wouldn't get any harder. Also, it would change from numbered levels to lettered. (A-Z then it went to AA-ZZ not sure after that... AAA?). We made it to level PP (something like that hey, it's been 36ish years) and quit. Somewhere our record is written on the back of a machine.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Holy cow that's insane. Much better than I ever did :-)
@bigbossman2810
4 жыл бұрын
Have you covered some of Konami's 4-player games like Crime Fighters, Vendetta, Sunset Riders, or The Simpson's?
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I covered the Simpsons
@yogibear6363
4 жыл бұрын
There is a scoring cheat that you can use in the hurdle events. In a two player game the first runner jumps over the finish line. The timer will keep running and turn over at 100 seconds. If the second runner crosses in 101 seconds his time will be 1 second and he will get a bunch of bonus points. kzitem.info/news/bejne/qGimrIedkZ6De4Y Also, you can throw the hammer farther than 100 meters, but it will not record the 100. It has to go down the left foul line and land in the stands. Once I got 100.28 meters but it only credited me with 0.28 meters. Another time I got 100.44 meters. The game could be set to go back to the beginning and repeat the events (with harder qualifying standards). After 3 rounds the standards would remain the same and if you were good enough you could play forever. I put it over a million before giving up.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent, I did not know that
@PANTYEATR1
4 жыл бұрын
i remember this arcade game...it was all buttons and no joy stick😅 i remember hitting the bird with the javelin, falling down if you don't hit the jump button fast enough and ppl getting thrown out for beating the run buttons too hard on the game 😅
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, sounds exactly like my arcade :-)
@KurtWoloch
2 ай бұрын
I think you fail to mention the forerunners of this arcade game. Here in Austria, we got it (by the name of Hyper Olympic) in 1984, sometimes before the actual olympic games started, but before that, in January 1984, there was already Activision's "Decathlon" for the Atari 2600 and other consoles which also worked by wiggling the joystick. And even before that, there was the "Olympic Decathlon" which originally appeared on the TRS-80 and then was ported to the then-new IBM PC by Microsoft. I already saw this on a fair in summer of '83. As for the arcade game, I can recall another sequel which came after Hyper Sports, but I forgot its name. It had another set of rather outlandish events... I think the first event was kind of an obstacle course through through moats and such, and at the next event you had to throw a bunch of basketballs into a basket by selecting the angle for each one, and you had to have a certain number of hits to qualify. I also think you played this as a female athlete. And building up on that formula was, of course, the Summer Games series by Epyx which started a few months later and in average had even better graphics than this arcade game.
@DirtyBob7777
5 жыл бұрын
Oh how i despised this game. Last time i saw one was at chuck e cheese in 1993. People could beat the shit out of it. Turbo buttons are fucking awesome cheats for this game.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
The turbo buttons are good but you lose a lot of the technique of the original game
@richardbaseheart6642
4 жыл бұрын
hey patman! THATS YOU! Glad to finally see your face after hearing your voice for so long! Wondered what you looked like. Thanks for coming on camera. do it again, ok?
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, occasionally I come on camera but not too often. :-)
@chrisbjorn825
4 жыл бұрын
I broke a few joysticks playing this game on the C64 back in the days.
@mtoner1971
4 жыл бұрын
Broke 2 Quickshot 2 Joysticks playing this.
@marccarter1350
4 жыл бұрын
We used to get kicked out of arcades. We used a can of full coke to help with speed, while another person did the jumping. We broke all records until we got kicked out!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, thanks for sharing
@stuarthyslop7216
4 жыл бұрын
International Track And Field on PSX/PS1 was awesome me and my friends spent most of our late teenage lives playing this I even went out and bought a multi-tap so we could 4 player it. Then ITAF II was released and although good it was no where near as fun to play as the original. Great video brings back so many memories thank you
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I had so much fun playing that version as well. Thank you for watching
@TheMathius78
5 жыл бұрын
I haven't pounded on a real T&F cabinet since my youth, sadly. And you really sold me on those sequels and spinoffs. I never gave them much thought originally.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
They are really cool to play especially if you like the original game
@BogattheMoon
4 жыл бұрын
We used the pencil method briefly, then discovered by moving left of the controls, crouching over a bit, and with your dominant hand, alternate hitting the run buttons individually with your thumb and the finger next to your pinky in a rapid, shakey motion; it would max out the energy graph consistently if you were quick enough!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, that's awesome. I never heard of that one
@Mikeyyyy_L
4 жыл бұрын
Thats the method I used. People would ask why'd I stand like that. My friend would tell them to just watch and they'll see.
@BogattheMoon
4 жыл бұрын
@@Mikeyyyy_L yep, best way for sure!
@michaelcharach
Жыл бұрын
I never knew there was a sequel to the arcade game. Love when you show all of the console and cpu ports!! Good stuff
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot
@simonjandrell5897
4 жыл бұрын
Track and Field another Game that still Fascinated me then and still today
@dodgerblue182able
3 жыл бұрын
yes indeed! Loved to play Track and Field.
@simonjandrell5897
3 жыл бұрын
@@dodgerblue182able Classic and when i here the Music WOW!
@SomeOrangeCat
5 жыл бұрын
Funny childhood story about the arcade version. Here in Springfield, there used to be a Sheraton hotel on South Glenstone, and in one of the side rooms near the lobby, they had some arcade cabinets, that they would rotate from time to time. Track and Field was one of the games they had during one of the times my grandma and I were staying there. Now, I was a kid, so I didn't understand "Free play" or dip switches. All I knew is that this game was letting me play, as often as I wanted, for free! You can bet I kept my mouth shut, as I didn't want someone from the hotel to come and "fix" it after all.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
LOL, that's a great story. You bet your butt I would keep my mouth shut toO. At our local bowling alley growing up I used to play Mario Brothers a lot. Some kids discovered that if he held the coin slot lever up and put in a nickel then it would give you a credit.After a couple of months they took the machine out. BTW are you in the Springfield that's near Shelbyville?
@SomeOrangeCat
5 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Haha! No, but there is a Shelbyville in Illinois.
@Hellwyck
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Hi's in Springfield Ohi...maude!
@PaulRoneClarke
4 жыл бұрын
If you have a Spectrum you play Daley Thomson’s Decathlon. A classic with ten events not just six.
@johnsmith-wx5fb
4 жыл бұрын
Dec means ten. Dec-imal Dec-ade Dec-head
@Hellwyck
4 жыл бұрын
Supertest as well
@joshk4187
4 жыл бұрын
I also I guess wasn't Track and Field but the racing game Nintendo used with their power pad was different. Although I dont think I used the pads too long as I went back to normal controlled games like RBI baseball.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
The power pad was just a gimmick in my opinion
@joshk4187
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries yeah I agree now in hindsight but I was only 10 at the time so anything game related seem to catch my eye. Even saved allowances up for the power glove . My first game system was the Calico system though .
@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860
4 жыл бұрын
I remember playing the arcade version. My friend had an apple 2+, we played the crap out of track and field. I remember smashing the arrow keys.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I never had an apple growing up but I always wanted one
@markmunozmusic2321
3 жыл бұрын
The world champion of the arcade game, was "DOF", doing it, without any cheats, tools, just fast hands, no pencils or vibration equipment. 4,776,000 - points turning the machine over 13 times! Could have been more, but hands can only last so long, as my hands were hamburger, after 3 hours!!
@1138psience
4 жыл бұрын
I really love this video series, your voice is perfect for narration, and the information is invaluable. But I'm really wanting someone to develop a crackhead racing video game now. 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Hello, that's very nice of you to say. Thank you very much. LOL, give it time I'm sure someone will Create it
@ericbuczynski4061
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, thanks for watching
@FEEDMEKITTENS
4 жыл бұрын
Man, I have no idea how your channel isn't as big as some other people. I absolutely love your content, Pat!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That's very nice of you to say, hopefully soon
@redfive5856
Жыл бұрын
3:15 Starts saying three events wherein if you do something special you'll be rewarded 1,000 points. Shows in-game scenes of being rewarded 3,000 points.
@classicgamr
4 жыл бұрын
Another method or cheat if you will....we set high scores on every machine in town using a rechargeable electric tooth brush..:)
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I read about that but didn't know how it was possible
@classicgamr
4 жыл бұрын
There was just enough linear motion... Get it on one button just right and omg!!!... the hurdles were near impossible because you had to jump about every half second...lol
@greatkingrat
3 жыл бұрын
A great game but I only liked the original. Our arcade has the shorter buttons so we would rub a quarter (or 20c for us) backwards and forwards over the buttons to click it. Must have been hard on the cabinets. Btw you look younger than your voice!
@peej10do91
Жыл бұрын
Oh. And also 88 games was known as Hyper Sports Special in Japan, and Konami 88 everywhere other than Japan and the US.
@kenrivers9757
2 жыл бұрын
I swear i love this game. We used to use the pencil trick🤣🤣😅😅😆😆 we were kids and seen a grown man doing it.. it worked great..
@torment4723
2 ай бұрын
skeet shooting and archery were already present in the NES version, which you forgot to mention.
@zilla66
4 жыл бұрын
I am a bass player so I imposed the Steve Harris strategy. Thank you for this video, I hope arcade 1up brings this one to market!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That would be fantastic if they did. Thanks for watching
@SonnyGTA
4 жыл бұрын
I remember some of my friends used a piece of metal over their finger.....to help hitting the buttons faster. Also, people used to beat the SHIT out of them!!!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
I wasn't aware there were so many different ways to play until I did this video. I used to use the pencil but that was the only one I knew about
@katenunyabizness9221
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries They eventually had shields in place. The round plastic part around the button had a raised portion that went around most of the button. From the front it was easy to push the buttons but from the side, it foiled most pencil/popsicle stick users, at least until you used bent metal or bought a cheap com and broke most of the teeth out, allowing the ens to hit the buttons. I'm presuming the footage is of the Japanese version as the 'bird' is a UFO and those 1000 points are showing as 3000.
@g2thoroughbred
4 жыл бұрын
@@katenunyabizness9221 film canisters.
@SonnyGTA
4 жыл бұрын
The sound effects are truly awful!!!!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Not to me, I grew up with those so I think they are fantastic :-)
@FreddPhucks
5 жыл бұрын
Great video Pat. The track and field athlete like a younger mario before his belly. He an olympian before a plumber hahahah
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
LOL, you're right. I thought that as a youth when I was playing the Commodore 64 version. The sprites are a lot bigger and more detailed.
@jbeattie1244
2 жыл бұрын
I played it with my bro and mum's friends for she had it as a arcade in the pub my mum was a manger for We also had hunchback hypersports an the odd pinball table
@DappieKS80
5 жыл бұрын
Crack Head Racing, just imagine the lol entertainment !
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
LOL, my thoughts exactly.
@1138psience
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@PANTYEATR1
4 жыл бұрын
crack head racing, stripper pole dancing and bum fights! MAKE THEM OLYMPIC EVENTS!💪
@Barcrest
2 жыл бұрын
When playing it emulated you need to go into the dipswitches and reset the records. Otherwise you will never beat 0.0.00 on the running events to get a world record.
@jimmybellmon1268
2 жыл бұрын
I traded someone Pacman Atari 2600 lol for track and field, me and brother played that everyday lol
@maskof
4 жыл бұрын
My local arcade had a great T&F console with perfect loose buttons. There was no need to use any gimmicks like pencils or electric fishing knives(??) The buttons were loose and had really light springs inside and they were very easy to tap with just one finger covering each button. I've played some other consoles where the springs in the buttons were so stiff that the game was completely unplayable.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, I bet you racked up hhigh scores
@PatTheBatmanFan
4 жыл бұрын
That sounded an awful lot like Sab Shimono in the Konami commercial.
@scootermcg9910
3 жыл бұрын
With my DeLorean I can travel back in time to watch this video. Groovy Doc!
@harpmudd
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't see Track&Field for Gameboy.
@GENERATEPOWER78
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I remember punching the hell out of them buttons on the home console....
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
So did I, I broke a few joysticks playing this game :-)
@GENERATEPOWER78
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries me too, wore them buttons out
@61pwcc
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I have one of the Track & Field cabinets sold to me back in the 80s from a local arcade. It still have the early button set up though l MUCH prefer the Track ball!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
That's fantastic. I always had trouble with the trackball and preferred the buttons
@peej10do91
Жыл бұрын
Just 1 minor mistake. The long horse as shown as the triple jump in the spinoffs section.
@hypercube4745
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir, very nice video.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
Great, glad you liked it. Thanks
@timothysevers9779
2 жыл бұрын
I remember this game well. Excellent job with the documentary.
@peej10do91
Жыл бұрын
And Hyper Olympic 84 is known as Hyper Sports.
@harag9
6 ай бұрын
WOW that brought back some memories. great game but it hurt my fingers.
@michaelr3316
2 жыл бұрын
You keep saying Easter egg and get 1000 points but each one shows 3000 points
@andrewrunagall
3 жыл бұрын
Track & Field was never called Hyper Olympic in Europe.
@phillyvoodoo
3 жыл бұрын
I just knew he would speak on the pad that Nintendo had for the game........
@andyhello23
2 жыл бұрын
Not surprising those games, broke the buttons on the arcade machines.
@Retroman8000
Ай бұрын
All those Easter eggs say 3000 but you say 1000 points lol
@SonnyGTA
4 жыл бұрын
Christine was and is my FAVORITE movie!!!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
It's such a classic and it still holds up today
@foxfireinferno197
3 жыл бұрын
I could never get the comb/ruler/pencil thing to work.
@garysvan
4 жыл бұрын
A thumbs up from the UK. Love your work. The hard drivin video made go and buy midway treasures 2 for my ps2. Cant wait to play that again. Thanks. Keep up he good and informative work.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the nice words, what I do enjoy my content. Greetings from across the pond :-)
@torment4723
2 ай бұрын
3:22 3000* 3:28 pretty sure that's supposed to be a UFO.
@TheGravygun
2 жыл бұрын
I used a back massager on the Xbox controller and I smoked all the records
@sylvainster30
2 жыл бұрын
Hyper sports is by far my favourite since we had that one close to my house (convenience store) great video! ✌🏼😎👍🏼
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, both of those games are really popular where I grew up as well. Our local skating rink had both titles and I can recall playing those when they first came out
@angrytheclown801
4 жыл бұрын
The ZXSpectrum one resembles a portable LCD game. It's the field.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, that's a good comparison
@Lonsters_Retro_Arcade
Жыл бұрын
I remember when the game first came out, people were us quarters to push the buttons at crazy speeds. They would scrape the quarter against the buttons!!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Yes, they did a number of crazy things
@WintersLair
4 жыл бұрын
Loved this game in the arcade , was called Hyper Olympics here in bc canada was aways lineup of 4 people to play everytime, I used an extra foozball man across buttons to run ,or a bic lighter ,great vid
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent, it's amazing what little tricks we picked up playing these arcade games back in the day.
@dogbadger
3 жыл бұрын
Hypersports was the best of the series for me; offering the most diverse, interesting and well executed selection of events in any sports game. No mention of Daley Thompson's Decathlon? It was a smash hit home version which is proably why people didn't care that Track and Field wasn't released on Spectrum and Amstrad for years. Although you took a comical run up for the shot put and Daley was whitewashed on the spectrum version....
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
3 жыл бұрын
I like to that one more than the original as well
@sonnycrockett9900
4 жыл бұрын
Where's our special Olympics video game.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Not sure, but I would star in it :-)
@sonnycrockett9900
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries The track events wouldn't be completable because when they hear the starter pistol they would start crying out of fear of it or run off in different directions. Quarter wasted.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
@@sonnycrockett9900 LOL, that's hilarious
@goisermass
5 жыл бұрын
I remember . ... . :)
@CochonasPhallanx
4 жыл бұрын
We used a coin and moved it from left to right. we always searched for arcade halls that had the game a while so the buttons had developed a deep groove from the coin so it wouldnt slip during the game!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, never heard about that trick. Thanks
@shadowangel2235
Жыл бұрын
International Track & Field was one of our favourite multiplayer games on the Playstation. Everybody hated swimming, so we did it all the time :D I also had a friend, who was so good at button mashing, that none of the usual tricks (lighter, turbo function) could keep up with him - sadly, that also resulted in one of my controllers being broken, because his tapping was so insane it broke the rubber pads :D #I also had Track & Field for the Game Boy and needless to say, i handed it once to him, he mashed the buttons so hard, he didn't even know what was going on on the screen (neither did we) but of course still broke most records.
@HeyKidsComicsSC
5 жыл бұрын
You called the Vault event the Triple Jump on the Hyper Sports piece at the 9 min mark, but other than that small hiccup, it was a really enjoyable video.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
Whoops, thanks
@websterwarejr4334
4 жыл бұрын
Great intro and restrospective on T & F,really enjoyed it!....would love to see one on Alien vs Predator,Street Fighter and Street Fighter 2 as well as Samurai Shodown!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
The streetfighter series will happen eventually but not for quite a while. I try to cover games that haven't been done to death. Thanks for the nice words, Alien vs. Predator would be a good one :-)
@WarKing77
4 жыл бұрын
Had it for the Atari 2600 too! Memories.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
It was a lot of fun
@bertblankenstein3738
3 жыл бұрын
I think I put a blister on the palm of my hand moving that joystick back and forth. I'm also sure that me and my bro wore out at last one joystick.
@TMS5100
5 жыл бұрын
very well done! thumbs up! this channel is going to go places!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it. I sure hope it goes places. LOL. Thanks again
@WarKing77
4 жыл бұрын
This was the first game my little brother and I got my parents to play on the Commodore 64 after Pong!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent,I love reading about families bonding over videogames
@jamesdougherty7702
4 жыл бұрын
Can you do one on Mickey Thompsons racing game???
@Arcade-Projects
5 жыл бұрын
Great review as usual. I spent so many hours in my C64 with this game and Decathlon :)
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you kind sir, decathlon was a definite joystick buster :-)
@stevenwheat3621
4 жыл бұрын
2:45 Look how high he jumped! Being blessed with a dad that was partners with 2 arcades in Louisiana, this was the 3rd arcade beside the Christmas tree. Sorry, but you CAN'T jump that high.
@Hellwyck
4 жыл бұрын
MAME cheats
@stevenwheat3621
4 жыл бұрын
@@Hellwyck I wasnt aware of mame cheats.. If theres such a cheat, i havent figured it out on my mame yet..
@flyingsodwai1382
2 жыл бұрын
Pencil and ruler yes BUT I think most often was a comb. In the late 70's early 80's we all carried combs in our back pockets.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
2 жыл бұрын
LOL, so did I
@pheugo3664
4 жыл бұрын
Another quality production. Thanks for the extensive review Pat. You’re awesome.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, very nice of you say
@DrTWG
2 жыл бұрын
Great vid - thanks . You must be the same age as me - we are the vanguard of gamers - right there at the start ! . I loved those games and the arcades - especially the high end ones - clean with nice carpets and the lights down low plus a nice row of pin tables ! I loved this game - my pal had a triple finger technique - when he got it in the groove it was amazing . I had no idea they brought in a trackball later on . The follow-up - Hyper Sports was an even better game imho - with more variety .
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
2 жыл бұрын
Never knew about the triple finger technique although I'm sure my wife wished I did. Hyper sports is definitely right up there with the original in my opinion. Thanks
@gerbilsmith
4 жыл бұрын
There was a kid from Japan that was living in the us with his family that went to my summer camp. He had a LCD game that was like track & field but I think it only had the 100yard dash & hurdles. Same button masking style however. It was pre-NES era I believe but definitely influenced by the Nintendo game & watch series. No idea who made it & as far as I know it was Japan only.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
Very cool, I've never seen it
@gerbilsmith
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I recally friends being smaller thinner & possibly having 2 sets of buttons for head to head play. But my memory may be wrong & one of the following may be what am remembering.. www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/174055536767_/Rare-3-x-Track-Field-Vintage.jpg www.handheldmuseum.com/Bandai/Bandai-HyperOlympicChallenge5BoxFront.jpg thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images2/360/0914/29/big-athlete-bandai-triple-screen-lcd_360_6a4e4450de742dd122fbc69dcf3f9cef.jpg This one is a variation of the Bandai ones sold by Radio Shack under the Randy brand lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/07yhcYQE3sxPWnZXkdA7dKe136O0tkf4SvnT_jX2rKBgyq1SUOyLFjHCmsI4oSBKY4tvne502EP1DxicKArdIcZmpp_vTGRQZL_l1tMFll2U9ehddSjuuTAB7d4IRlUuSgsclQs
@kgbmsu
3 жыл бұрын
that was a bird???? thought it was a chandelier...
@thomaswood7495
4 жыл бұрын
I used to play this when stationed in Vegas. What a blast. Thank God for Mame..
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
4 жыл бұрын
No kidding, It lets us play all these games that would forever be lost
@ElectricLuvz
5 жыл бұрын
Good video but you should have at least given a shout out to the Bandai handheld versions. e.g. Hyper Olympic Challenge 5 - which had all the events except the hammer throw. :)
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
LOL, never knew it existed. I just looked it up and it's really good for an LCD handheld game
@ElectricLuvz
4 жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Yeah man.. but it's actually a VFD (vacuum fluorescent display), not LCD. That why it was colored, etc. Funny thing is Bandai also released a small line of LCD based handheld Hyper Olympic/Track & Field games that had a smaller number of events. But the VFD Hyper Olympic was kind of made to be played as a tabletop, so two players could bash on the buttons just like the arcade.
@PaulRoneClarke
4 жыл бұрын
Apple 2... featuring Daft Punk.
@JingleStic
5 жыл бұрын
I could max out the speed with a slik stik on c64. Loved track and field. Thanks for the trip down memory lane
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
5 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, I haven't heard that joystick Brand in a long time. Glad you enjoyed it
@dglesterhardunkichud4017
2 жыл бұрын
My name is Alexander Stuart Stevenson, it’s nice to see a game like the Atari 2600 version at 4:34 let people like myself enter our initials when we get a high score.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I always thought that was a really cool feature as well
@chrisculpepper5384
4 жыл бұрын
people used to use cigarette lighters to swipe back and forth over the run button as fast as possible
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