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Track & Field

Konamic Sports in Barcelona
Track & Field TitleTrack & Field Screenshot

PlatformGame BoyYear1992
PublisherKonamiDeveloperKonami
RegionNALanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Sports, Mini-games, Two Player, Olympics
RelatedTrack & Field (NES) Track & Field II (NES) 
PlatformGame Boy
Year1992
PublisherKonami
DeveloperKonami
RegionNA
LanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Sports, Mini-games, Two Player, Olympics
RelatedTrack & Field (NES)Track & Field II (NES)

Track & Field includes eleven events taken from Konami's NES game Track & Field and Track & Field II plus some events new to this portable version. Events include 100m Dash, Long Jump, Hammer Throw, 110m Hurdles, Javelin Throw, Weight Lifting, Archery, Triple Jump, Swimming, Discus Throw, and Pole Vault. Includes a practice mode as well as the ability to compete in all events.
 
GoodBad
  • Instructions are provided before every event!
  • Good selection of events
  • Pole vault is actually possible!
  • Doing well is fairly easy
  • Opponents sometimes feel unfair
  • Onscreen opponent doesn't feel like it impacts how well you do
  • A lot of button pressing on a portable device
  • Requires holding the Gameboy in an awkward manner
Good
  • Instructions are provided before every event!
  • Good selection of events
  • Pole vault is actually possible!
  • Doing well is fairly easy
 
Bad
  • Opponents sometimes feel unfair
  • Onscreen opponent doesn't feel like it impacts how well you do
  • A lot of button pressing on a portable device
  • Requires holding the Gameboy in an awkward manner
 
7The events are good and the added instructions before each are a great addition however you might break your Gameboy playing this game. With no joystick available, there's no way of mitigating the button mashing you need to do and it is intense.

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