Atlant Olimpic 1996 Georgia
1996
Atlant Olimpic (c) 1996 Georgia.
A multi-event sport game - an update of Konami's 1983 classic, 'Track and Field' - released to tie in with the 1996 Olympic Games, held in Atlanta, USA.
The events on offer are identical to those of the original game :
* 100M DASH - Run as fast as possible.
* LONG JUMP - Run to the take-off board then choose angle of jump (45 is optimal).
* JAVELIN - Run to the line then choose angle of throw (42 is optimal).
* 110M HURDLES - Run and time jumps over the hurdles.
* HAMMER THROW - As the athlete spins faster and faster, time release of hammer and angle of throw (45 is optimal).
* HIGH JUMP - The athlete will run to the bar, just as he reaches it, use Action button to start the jump and hold down the action button to reduce the angle of climb, i.e. you start going straight up at 90 degrees if you tap the button just once. Use run buttons while in the air to gain extra height.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : M6809 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : DAC (@ 3.579545 Mhz), SN76496 (@ 1.789772 Mhz), MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 32
Players : 4
Control : 2-way joystick (for running)
Buttons : 1 (Jump/Throw)
In a 4-player game on an upright cabinet, players 1 and 3 share player 1's control, and players 2 and 4 share player 2's control.
>>> TRIVIA
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This version was only released in Italy. The only notable differences between this and the original 'Track and Field' lie in a number of small changes to the background graphics (to tie the game in with Atlanta), and a greater visual variety of athletes; with both male and female competitiors represented; the male athletes now sporting beards instead of the moustaches of the original.
There is also a greater variety in the athletes' skin tones on the game's title screen, giving the game a more 'international' flavour.
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.