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EXCELLENT game!! Win Gold Medals and break World Records and Competition Records in this very fun and competitive game for up to 4 PLAYERS...Compete in Track and Field events, in this Olympic style game, such as The 100m dash, Long Jump, Pole Vault, Hammer Throw, 110 Hurdles, Javelin, High Jump and Triple Jump....This game is more than just a Track game it has WEIGHT LIFTING and Gymnastics events like the VAULT and HORIZONTAL BAR and also has TRAP SHOOTING where you press A to "Pull" and shoot clay pigeons...Of the total of 12 events in the game I did wonder why it is called "International Track & Field" because the 4 events in Gymnastics, Weight Lifting and Skeet Shooting aren't Field events or related to track in anyway...I would have rather had Shot Put, Discus or some more running events like the 400, 800, 1500 or even a Steeple chase which combined would have been an amazing addition and perfected this game...The only reason why i rated this game "Good" instead of "Excellent" was because of these weirdly placed events when Discus and Shot Put were the events to have and Konami could have just made a gymnastics game separate that would've been pretty good too...Although fun these events are out of place in this a Track game...The game is at first a little frustrating, but once you get down the tapping of the buttons technique it is insanely FUN...I have the Dreamcast version and it is GREAT...Gameplay and graphics are very solid and get you into the game and in the competitive spirit when I played against my friends....Most of the game involves tapping "X and A" buttons on the controller for POWER and using the "L or R" buttons as Timing at a certain angle for maximum degree of potential (PS2 has the same concepts, just tapping square and circle instead)...You will definitely want to have a memory card for this game so you can save your Records and Progress...I am a college Cross Country and Track runner and I strongly Recommend this game so if you can buy it for under $10 it is a must have, but since I've noticed it to be kind of rare to find on eBay you may have to be forking over up to $15 for this game...5 of the events have to be unlocked when you first play the game as these are more advance events (High Jump, Triple Jump, Vault and Trap Shooting are among the locked games) and you have to compete in the Training Mode and get medals in all the ones available to unlock the new ones...There is a separate Championship mode that tests you among the other countries to see who will win the Gold Silver or Bronze medals..I won this mode with both Russia and the US and they give you a code after them so all you have to do is pick the US and right "L. A" as your name or pick Russia as your country and write in "Moscow" as your name and you will hear a chime and now have a cool GOLD MAN as your country's athlete hint: instead of tapping both buttons with different fingers you must master the skill of tapping the "X and B" buttons with just using your right thumb placing it over both the X and A and using your other hand to shake the controller left to get a swaying motion that severely increases your power...the tapping of two fingers on separate buttons may provide a better result compared to the One thumb technique at first, but take it from me after you master the one thumb you will be crushing World records...I broke most of them and got 106.84 Meters for the Javelin..You must get this technique down or you won't get past the WeightsRead full review
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