Track & Field

Track & Field Description

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Cheats, Tricks and Bugs

• Javelin: Throw the javelin off the top of the screen to bring down a bird for a 1000 bonus.
• High Jump: Fail the first two jumps and then clear it. A mole burrows up for a 1000 bonus.
• Long jump: Three jumps with same result will get a (cannot remember what) to scroll from right to left and award a 1000 bonus.
• 100m dash: same time for player one and two will award a 1000 bonus.

BUG: In Javelin, throwing over 100m will cause a counter wraparound, so a 100m12 throw will be logged as 0m12 (and will not qualify you)!

Conversion

Game Introduction

• 100m Dash - Run as fast as possible.
• Long Jump - Run then choose angle of jump (45 is optimal).
• Javelin - Run then choose angle of throw (42-ish is optimal).
• 110m Hurdles - Run and time jump over hurdles.
• Hammer Throw - Man spins faster and faster time release of hammer and angle of throw (45 is optimal).
• High Jump - Man runs to bar. Use Action button to start jump and keep pressing to reduce angle of climb i.e. you start going straight up at 90 degrees if you tap the button once. Use run buttons in air to climb higher.

Game Play

Miscellaneous

VAPS Arcade Census

Very Common - There are 143 known instances of Track & Field owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 87 of them are original dedicated machines, 5 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 51 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 57,113 video games (3,420 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 47 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - Very Popular - There are 26 VAPS members currently looking for Track & Field. There is one VAPS member looking for a Track & Field circuit board set.

For Sale - There are 5 VAPS members with Track & Field machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Trivia

eBay Listings

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Legacy

1. Track & Field
2. Hyper Sports
3. '88 Games

Manuals

1. Service Manual  23 Pages, 3282 KB File.

Foto-Finder™

1. The Encyclpedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 158; Color photo;