Track and Field is Bishi Bashi Special, if you take away anything that involves tapping particular buttons, and anything at all quirky. Track and Field, is fierce, competitive button mashing. Forget Dance Dance Revolution, Forget Wii Fit. Track and Field will fuck you up so bad, your wrists will be numb for weeks.
Could be a pro or a con, depends if you’re that kind of guy..
Correct Multitap usage
The true reason this game is so magic though, isn’t shown above. This was the game for me that defined a hardcore same-room multiplayer experience. Multitap was made for this game, as this game was made for multitap.
The atmosphere is tense, as everybody mashes their controllers, with the determination to win. Mashing would never work though, so you’d dip your thumb into the bottom rim of your t-shirt, and rub that on the controller instead… This was a game the regular joe not only cared about, but had a strong passion to win. You gathered the same kind of vibe playing this game, as you would in a bar arm-wrestling somebody. However now with online gaming, I doubt you’ll get this kind of feel again. Perhaps this game acts as the pinnacle of “old school” multiplayer.
Perhaps Konami senses it, because to me, the newer additions in this franchise seem to resemble Bishi Bashi more than the original Track and Field games.. With the focus less on these games and more on FIFA, which can be played online or off, its like the line has blurred between the ‘hardcore minigame collection’ (This), and the casual (Bishi Bashi). I dunno..
- Not quite the same… amirite!?
Well, I’ve got the game again, and I’m as shit as I was back then. Absolutly nothing beats that original atmosphere… Except for maybe the “Name Entry” background loop. Damn, that’s so punchy, and unnecessary hardcore! Junglist massive…
Buy Track and Field now from the Playstation Store
Track and Field (C) Konami
