Track & Field (video game)
Hyper Olympic is an arcade game and the founder of the genre game sports ( athletics). It was developed in 1983 by Konami and was released in the United States Track & Field. It was extremely popular and has been implemented for many home computer.
Disciplines
Playchoice version
The NES/Playchoice-10-Version has other disciplines and other graphic
Control
It can compete against each other up to four players. Normally played alternately, play in running disciplines two simultaneously.
For running two buttons must be pressed in rapid succession. With a third button can be thrown or jumped. To be able to run faster were often aids, such as using a lighter that was rubbed over the buttons. At home computers the spacebar or a round- Herrütteln the joystick is often responsible for running. Thus, there was often a wear of the keys or the joystick. The game is a typical "Button Masher ".
Music
The music was written by Shigeru Fukutake; the final title is called Chariots of Fire by Vangelis and dates. Said piece of music is the theme song of the eponymous film ( German: Chariots of Fire ), was awarded in 1982 for his film music Vangelis the Academy Award.
The individual results will be announced in the arcade version by a female voice.
Arcade hardware
- Main CPU: Motorola 6809
- Sound CPU: Zilog Z80
- Sound chip DAC, SN76496, VLM5030 ( voice )
Successor
- Hyper Sports (1984 )
- Track & Field ( 1986) Play Choice -10, NES
- '88 Games ( 1988)
- Hyper Athlete ( 1996)
- Nagano Winter Olympics '98 (1998)
- International Track & Field 2000 (2000, Playstation)
- International Track & Field Summer Games (2000, Nintendo 64)
- Konami Sports Series (2004)
- Track & Field (2007, Xbox 360)
- New International Track & Field (2008, Nintendo DS)
A similar game for game consoles Decathlon.
7 August 2012 Google used the occasion of the Olympic Summer Games 2012 in London, a doodle, which is a variation of the hurdles discipline of Hyper Olympic.