Hyper Sports
1984 · Sports · Arcade
Overview
Hyper Sports (1984) is Konami's sequel to Track & Field, with seven new events from swimming and skeet shooting to weightlifting and pole vault.
Deep Dive
Like Track & Field, the game uses two run buttons and an action button for each player, with each event needing its own timing. The seven events are swimming, skeet shooting, long horse, archery, triple jump, weightlifting and pole vault.
Developer Story
Konami released the game in Japan on 12 May 1984, with Centuri publishing it in North America. Home versions followed for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro and MSX, several of them without the pole vault.
Did You Know?
- In Japan it was Hyper Olympic '84, officially licensed for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
- It became the number-one arcade game in the UK.
- The home versions topped the UK all-formats chart in July and August 1985.
Sources & further reading
- Hyper Sports — Wikipedia
