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You use two run buttons and one action button to control an athlete across six events: the 100 meter dash, long jump, javelin throw, 110 meter hurdles, hammer throw and high jump. It is a 1983 arcade sports game known as Hyper Olympic in Japan and Europe. Most events are run by alternately pressing the two buttons as quickly as possible, and the action button times jumps and sets throwing angles. A long jump is steered by holding the jump button to set the angle, and the javelin and hammer each have an ideal angle to find. Later cabinets replaced buttons worn out from overuse with a trackball. Button mashing to win a race is a rhythm that is still easy to grasp today.
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