Hyper Sports

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Hyper Sports
Developer(s) Konami
Publisher(s) Konami
Release date(s) 1984
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single player, two players simultaneously
Four players total
Platform(s) Arcade, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, SG-1000
Input 4 buttons
Arcade cabinet Upright
Arcade sound system(s) Mono
Arcade display Raster, Horizontal orientation, 256 x 224 resolution

Hyper Sports is the sequel to Konami's Track & Field features seven all-new Olympic events. Like its predessessor, Hyper Sports featured two run buttons and one action button per player. This game is also known as Hyper Olympic '84.

While not quite achieving the commercial and critical success of Track and Field, Hyper Sports still proved to be very popular among gamers and, like its prequel, really came into its own as a highly addictive multi-player experience.

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[edit] Gameplay

The gameplay was much the same as Track & Field, but the events had changed:

[edit] Trivia

  • If you 'get a mole' on the pole vault, but the jump qualifies as a world record, you will not be awarded your bonus points.
  • The game lists 'Today's Top 10', but these are actually the 4th to 13th inclusive highest scores ever. The 14th to 20th highest scores ever are also stored, but never displayed - this is why the first game after switching on a well-used machine generally gets ranked 21st. The 1st to 3rd highest scores ever are displayed on a separate screen labeled "Hyper Medalist".

[edit] Games in the series

  1. Track & Field (1983)
  2. Hyper Sports (1984)
  3. Konami '88 (1988)
  4. Hyper Athlete (1996)
  5. Nagano Winter Olympics '98 (1998)
  6. International Track & Field 2000 (2000, PlayStation)
  7. International Track & Field Summer Games (2000, Nintendo 64)

[edit] External links

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