The game was a worldwide commercial success in arcades, becoming one of the most successful arcade games of 1984. It has a horizontal side-scrolling format, depicting one or two tracks at a time, a large scoreboard that displays world records and current runs, and a packed audience in the background. Players compete in a series of events, most involving alternately pressing two buttons as quickly as possible to make the onscreen character run faster. In Europe, the game was initially released under the Japanese title Hyper Olympic in 1983, before re-releasing under the US title Track & Field in early 1984. The Japanese release sported an official license for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Track & Field, also known as Hyper Olympic in Japan and Europe, is an Olympic-themed sports video game developed by Konami and released in 1983 for arcades.
