Game Story


This would be my second restoration where the motive was pure profit. I had hopes this hobby would be cost neutral.

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Technical Information


Title


Track & Field was released in 1983 by Centuri. The title was developed by Konami and licensed to Centuri. It features a color raster display with a horizontal orientation at standard resolution (256x224). Up to 4 players per game, only 2 simultaneously.

Architecture


This game is built on the Konami 6809 hardware platform. The 6809 CPU drive the game and a Z80 runs a SN76496 and VLM5030 for sound. This uses the 18/36 Konami pinout

Video CPU6809Motorola
Audio CPUZ80Zilog
SoundSN76496Texas Instruments
SpeechVLM5030Konami
DisplayG07Electrohome

Controls


ActionControlUprightCocktailNotes
RunButton442 per player
White for 1/3
Blue for 2/4
Jump/ThrowButton22White, Leaf Switch
PlayerButton442 White, 2 blue

Production Notes


The title is Hyper Olympic outside the US. It was given an official license by the 1984 Olympic Committee,