Hyper Olympic
| Hyper Olympic | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio |
 Konami
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| Publisher |
Konami Centuri (US) |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
October 1983 |
| genre | Sports simulation |
| Game mode | up to 4 players (max. 2 simultaneously) |
| control | 3 buttons (per player) |
| casing | Standard mini and cocktail |
| Arcade system | Main CPU : M6809 (@ 2.048 MHz) Sound CPU: Z80 (@ 3.579545 MHz) Sound Chips: DAC , SN76496, VLM5030 |
| monitor | Raster resolution 256 × 224 (4: 3 horizontal) Color palette: 32 |
| information | aka Track & Field and Hyper Sports |
Hyper Olympic is an arcade game and the founder of the sports game (athletics) genre. It was developed by Konami in 1983 and appeared in the United States as Track & Field . It was extremely popular and implemented for many home computers .
Disciplines
- 100 m run
- Long jump
- Javelin throw
- 110 m hurdles
- Hammer throw
- high jump
Hyper Sports
Additionally:
- swim
- Target shooting
Playchoice version
The NES / Playchoice 10 version has different disciplines and different graphics
- 100 m run
- Long jump
- Javelin throw
- 110 m hurdles
- high jump
- Target shooting
- Triple jump
- Archery
control
Up to four players can compete against each other. It is usually played alternately, in running disciplines two play at the same time.
To run, you have to press two buttons in quick succession. A third button can be used to throw or jump. In order to be able to run faster, aids were often used, e.g. B. used a lighter that was rubbed over the buttons. On home computers, the space bar or shaking the joystick back and forth is often responsible for running. As a result, the buttons or the joystick were often worn out. The game is a typical button masher .
music
The music was programmed by Shigeru Fukutake; the final title is called Chariots of Fire and comes from Vangelis . Said piece of music is the title melody of the film of the same name (German: The hour of the winner ), for whose film music Vangelis was awarded the Oscar in 1982 .
The individual results are announced in the arcade version by a female voice.
Arcade hardware
- Main CPU : Motorola 6809
- Sound CPU: Zilog Z80
- Sound-Chips DAC, SN76496, VLM5030 (voice output)
successor
- Hyper Sports (1984)
- Track & Field (1986) Playchoice-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 is Decathlon .
On August 7, 2012, on the occasion of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , Google used a Doodle , which is a variant of the Hyper Olympic hurdling discipline .
Web links
- Track and Field Orange Fan Site
- Track & Field in the Killer List of Video Games (English)
- Arcade history entry
- Arcade history entry (PlayChoice 10 version)
- Video on Starcade.com (click on Track & Field there)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Track & Field at arcade-museum.com (English)
- ↑ https://www.google.com/doodles/hurdles-2012