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Title: Track & Field Game in/near Ontario
Post by: GGKoul on January 12, 2005, 12:20:49 am

Just wondering if anyone has a Track & Field game at home or know where one is in the Ontario area?  As I've been practicing lately and can easily beat the Twin Galaxies Track & Field record. 

http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=3972&vi=325

Let me know.

Thanks!
-GG

Title: Re: Track & Field Game in/near Ontario
Post by: RacerX on January 12, 2005, 09:51:56 am

Shoot, I'll have to look when I get home to be certain, but I think even I have beaten that score.  And I don't consider myself to be a superstar or anything at Track and Field.

Title: Re: Track & Field Game in/near Ontario
Post by: GGKoul on January 12, 2005, 11:25:06 am

I've been playing the game using Twin Galaxies settings.  And I've been easliy finishing over 120,000.  So I can beat the Twin Galaxies score with ease.

Now I just need to find a Track & Field game.

Title: Re: Track & Field Game in/near Ontario
Post by: Sephroth57 on January 12, 2005, 12:18:01 pm

i though you could use MAME for them, you jsut had to have some extra documentation

Title: Re: Track & Field Game in/near Ontario
Post by: GGKoul on January 12, 2005, 12:48:07 pm

Quote from: Sephroth57 on January 12, 2005, 12:18:01 pm

i though you could use MAME for them, you jsut had to have some extra documentation

No, they disallowed mame scores.

Title: Re: Track & Field Game in/near Ontario
Post by: RayB on January 12, 2005, 01:31:55 pm

What kind of buttons are you playing with? I have found that makes a big difference in how fast you can get your player running. The original of course had leaf switches.

Title: Re: Track & Field Game in/near Ontario
Post by: GGKoul on January 12, 2005, 01:35:51 pm

The standard Happ pushbuttons.  It's not buttons that make a difference... it's technique..   ;D

Yesterday I got 8.67m in the 100m.

Title: Re: Track & Field Game in/near Ontario
Post by: GGKoul on January 12, 2005, 02:02:21 pm

Hey.. I stand corrected.. they do take Mame Scores!!

The $500 bucks is mine!!!

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Title: Re: Track & Field Game in/near Ontario
Post by: RayB on January 13, 2005, 05:23:30 pm

Quote from: GGKoul on January 12, 2005, 01:35:51 pm

The standard Happ pushbuttons.

Title: Re: Track & Field Game in/near Ontario
Post by: ekopp2 on January 13, 2005, 09:46:36 pm

Just a note...there's a difference in the rules between the bounty and the official settings shown on the Twin Galaxies link.

The link says: "Rules: Difficulty : 2-Normal. Start Units : 2. Extended round : On. "
The bounty says: "difficulty = 2 (Normal), starting lives = 2, bonus life = None, Game is OVER after last event"

I believe this means that you get only 1 pass through all of the events. When you finish the high jump, you're done. That is a setting on the game.

That also makes more sense, because 98,000 is an unbelievable score with those settings.

GGK - you're right, it's technique. But, you'll probably have to shave another second or so off of your 100m, and have similarly great scores in the other events in order to break the 98,000.

Title: Re: Track & Field Game in/near Ontario
Post by: RacerX on January 13, 2005, 09:56:12 pm

Yeah, I've never broken that on just one pass through the events.