World Class Track Meet

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World Class Track Meet

Developer(s)	Bandai
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	1988
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System
Media	Cartridge

World Class Track Meet is a Nintendo video game designed by Bandai and was released in 1988 for use with the Power Pad feature of the Nintendo Entertainment System.

World Class Track Meet was sold alone or as part of a single cartridge also containing Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt. It featured an Olympics-style competition, with events such as sprints, the long jump, and the triple jump. Opponents were named after animals, the slowest being Turtle and the fastest being Cheetah.

[edit] Stadium Events

Prior to being released by Nintendo as the Power Pad, Bandai test marketed their version of the peripheral in the North Central United States. Their version, known as the Family Fun Fitness was released only in a limited number of Woolworths department stores alongside the one game compatible with the device, Stadium Events. Shortly after release, Nintendo of America purchased the North American rights to the Family Fun Fitness and decided to market it themselves. Stadium Events was also renamed and repackaged under the title World Class Track Meet. Despite the change, the two games remain identical to one another, aside from the name change on the title screen. As a result of this, all Family Fun Fitness units and copies of the Stadium Events games were pulled from store shelves, making it with a doubt, the hardest to find licensed, released, game available on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Estimated around 300 copies are in circulation, and have regularly fetched around $600-800 US on eBay.^[1]