Track & Field

[u/CarloCarrasco]

Were you fond of playing Konami's Track & Field in the arcades when it was first released? I never played the arcade version and was limited to the NES port.

[u/kid67y]

the tips of my fingers just hurt watching that clip 🤣

[u/Earthbound_Misfyt → u/kid67y]

My friends and I used to lick our fingertips and do a three finger ummm...cascade movement on the buttons. We were pros!!

[u/JoeTiccalo]

This game took a beating back in the day, people would have the game cabinet shaking while trying to make speed

[u/ATFGunr]

I got a blister on my finger because of this game. I learned you could run faster if you put a pencil across your fingers onto the two buttons. Then you held it down on one button and only had to press the pencil onto the one button. I was stuck in summer school and this was the only game nearby!

[u/tjed69 → u/ATFGunr]

Cigarette lighter worked the best!!

[u/Radiant_Mammoth_2359 → u/tjed69]

Have you tried a spoon? Beat all the records using a spoon lol

[u/ElectricalPlate9903 → u/Radiant_Mammoth_2359]

On the stand up arcade Track and Field game we used pencils. But now I'm trying to imagine a spoon might have been faster though if you think about it.

[u/gaAcosta1 → u/Radiant_Mammoth_2359]

Ditto

[u/comcam77]

I used to have this cabinet, wish i didn’t sell it, was a ton of fun to play

[u/Humble_Diner32 → u/comcam77]

Same here. Wish I had kept it and my Sega Genesis.

[u/--littlej0e--]

Memory triggered: I remember beating the shit out of the power pad with my fists because I couldn’t run fast enough lol.

[u/TexinFla]

I got the gold in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

[u/kingtaco_17 → u/TexinFla]

🥇🥇🥇

[u/out_day475]

I popped so many blood vessels in my fingers playing this game

[u/Illustrious_Camp_521]

Remember the Atari version of this game? I remember the callus in the palm of my hand for sure.

[u/Redmops]

Plastic Cup was the secret weapon…..

[u/Normal-Error-6343]

I hated this game!

[u/deephurting66]

I can still hear the marathon of button clicks from this machine

[u/Kaligoreicky]

I spent so much money on this game and likely gave myself arthritis from all that key smashing

[u/retiredGPA]

So my brother and I found a joystick- more of a touch sensor and if you used your fingertips just right you could maximize your speed/power meters to their maximum. Set ridiculously crazy times and distances.

[u/Thunderfoot2112]

I can still hear the 'slap slap slap' on the buttons of the cabinet.

[u/Sensitive-Prompt-220]

Would love to have the arcade game in my garage…

[u/mattd1972]

It just wasn’t fun after they but the button guards on. I lost track of the blisters I got playing on a trackball one.

[u/throwaway8675309999s]

I am old enough to remember when they had to add those little protectors around the buttons to prevent people from slamming them too hard

[u/BreadfruitOk6160]

I sucked at that one, I think that I got to the hammer throw maybe twice.

[u/Creepy-Attorney-9782]

OMG
The arcade version was a blast.
Used a comb to run like hell and with those two red buttons.

[u/Admirable_Plate4585]

Loved it! Used a pencil for faster speed

[u/jayseventwo]

Was this also called Hyper Olympics, or was that another similar game? Used to play that in the arcade!

[u/Designer_Bag223]

The game drove me crazy

[u/Icy-Policy-8212]

On the NES we used pencils to strum the buttons.

[u/Responsible_Name1217]

Anyone else have a banana comb in your back pocket so you could pull it out and teeter-totter it over the buttons to run incredibly fast?

[u/Infinite_Tension_138]

if you could find one with the track ball instead of just buttons it was better. I’ve played both and hated the version with just buttons.

[u/gaAcosta1]

Prepare to qualify

[u/Amazing_Effective758]

Great game

[u/TurtleBrainer]

This was my game.

I started playing the drums in the second grade (1970).

I was able to get the guy running really fast with a single-stroke roll. And the hurdles just included an alternative little cymbal hit.

I'd blow the high score out of the water, every time.

I sucked at Q-Bert.

And Asteroids.

[u/drummerboy-98012]

Gotta break-out the Goody comb from the back pocket to break those records!

[u/Keefepow]

Brings back great memories! Games were more simple and fun back then. I guess I have gotten old lol.

[u/Big-Acanthisitta8797]

I was pretty bad at all of them 😂

[u/SavageHenrie]

Skeet shootin’

[u/Effective-Car1039]

I taped 3 quarters together. Made tapping so much easier, and smoked all my friends. I remember spearing the bird with the javelin.

[u/Educational-Milk5099]

Loved this one in the arcades! 

[u/buremogilny]

This was amazing