If you're looking for another HOT NEWS story you've come to the right place! As looking through the EAB forums, to see if JOTD has finished any of his previously announced Arcade to Amiga ports of Gyruss, or even Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja. And I've just find out that JOTD is now working on the Arcade to Amiga port of the button mashing game of 'Track & Field' by Centuri/Konami. A game in which, as one person puts it " Is Going to be a big hit this one (in relative Amiga terms) as its a absolute belter of a game, on par with Hyper Sports for pure addictiveness!".
While there is very little to go on at the moment, and there's no download yet.. Here's the game info from wikipedia. "Players compete in a series of events, most involving alternately pressing two buttons as quickly as possible to make the onscreen character run faster. The game uses a horizontal side-scrolling format, displaying one or two tracks at a time, a large scoreboard that shows world records and current attempts, and a packed audience in the background. The game was a worldwide commercial success in arcades, becoming one of the most successful arcade games of 1984".
UPDATE : If you fancy yourself a bit of a hardcore button masher, then come and check out the latest beta that has been released via EAB (HERE). Do note however, there's no sounds, no highscore saver, and it's possibly difficult to get qualified in some events like hurdles.
Yay more Konami. Gyrus and now Track and Field. One of those games that I remember being on computers but don’t remember seeing it in the arcade. These 2 games are less accessible than the SHUMPS in digital format.
ReplyDeleteGyruss just needs finishing (music, enemy waves are broken) and it'll be great - i hope
Deleteenemy waves are fixed, and music is on its way.
DeleteLove this game, cant wait to try it on the Amiga
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