International Track And Field 2000 - Nintendo 64 Review - HD

[@franzpattison]

Those animations are fantastically realistic with the subtle movements of the athletes!

[@jumpmaninspired]

This was me and my friends favorite N64 game. We all played high school sports and would game on this all night. We were stupid good at it. We had broken every world record by insane amounts. I think our fasted 100 yard dash was something like 9.2 or 9.3. By far the most difficult events to master were the vault and clay shooting but we eventually destroyed at that too. We would just put it on decathlon mode or whatever it was and try to get the best score over multiple events. Man is this game great if you are competitive and have lighting reflexes. We actually developed different methods of holding and using the controller to get those ridiculous scores.

[@renhoek3851]

my hat goes off to you, I can't imagine how much time you'd have to put in to get records on the vault and the shooting! I think I peaked at 16 because when I tried to play it recently I discovered that I'm far worse than I used to be

[@TheCodedtestament]

This game was probably designed with multiplayer in mind, because it plays exactly the same as single player. You can play with up to three other people in any event or in Championship mode, and have a great time trying to beat the records

[@alexanderryan9456]

The Horizontal bar is one of my favourite events in this game I do have a copy of this game, but can't remember where I found it, it was years ago.

[@n64glennplant]

Alexander Ryan worth keeping hold of, becoming a harder one to find these days

[@Larry]

I played the PS1 Track and Field a hell of a lot. But as for games I loved, I got quite addicted to "It's a Knockout" on the Amstrad as a kid.

[@n64glennplant]

***** i never played that one!

[@Larry]

***** which one?

[@n64glennplant]

sorry i meant Its a knockout, i wasn't really an amstrad kid

[@Larry]

***** it came out on the spectrum and C64 too, its an okay game. But if you were a British kid, it was one of the Daley Thompson games that you waggled your joystick to :D

[@n64glennplant]

both systems a little before my era :P i just turned 30 remember

[@sergiogarciaglz.8627]

I remember fondly playing this with my dad back then. When we finally got 1st in Championship was just pure emotion and boy the Credits OST is my favorite vgm since I was a todd and not even One-Winged Angel has dethroned it. It's a shame that you can't find that specific song in KZbin, and PS1's version is not the same, damn, is not even near to be as amazing as N64's Credits. :(

[@Tksupreme]

Great review as always. I picked up this game from a used bookstore over the summer because I knew it was somewhat hard to find (luckily it was the retail version too!). One good feature I liked was that the Konami code unlocked the hidden events, which I definitely needed because the confusing controls in some events made getting a gold medal hard. As for summer event games, I used to love playing World Class Track Meet for NES at my cousin's house with the Power Pad.

[@n64glennplant]

Tyler Krszjzaniek i haven't played the power pad nes game but I'm sure it would have been fun back in the day

[@horrorfiction1667]

I just found a new sealed box of this one , have any idea what's it worth?

[@RetroGameThrowdown1]

Heyy Glenn! I don't watch all of your vids, but each time I do, I end up buying a new damn game! Haha nice review again and thanks!

[@n64glennplant]

Retro Game Throwdown ha thank you for watching :)

[@DSolymanH]

1:40 that British swimmer has great reaction times haha One of the first games I remember playing was an sporting event kind of game creatively called Epyx's World Games. As with all my suggestion, this earns my vote for super nostalgia: I was maybe 2 or 3 years old. Right around my first memories.

[@Alfred6009]

Summer Fun Games on the Apple 2!!!!!!!!!! Another great video sir, you are a class act!

[@n64glennplant]

Alfred Mannix i don't know that one! might have to look it up now

[@Paydayfanpage]

I used to play this game alot with my friends we always wanted to see if we could beat each others records great review my friend ^_^

[@n64glennplant]

***** thats a cool way to play this

[@XISMZERO]

I have this as it was a full release in Japan as Go For It! Japan! Olympic 2000 N64 Edition. Interesting how it was marketed as an Olympic events game in Japan and a follow-up to the classic T&F in the US, likely to coincide with the 2000 Summer Olympics. There was even a Playstation version., too. I always thought this game had a quality feel to it even though these games have done nothing to really advance this style of game.

[@n64glennplant]

N. DiMaio yeah i really think they were wanting to tap into the track and field name from previous generations. funnily enough it was the super nintendo one which killed my snes all those years ago

[@Super_Mario128]

I wonder if an N64 version of Punch Out would have done well? or would that have been a rental exclusive as well?

[@n64glennplant]

waterfieldV interesting idea....i guess we got ready to rumble which didnt sell all that well as everyone wanted the DC versions

[@Yuuretsu]

Hey Glenn. Pleasantly surprised to know this game existed. I've always loved Athlete Kings in Europe for the Sega Saturn and not only is there a comparable game on the N64, it's also quite good apparently. Strangely enough, it seems this game was released on every popular system at the time, even going so far as to receive a PS1 and a PS2 port, but the N64 version has by far the largest number of events at 14, with the PS1 version having 11 and the PS2 and Dreamcast version dropping the number to 10. Maybe Konami dropped these from the game fro the later ports because they weren't popular?

[@n64glennplant]

Marco Wolken that may have been the case!

[@71dembonesTV]

I picked up this, Razor Scooter, and NFL Blitz Special Edition for about $40 the other day and I'm feeling pretty good about it! I really want to get into this game but it seems pretty damn hard

[@n64glennplant]

yeah its not easy!

[@wadeo_0]

This brings me back! Me and my friends use to always compete against each other playing this!! 😂 Even remember the cheat codes!!

[@Boozeliteyerr5150]

I can honestly say I have no idea how I got this game but I loved it and the difficulty

[@OllieMartinGamer]

Man I like many others loved that first track and field game on ps1 it's so much fun and even better as a multi player. I was just having a bash at it with my non gaming misses and she loved so that must say something after all these years. Just out of curiosity I'm wondering why you spread your game play out over 16:9 do you think it looks better than 4:3 or is more excepted on KZbin? I know a few games did support 16:9 but most were dedicated to 4:3 unless I'm mistaken

[@n64glennplant]

Ollie Martin i transcode all the footage, because the n64 can output 480i in svideo it scales 4x to 720p perfectly so it doesn't stretch it :)

[@OllieMartinGamer]

Ah I see makes sense more now.

[@cosmic25sheep]

Daley Thompson on the Spectrum was great. Agree that Athlete Kings was also a brilliant fun game. The follow up Winter Heat was even better.

[@n64glennplant]

nick clark id forgotten about winter heat until someone commented about it! loved that too

[@tootyuk]

cant beat the arcade OG Glenn bloody great fun! these are just too complex as you say, I played a version of this on the DC which was just as difficult to get to grips with

[@n64glennplant]

TootyUk the simpler the better for games like this, they over do so many of the events. same as nagano winter olympics

[@DoubleMrE]

Nothing else in this game is as good as the Trap Shooting. That was just so much fun.

[@n64glennplant]

Agreed!

[@316whatupz]

If this game included Basketball, Wrestling, and Soccer events, it would be complete Olympics video game. This game looks awesome though. :) Great review, Glenn.

[@n64glennplant]

***** it has the more traditional events but some are fun, just a lot of duds too

[@AirZonkWorldChamp]

I know this game is really hard to find in the wild. I only seen it once at a trade show and the price was insane.

[@n64glennplant]

Ryan AirZonkWorldChamp yeah if you get lucky with a boxed version with the retail release (not the blockbuster one) then its even more

[@horrorfiction1667]

I found one boxed 0_0 new !

[@lodersracing]

A great multi-player game.

[@n64glennplant]

Ludurkris i think so too

[@justinpettit3432]

Ludurkris Hope so.

[@dvdbytes4348]

Best summer sports, video game for me would be Virtua Tennis 1 and 2 on the Dreamcast. Sega nailed it there with easy accessible arcade gameplay.

[@4dhumaninstrumentality789]

My brother rented this once(He was a track star in high school not my thing at all). It was actually pretty fun but I wasn't very good at it. I remember it being difficult but I could have just sucked....

[@renhoek3851]

I like the way it didn't give a shit about easy, normal, and hard and just made it ridiculous! I can't imagine a young kid beating the vault or the skeet shooting

[@n64glennplant]

Haha I know right!!!

[@no64dd]

Those intro scenes were impressive! Id say the hurdles. Looks fun to play too. It all does! But i'll always watch ladies gymnastics- an instant favorite! :) Apparently there was a "Sydney2000" game planned for N64, but it might have ended up like Nagano 98. Lol

[@M1XART]

Sydney 2000 was completed and finalized for N64 but they did not release the game

[@n64glennplant]

***** no64dd sydney 2k will be a beta project episode I've been meaning to do for months now

[@utternonsenseproductions2415]

I forgot how good the graphics were!!!

[@Mar-O899]

Does Wii Sports Resort count? I don't play a lot of sports games but liked that one.

[@n64glennplant]

Pimpalicious1987 thats an idea! i think it counts

[@WoodenFilms]

I just realized that you have sooooo many sports games to review. LOL

[@davidhenry1156]

I loved this game but had the n64 auto button controller, the sharkpad would be excellent also.

[@71dembonesTV]

I want to try it with one of my turbo pads; see which one works best!

[@hardtranceismylife]

Love a good sports game,I only picked this up a year or so ago and found it good fun to play from the start. You just can't beat smashing the javelin world record every time. Is it just me or is that the easiest record to beat on any track and field game.?

[@n64glennplant]

hardtranceismylife oh man thats so easy in this...and the 100 meters

[@davy_K]

I loved these games in the arcade - am old enough to remember Track & Field and Hyper Sports in the big 4 player cabinets, But for a home game, Athlete Kings (aka Decathlete) for Saturn is my favourite summer games title too. The controls are great and are a bit deeper than the old Konami games, the graphics still hold up really well, and you get to play as a comic version of Daley Thompson - what's not to like? Two player only which is a shame but it's still far better than the Dreamcast sequel even though it supports 4 players and even lets you compete against your friends' best performances as they are saved to the VMU for replay. It has less events and just doesn't feel as if it was finished.

[@n64glennplant]

davy K i like athlete kings a lot, id almost forgotten about the winter heat game until someone mentioned that too

[@davy_K]

***** Yeah - Winter Heat is a great followup game - and it supports the multi-tap for 4 player gaming.

[@songokuhotpot318]

International Track And Field on the ps1 gave me blisters and my god they were painful so i had to skip this one on the n64 nice review by the way.

[@justinpettit3432]

I wanna get this game

[@utternonsenseproductions2415]

What a fun game

[@MerryWarner]

I see what you did here. Very timely I must say.

[@n64glennplant]

MerryWarner ha are you referring to AGDQ? i actually did this a while ago i think but i have about 10-15 videos normally that i just launch when i can tell people are ready for the next video

[@MerryWarner]

***** Yep, Track games was record breaking these past weeks, Not mentioning the record setting price the Stadium Events went for, $35,000 (£23,000) on eBay. I just thought you did this after the AGDQ thing.

[@FnRenner]

The athletes look like they were ripped straight outta Virtual Pro Wrestling... Did AKI Man not make the cut or what?

[@benjimetalhed]

The graphics look great in some sports but dismal in others.

[@Papou29]

Never had the intention of destroying my controllers, so i played these games on my friends' psx. It has nice graphics though.

[@n64glennplant]

Stergios Papoutsoglou hehe yeah this ruins pads, not as much as mario party 1 though :)

[@Papou29]

Well, we used to play them with a coin, in order to press the buttons rapidly. This was fast but it did destroy the controllers. Mario party was indeed too much for the N64 controllers :)

[@Bladeslingersgamepreserve]

Sports games: Unless they envolve racing some sort of motorized vechical at high speeds, I am not interested......or if they are crazy over the top like NFL Blitz or NBA Jam.

[@n64glennplant]

Jaeger Newman you could always try to hit a fan with the javelin :)

[@Bladeslingersgamepreserve]

I'm not sadistic.

[@mjfeder]

Hyper sports was my favourite

[@n64glennplant]

mjfeder cool i dont know that one!

[@mjfeder]

It was an arcade game but I played it mostly on my zx spectrum

[@lukedaniels7750]

Did any of these type of games ever beat the original, really ?

[@4dhumaninstrumentality789]

Okay so it's wasn't me this was a very difficult game.

[@n64glennplant]

4DhumanInstrumentality no it was crazy hard hah

[@Grayfizzle]

GEX ENTER THE GECKO N64 REVIEW ! ! !

[@n64glennplant]

Grayfizzle ill try to :)

[@DriftTaxi]

I like how you made yourself a giant black dude ^_^

[@4dhumaninstrumentality789]

LMAO!!! From what I remember you have different characters for different events.

[@n64glennplant]

4DhumanInstrumentality David Adams thats right....although having a huge black guy run the 100 metres would have been awesome

[@deathjoker666]

I don't mind some sport games. Track and field video games though I'll pass on them.

[@n64glennplant]

***** i think a lot of people feel the exact same way

[@moviemetalhead]

The PS1 version was the better version of this title. That version and Track and Field II are my favorite summer event games. Good review Glenn.

[@moviemetalhead]

Correction: I liked International Track and Field, the one WITHOUT 2000 in the title. That was the one I was talking about.

[@SLoMo4]

Talking smack about Nagano Winter Olympics again I see. :) Maybe since I'm one of the select few that actually enjoyed that game, I should give this one some consideration.

[@lordmaximus780]

Daley Thompson has a lot to answer for. His game and legacy have ruined many a joystick and joypad for all the subsequent copycat games

[@n64glennplant]

Lord Maximus haha these games ruin more controllers than mario kart multiplayer nights

[@TekMoliGy]

I can't stand games where its just about who can press a button or two the fastest. If i wanted to do that i wouldn't need a video game.

[@felipelu666]

I dont like this game , because... the controls realy bad! (on n64)

[@felipelu666]

The version of PS1 is much better

[@0002pA]

watch?v=tzYjvK9yrio Is it a coincidence you just made this video or did you actually follow the "news"? haha

[@n64glennplant]

0002pA i don't generally follow much gaming news, its pure coincidence as i normally have about 10-15 videos lined up at any one time and just spread them out so theres different type of games etc coming out on the channel :)

[@FakYuhGoogel]

Eh, these games age terribly imo. My favorite one is Track & Field on PS1. I just love that game from the presentation to the smashing music and sound effects. So many nostalgic moments connected with that game.

[@n64glennplant]

Fak Yuh Googel hope you had a multi tap!

[@ash_aiden]

First

[@silvereloking6149]

tragic bad game