Hyper-Athlete .... how do you run and jump

[unclet]

Ok, this game seems like you play kind of like Track-and-Field does.  I thought I should simply mash two buttons back and forth to make the guy run and then hit the third button to make him jump.

Running with button1 and button2 seemed to work fine in the 100meter dash, however, when I got to the longjump competition, then it seems like the computer runs for me and it definitely seems like the computer starts jumping for me before I even hit the jump key.

What is the deal with this game?  I never played it in the arcades so I really have no idea how to play ....  Why does it start jumping before I hit a button to jump?

[GGKoul]

Button 1 & Button 3 are running buttons and Button 2 is the jump.  So you were hitting the wrong buttons.

[unclet]

Oh yeah .... I simply mentioned the wrong buttons in my descriptions.....

I realize button2 is jump, however, in the Long Jump competition, it seem like the computer decides when the guy starts jumping ...... he does not jump, but it seems like the computer stops a bit and raises a knee before I even hit the jump button.

I guess I just must be crazy ...... but I can not make the guy jump when I want to exactly it seems.  Oh well.... probably because I am new at it...

[M3talhead]

To run:
Alternate hitting buttons 1/3 as fast as you can.

To jump:
Stop tapping 1/3 and hit button 2. In some events (like the hammer throw) the longer you hold down the jump button, the greater your angle will be.

[unclet]

Ok, I will try it again .....