Track & Field II (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

[@elronaldese]

My god, I haven't seen this game in decades, but my mind began to follow the music automatically as soon as the game began. It was a really impressive game for the NES. Such a variety of graphics and game dynamics

[@SamtheBravesFan]

Indeed. The game's rendition of the word "Foul" amused me so much that's what goes through my head when I see a foul ball in baseball.

[@paperoverflow]

@@SamtheBravesFan it's really incredible, all the precision

[@Tony_Cardoza]

Fowel.

[@DualGenStudios]

Yeah, this was such a great game for the time. If you like this type of game in a 2D retro style, you'll probably like the new game ' Medal winners 24' on Steam. Also Capcom's gold medal challenge '92 was good.

[@ssg-eggunner]

It's one of the few games to present higher uses of color in sprites rather than BG tiles

[@AlmightyRager95]

For the time, this is a really gorgeous-looking and sounding NES game!

[@paperoverflow]

Absolutely, there was much love put into programming this game for sure

[@boogieboss]

I love how the audience sounds just like a broken speaker.

[@WhoJustReplying]

Konami games always sound great.

[@jonm2438]

30 years later I still hum the theme song in my head

[@williamrothschildakatheman8980]

Konami and tecmo had good news music

[@Fatboyonadiet.]

This game was impossible without a turbo controller

[@JM-eg6yx]

Totally agree. Had to have the Nes Advantage 👍

[@francois-etiennelavoie4524]

A battery AA

[@DisgruntledDoomer]

Factually wrong.

[@JM-eg6yx]

@@DisgruntledDoomer how so?

[@DisgruntledDoomer]

Because it *is* possible to beat the game without any cheats (=turbo controllers). You might need a fresh one, tho. @@JM-eg6yx

[@quemetro2857]

This game was ahead of its time and caused me to develop many blisters!!

[@peternehemiah1606]

Boulevard of broken controllers

[@yesikapalacios8169]

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[@NintendoComplete]

Konami's followup to the smash hit Track & Field recaptures the same bleeding thumb magic, only now with more events and with graphics now verging on 16-bit quality. We might not get the Olympics this year, but we'll always have Track & Field!

[@_Majoras]

the graphics alone are what sold this game back in the day

[@SonicSlicer]

My thumb still remembers the soreness after the Hammer Throw x.x

[@MrVariant]

lol this description I thought it was a recent remaster, thanks for the time machine :) I like clay pigeon shooting in this and retro 1964 for mario and sonic tokyo 2020. 2:55 loved that triple jump music, makes me want to do some runs, well at home anyway.

[@djeanpierre]

I got sick of all that damn thumb smashing. I went and got the NES Advantage controller. Turbo all the way, baby! 😄

[@sanjayvishwakarma1131]

Is there any link or app to play these games in mobile

[@oggamer735]

NOSTALGIAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! Wish i could go back to these Days.

[@Tony_Cardoza]

With what we know now.

[@Vinicius-hs2rf]

Amazing graphics! Konami was an amazing game developer in the 80s and 90s.

[@MonsieurManatane]

Nostalgia. I played this game for hours with my brother. We still realize today that Konami was making the most of the capacity of the wonderful NES

[@av4010]

this was one of the NES games I had as a kid. Super nostalgic to me.

[@jonaslindmark6174]

Agreee

[@LocoBlitz81]

Every time the Olympics come around this brings back memories of my childhood. This game made me want to watch the Olympics as a kid.

[@jamessierra4282]

This is one of my favorite NES games. It brings back childhood memories!

[@risefm001]

I owned and play the heck out of this as a kid. Some events I just could never seem to get down, but sure didn't stop me from playing! A Konami classic.

[@nemesisut8793]

many, many sleepless 80s nights trying to beat this 🎮 game...

[@DualGenStudios]

Yeah, this was such a great game back then. Now you could try Medal winners 24.

[@michaelpeck929]

But what is worth it….absolutely!!!

[@Aristowi]

This game was so hard without a tutorial, I didn't know what to do for diving and many other disciplines, all I heard was "disqualified" all the time lol. Arm wrestling was the only thing I could enjoy without sucking.

[@MatiArtr123]

Track Field ll yes Aristowi

[@Egurenkone]

Same here. Basically i was just admiring the visuals and sound, some of the best on the nes

[@douglasiles2024]

I always loved how a shootout with the Italian mob was an exhibition event. 😂😂

[@rlhippen]

Crowd noise is the same as Blades of Steel hockey game.

[@killerotterelectric7624]

The sparrow call made sense in this game, less so in Blades of Steel

[@sarv8463]

This is one of the best games ever created I used to play this about 30 years ago with my cousin and brother...it was golden era of Konami and I hope they modernize and make this game again which will be a high demanding game... time flies 😢

[@DualGenStudios]

If you like this game so much, you should try Medal winners 24.

[@timfarfan9592]

Watching this brought back great memories of playing this game for hours on end (though I could never seem to get the hang of high diving)

[@mschmidtswim]

The game that made the NES Advantage a legend

[@crutchfield28ify]

Konami/Ultra Music has the best music on NES. I enjoy the music as well as the games.

[@MrMisanthrope84]

I'm pretty sure it's the same art and audio team as Ninja Turtles. It looks like it was made by them.

[@JoshuaMantis]

Ultra and Konami were basically the same company.

[@nathanduke5323]

I love the recycled Top Gun sound effects when the plane landed.

[@vonbluhm7201]

At least it's not you who has to land it!

[@TheMt45]

Loved the hang gliding. And the music was awesome. And it was fun to intentionally tank the high dives.

[@charliegm6883]

The faces on some of the athletes are intimidating and scary. They look like comic book villains.

[@ricknova1973]

😂

[@allluckyseven]

Oh, cool. Olympic sports. 14:13 - Wait a minute...

[@NintendoComplete]

I so wish that Lethal Enforcers was an actual event in the Olympics.

[@segalliongaming8925]

The pinnacle of 8-bit gaming. I loved this game. This brings back so many good memories.

[@BeeBN]

The graphics are great

[@remyzandbergen4376]

This was gold. Now you realize that the sound of the crowd sounds like squeezing a bag of chips

[@RainbowManification]

The sound track didn't need to go that hard but it did

[@scaleworksRC]

This game and the Super Spike V ball were so much fun. I didn't own them, but they always got heavy play on visits to cousin's house.

[@ramzamountain1636]

Great times when Konami was good and wanted to make games

[@sixgundave]

I enjoy this era of Konami music as it is the same era as contra, gradius 2, top gun 2.

[@AloanMoreira1]

back in the day I was like Wow on how good the graphics looked with the Big human sprites!!!

[@dsmith24able]

One of the most fun and frustrating games on the NES! 😄

[@danfors1333]

One of the best looking games on the NES.

[@MrUniq]

I played this for years as a kid and it was fun playing against my cousins. Figuring out the scoring system was fun too.

[@bakabon114]

One of my all-time favourite NES games in my happy childhood years, but that "Hammer throw" event is terribly hard to qualify even using turbo controller!! Damn it!!!

[@domlalonde7111]

Fiit Fiouuuuu, Fit Fit Fiouuuuuu. Classic Konami whistling

[@fattylovehandles8819]

this is probably... one of the best.... must have for NES back then

[@Rascarrr]

You must be insane. You really think this game stacks up to the likes of Mario 3, Castlevania and Zelda? (just to name a few of the genuinely best games of the NES) This game sucked ass. Graphics and sound were good but the gameplay was absolutely atrocious. Half of the sports I couldnt even figure out how to play them and the other half required insane mashing of the buttons that was literally impossible to pull off. THIS GAME SUCKS.

[@alexfernandez5688]

Love youtube, never would i thought i would see this old ass game from my childhood.

[@erolbal188]

My thumbs blistered watching this video. I got the NES advantage stick just to play this lol

[@StoicNatsoc]

Looks like a 16 bit game, what a fantastic work from KONAMI.

[@Trid3nt861]

Found a copy of this game in the box complete for 5 or 10 bucks at the game store I used to frequent years ago. Always was hilarious the expression of the characters in the arm wrestling segment.

[@MrTwentycent90]

I had not seen this game since 2001 !!!! My cousin, who is older than me, lent me his NES games during the summer.

[@boogieboss]

I love how the audience sounds just like a broken speaker.

[@krunk9790]

One of my fav NES games i played as a kid at that time

[@ViP3r_84]

Me and my brother played this for hours. We smashed the A + B Buttons.

[@marineguy4eva]

I loved this game as a kid. For Taekwondo I used to do the 180 kick and if you get your timing right, it takes away about half of the opponent's energy. Two of those kicks and the opponent is done. Getting the timing though felt as good as as fatality in MK though

[@goto1546]

Fam would cheat Good ole days Taught us how to share or something

[@SterlingTate]

The graphics were great on this. Exciting intro, made it feel like olympics. used the speed button on triple jump and had to turn it off before i jumped to jump correctly...I also forgot how many levels there are.

[@losdapettyking8067]

I used a spoon for this game! 80s baby💯

[@daisymontague9515]

5:14 performance enhancing drugs. Impossible comeback. 10:50 shooting stage, the shooter is right handed when he shoots clay to the right and becomes left handed (11:09) when shooting clays to the left. 14:12 Wow, killing people was sanctioned as a track and field event. 17:00 same sounds from Bayou Billy!

[@TheGlamSimmer]

I loved this game!!!!

[@chuemmmeechuemmmee-zh4ic]

May I ask you, what mean is exhibition?

[@InHypnoticTrance]

I love how in the middle of Track and Field events you get "Gun Firing" where you are mowing down guys in trench coats and fedoras. LOL

[@bonaventurairwan605]

I came here after watching Tokyo Olympics. So related. They did a great job with this game.

[@Religious_man]

0:50 Welcome to Konami Airlines. Just make sure Konami has your permission to star in a Nintendo game first before you fly with us. Thank you for flying with Konami Airlines and have a nice day.

[@metalmat3651]

Lowkey one of the best games on the NES, way better than the 1st

[@therock1599]

Thanks for uploading this sir,I never played the II version of this game,always played the first one,the original Track & Field.

[@tomtommler7536]

Best olympic game ever.

[@scottjulie27]

Of the hundreds of times I have played this game as a kid, I never knew about the “Gun Firing” level until now. That level definitely seemed like the precursor to “Lethal Enforcers”. 😊

[@angelzenny9740]

Nes SNES PS1 PS2 were dynasties with incredible games and to not surprise Konami were heavily involved with each mentioned console.

[@mao21288]

Apenas me vengo a enterar de que existió este espectacular juego, yo siempre jugué el Track & Field 1, el Track & Field 2 parece incluso de SNES

[@razzbender3385]

I loved this game.

[@thejones9908]

Omg childhood memories unlocked! Rhematoid arthritis from rapidly pressing the buttons for the win lool 😂 Good times 😍

[@AnthonyHernandez-fe5xs]

This music pumps me up when I’m at the airport!

[@Kevin-tc8vn]

Love the Contra music and sounds during the gun firing

[@aguywholovesyukariyakumo7479]

That "On Your Mark...Get Set..." is so sick

[@rey_pracoustycmusic]

The Game When I Still A Elementary Student ,Love It🙏

[@MarcoPolo82]

I'm amazed that how they improved the graphics on nes in the later years.

[@Bryan-fn3yq]

I always have Top Gun nightmares when I hear the intro with the jet landing at the airport.

[@figment1988]

"Our condolences are sponsored by LJN - Because it's never too late to butcher a franchise." - PlayItBogart's review of Track and Field II

[@Western.Confrence]

My childhood ❤

[@HanNguyen-rk6hh]

Watching this during Tokyo Olympics 2020.

[@uhtred_son_of_stanuhtred_s3242]

My parents bought this for me of a street dealer and I use to play countless hours of it. The karate was my favorite due to bloodsport having a similar game. And the fencing Was amazing

[@RoseSupreme]

They really upped the ante with the presentation here!

[@amaliarodriguez5455]

So nostalgy when they be phothografied with the medals

[@stefanobaggio1724]

👍

[@swaggityswag8156]

Definitely a great game right here, the only frustrating games to me were the triple jumping and the pole vault. smh lol

[@1428MediaInc]

What a game! Good times!

[@Lucky_9705]

One of the best looking NES games

[@konstantinkoverchenko9587]

I remember crushing this game with my nes advantage controller, lol!!! >_

[@aaronburtram3175]

I forgot that a game called track and field had events that weren't track or field related..... Continue

[@HertoioLoco]

9:30 All these years i've never once noticed Ash Ketchum's dad out here clay pigeon shooting under the name Marge Simpson.

[@AnthonyLeeBand]

The sounds lol so awesome

[@NintendoComplete]

That white noise used for the crowd. So realistic, right?

[@amaliarodriguez5455]

Konami aprovecho lo maximo de los 16 bits por eso era la marca mas vendida y los juegos eran caros good saturdays

[@SamtheBravesFan]

@@NintendoComplete It's memorable, though!

[@art209ca]

Konami on point with this classic, as well as with Blades of Steel

[@pogsslammer2106]

A lot of the sounds are unfamiliar as I was never successful in any of the events as a kid 😂 This game was hard af.

[@13igworm]

I used to have the footpad for this game. Was great.

[@susanfit47]

Konami originally promoted for an October 1988 release date for Track & Field II, which definitely didn't happen until early 1989.

[@rickochet0182]

Damn I used to play this game religiously and I never knew there was hang gliding on this!

[@smk666]

Ahhhh, all classic American sports such as pole vaulting, hang gliding and gun shooting in one game!

[@johncolon4069]

This was based on the "24th Olympiad 1988 in Seoul"

[@GackFinder]

4:36 The freestyle swimmer looks like Klaus Kinski

[@RonaldTheMan123]

YOU UPLOADED IT ON MY BIRTHDAY :-)

[@MHiggs-rx5zz]

Got B. Wells the swimmer looking like a serial killer. Lol.

[@mwelle1]

I remember renting this from Erol's back in '89 and just being stunned at both the sheer number of events offered and the high level of graphics and sound. I remember reading about it in "Nintendo Power" and wanting to purchase it at "Toys r' Us" but it was hard to get a hold of.

[@Tony_Cardoza]

Who's erol?

[@mwelle1]

A video rental store that existed in the 1980s and 1990s. They were lots of them in Virginia and Maryland. @@Tony_Cardoza

[@litjellyfish]

Nice. It seems to have used a lot of game concepts from Epyx Summer games i and IO

[@alexandarjelenic2880]

For archery, divide the wind speed by 2 and point your arrow in the opposite direction. Bullseye!

[@darkenergy410]

The game seem to really have an extension beyond thought

[@wmcguire1979]

We used to use a spoon that had a round end to rub across the buttons to gain more power

[@christophermxyzptlk7155]

Until I bought an NES Advantage controller, that's exactly what my brother and I did! Even then it was difficult as hell! You had to pretty much act like a thrash metal guitarist to gain enough power/speed (which my brother was a thrash metal guitarist, so he often beat me in every event that required the rapid pressing of the A button)

[@GlidingZephyr]

I remember that I had a Karate Championship game for my old Apple IIc that was almost exactly like the Taekwondo event, in this game. Except one hit brought down either you or your opponent, and you progressed by winning enough matches to go up a belt. You couldn't "beat" the game. Once you reached Black Belt, your matches with CPU opponents became progressively more difficult until you were finally defeated.

[@dwh82001]

Jesus, have you been practicing this frickin thing since 1989?

[@81Justathought]

this game you needed the turbo controller esp for the hammer throw

[@Jay_76]

I _love_ flying air KONAMI AIR! Part of the pre-flight safety talk tells the passengers "In the unlikely event of a sudden decent, press 'UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, B, A, then press START to continue you're journey with 30 extra lives.".

[@nosse5232]

awesome game!