Genre: Um…track and field?
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Year: 1985
Basic Idea: Compete in ten events against a high score or a friend.
Review: One of the better sports game released in Nintendo’s first year, each event in the game is implemented very well considering the technology. While there is too much button-mashing involved, the play control is more or less flawless. I appreciate the game having some precision events as well, like clay shooting and archery. Unfortunately, the game doesn’t record your high scores, so one would need a notebook to compete against one’s own best scores.
The sequel, sadly, will not make the list. While Track & Field 2 has more events like swimming and taekwondo, it is simply way too difficult for any sane person.
Death By Troggles 
There was a sequel to this, eh?
Was there an option to play this on a mat, or am I mixing up two track and field games?
that was World Class Track Meet, which could only be played on the pad. The power pad was definitely not around in 1985.
Okay, I didn’t think those dates added up. In that case, I think I played this, and liked it alright, but track and field events never really grabbed me.
We had a 4-color game on our old IBM called Bruce Jenner’s Decathlon. It was incredibly addicting considering how minimalist the graphics are. But events that involve running get old pretty quick.
The first of many games to show how awful I am at button mashing.
Turbo buttons!