Track & Field (Arcade)

Track & Field
Also known as: Hyper Olympic (JP) Developer: Konami Publishers: Konami (JP), Centuri (US) Platform: Arcade (custom) Released in JP: October 1983 Released in US: December 1983 Released in EU: 1983 This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences.

Originally released in Japan as the official video game of the Games of the XXIII Olympiad Los Angeles 1984, Track & Field features 6 playable games, up to 4 players, and up to 3 smashable buttons. Welcome to the 1983 Button-Mashing Games!

Unused Graphics

	A fairly standard spacecraft that could have been used in one of the game's many easter eggs.
	These hearts would appear on the Commendation screen when the woman's planting smooches on the champion.

Early	Final

In the Javelin game, if the player throws the javelin at an 80 degree angle, the javelin will hit some kind of animal that falls down dead. The game uses some kind of nebulous white alien thing as the target, but a more realistic bird is in the ROM. This was likely changed because killing a real bird with a javelin is a bit much.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Regional Differences

Three distinct versions exist: The Japanese Hyper Olympic, the World version, and the USA version distributed by Centuri. The international versions lack any Olympic-related elements since that version wasn't licensed or endorsed by the IOC and the LAOC outside of Japan which was possibly the main reason why Konami changed it into Track & Field. Atari was one of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984 sponsors so their versions had the LA 1984 references restored in the boxes.

Title Screen

Japan	US	World

The US version adds a "KONAMI/CENTURI" above the game title and shifts the copyright on the bottom of the screen. It also adds text reading "Licenced to Centuri" (using the Commonwealth spelling, strangely).

Graphics

Japan	International

The buttes on the title screen in Hyper Olympic were touched up in Track & Field.

Japan	International

The line between the scoreboard and the stadium was changed from pink to blue.

Text

Japan	International

"PlayerXP" was changed to "Player X", because "Player 1 Player" is redundant.

Japan	International

In the High Jump event, the incorrect "Hight" was fixed in all other versions.

Difficulty

The Centuri game changes the initial qualifying times and distances to make the game more difficult. This applies to all games but the High Jump.

Changed qualifiers are in bold.

	Konami					Centuri
	Easy	Normal	Hard	Hardest		Easy	Normal	Hard	Hardest
100 Meter Dash	16.00 Sec	14.00 Sec	13.00 Sec	12.00 Sec		13.50 Sec	13.00 Sec	12.00 Sec	11.00 Sec
Long Jump	6m00	6m50	7m50	8m00		6m50	7m00	7m50	8m00
Javelin Throw	65m00	70m00	75m00	80m00		70m00	72m00	75m00	80m00
Hurdles	14.50 Sec	14.00 Sec	13.50 Sec	13.00 Sec		14.00 Sec	13.50 Sec	13.00 Sec	12.50 Sec
Hammer Throw	73m00	75m00	77m00	79m00		75m00	77m00	79m00	80m00

(Source: Original TCRF research)