Original Release: Konami, Arcade, 1983
Other Releases: Atari 2600 (1984), Spectrum / Amstrad (1988), Game Boy (1992), DS (in Konami Classics Series – 2007), Xbox 360 (2007)
Konami’s early arcade approximation of Olympic games centers on beating the absolute hell out of controllers.
Track and Field (Atari 2600, Konami, 1984)
Where to Buy: eBay
Review by: C. M0use
Track and Field is about as graphically and aurally impressive as an arcade port on the 2600 can be, but it gets low marks due to having a dumb control scheme likely to break a joystick or three (waggle the stick rapidly left and right to run rather than tapping buttons), and due to the fact that the computer trolls you by running slow for the first 3/4 of the race then getting some ridiculous speed burst to win at the very end most of the time.
Almost a really impressive port, but they forgot to put as much effort into the gameplay as they did the graphics and sound.
Originally came packed with a special three-button controller but they’re pretty pricey on the secondhand market now.
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The special Atari 2600 controller
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