Field Day

Field Day
Also known as: The Undoukai (JP) Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Platforms: Arcade (Forty-Love Hardware) Released internationally: May 1984 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden developer credits. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

Field Day is a button-smashing athletic game completely unrelated to Track & Field in any way, so don't even bother comparing them.

(Source: Taito Legal Department)

Unused Text

Hidden Messages

Three hidden messages are loaded into memory on the main CPU:

Address	Message	Comments
0x07B6B	4/16 1984 Game title : The undoukai Sub title : Dokoka no gyoshiryoo no undoukai game type : video game +++++ Programer +++++ * Game Program * Hiroshi Kawakami --- Game Control Ichiro Fujisue --- Obstacke Race / 120m Relay Jun Ishioka --- Softball / Run23 Hiroyuki Sakou --- Put ball Taisuke Kouno --- Ring bell / tug of war * Sound Program * Tukasa Nakamura Good luck !!	The full list of credits is only in the Japanese set. Field Day cuts off this message at the fourth line. "Dokoka no gyoshiryoo no undoukai" translates to "Some Womens' Dorm's Sports Day". "Gyoshiryoo" is an incorrect romanization; A more accurate spelling is "Jyoshiryoo". (Source: タイトーメモリーズ関連 (Taito Memories)) (Translation: divingkataetheweirdo)
0x09F9F 0x11F9F	** mudan de kotowarinaku copy surukoto wa hooritu ni yori kingirareteimasu. See you again !	Translation: Copying things without getting permission is prohibited by law. "Kingirareteimasu" should be "kinjirareteimasu" Whoever wrote these messages romanized じ as gi instead of ji. (Translation: divingkataetheweirdo, puddinpops)
0x13FB0:	--- **** --- 14.Apr,1984 Taito corp. The undoukai / Ichiro Fujisue .

Event Names

Text starts at 0x01BDA:

120 METER RELAY
SOFT BALL THROW
THREE LEGGED RACE
RING BELL
OBSTACLE RACE
PUT BALL
TUG OF WAR

Unlike the event names used in the final game, these are stored in plain text in the ROM. Might have been used for a stage select or somesuch.

(All other messages: Original TCRF research)

Unused Graphics

	Just a strawberry shortcake. Probably intended as a hidden bonus item.
	A white button for use on the name entry screen. There's no white button on the arcade cabinet. Know what game did have white buttons? Track & Field. That's a fact.
	An unused HUD graphic, possibly used before the "1st", "2nd", etc. graphics were added. Or the game went through a case of the terrible twos.

Early	Final

An early version of the race tracks' player markers and button prompt message are stored near the end of the BG graphics ROM.

Track & Field	Field Day

They have the same design as Track & Field's markers, which is probably what prompted the change.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Regional Differences

The Undoukai	Field Day

A few of the fans in the stands are holding Japanese flags in The Undoukai.

(Source: Original TCRF research)