Awesome achievement Fly! And Slayer music too. My local arcade just brought back T&F and I have been playing as often as I can. I used to have my own machine 15 yrs ago and getting back in the groove.
Great job man! Track and Field is one of the greatest games in video game history because the level and difficulty and competition to break other people's records. I saw fights over this game back in the day.
Lol yeah, you could always hear this somewhere in the background whenever in an arcade, pure classic !!! those speech samples always bring the memories flooding back :-)
You would have beaten me with buttons but I would have beaten you with a joystick. My 100m time was not as good as yours but not far off. Got 96k with a joystick and that was back in the 80's at the corner shop. One of the best games ever made, I was addicted. Thanks for posting.
@giopiso Never played with a stick. I've known about the stick being used in other parts of the world for a while now and still wonder how different the results might be. I think hurdles and hj might get better results. Jav, lj and hammer would be about the same and the 100, I'm not sure. I did used to play atari 2600 Decathlon with the stick and ran 10.04 100m. Any experience with that game?
A 95m throw plus 2 bonus point throws is worth more than a 99.93m throw. I open the event with a low angle on the bonus points because I've heard that the distance of the first throw effects the next throw very slightly. So the farther the better, as long as I still get the bonus. Then I throw for distance on the 2nd. If it's over 95m then It's worth more to get the bonus on the 3rd.
@RDMChris Yes it is. It was my first machine almost 3 years back. That was the start of this obsession to have more. I now have 12 amchines in my house.
I took a stupid gamble and did 8 finger technique which I suck at on hurdles. The rhythm was rather embarrassing. I usually do the same run style that I use on Long Jump and Javelin.
Hector Fly Cool. Appreciate the reply. I need to learn your long jump and jav technique. I use the eight-finger (not as well as you) on everything but hurdles (which I use the thumb/pinky method on) and high jump (which I just use two fingers on). Need to do whatever you're doing on HJ, too. Again, brilliant. Buddy taught me the eight-finger at Stop & Go around 1984. Been using it since. It's completely foreign to most people (who just pound the damn buttons with the palms of their hands or use a pen). Love your cocktail table too. Guy here in Houston has one but most of the leaf switches are garbage (so only about one or two players are worth a darn) and his high scores are all jacked (with garbled characters/etc); I wish he'd sell it to me so I could fix it up. Anyway, good stuff, man. Much respect. A long time T&F fan.
Hector Fly Also, your game use leaf switches or did you replace them with microswitches? Are microswitches record eligible? Or does that count as a doctored machine?
mattbuc16 Mine still has Leaf. I've played some machines with micros and I think they feel slower with 8 finger but faster with 2 finger tap. Good for Hyper Sports but not good for T&F. I'm not sure if changing them would be legit or not. My guess is that it would be ok. It was an industry standard back then in most of the world. Japan and most machines in Europe had micro.
mattbuc16 Leaf switches are easy to fix. Usually just need to be cleaned and sometimes just bend the contacts if they get too close or too far apart. The garbled score/records is just a dead battery. He can either switch it out. Its a standard coin cell battery or flip the dip switches to NOT save the high scores and it will be fixed. Snatch it from your buddy and show it some love!
@dariodborbon It took about a month from the time I sent the tape till they verified and anounced it. No certificate or trophy. They sell the certificates if you want one for any of the records you may get.
Javelin and High Jump yes, Long Jump and Hammer no. Many will argue that it does NOT help on Javelin but it does. Lots of info posted here. www.twingalaxies.com/archive/index.php/t-114534.html
Very awesome... I had a top score of 90050 in the original tourney long ago. Long before the internet or even anyone that knew the game, we didn't know all the bonus tricks. I used a two finger alternating technique
I had well over 100 89K scores but just that one 90K. 8.04 100 was my best 100 I recall. A lot of us were really screwed by all the cheaters in the original tourney that weren't watched closely. Pencils and concealed electric toothbrushes.
Jeff Elliott yeah, I've heard that even the hurdle trick managed to get people through the early rounds. I had dozens of 93k to 95k games BITD but I didn't know about the tournament. Check out my other vids. I have a 90k with one hand.
Wish I could find a legit used machine with good buttons. Buttons are everything. What MAME button board do you use? I see someone bragging up 2.51 as a HJ record, I considered 2.49-2.50 average and hit 2.51 often. The two finger technique lets you pound buttons while you adjust your angle, that helps a lot. I was pals with a legitimate Pac Man WR holder, he was solid on TnF also and really pushed me. Did you play Hypersports as well?
hey men its amazing¡¡¡¡¡ i see that you have the record on the twin galaxies, i have 2 questions: how long you been waiting since you send the video until the record is put in the webside¿?¿ they take a trhopy or diploma that certificates you are the world champion?¿ thanks and
What's the deal with throwing off the screen twice in javelin, bonus points? And I think your first throw was at 67 degrees in another video as well, any significance?
@yorick8080 Pressing the buttons while the hammer is flying does nothing. I just have restless fingers and have to do something while waiting. But it helps a ton on the high jump. I think about 2.45 is the highest possible without pressing the buttons.
I remember concluding back in the day that 2.42 was highest possible without "boost." At least that was the highest I ever got and my form was pretty much like yours. Don't remember if I "ran" during approach though. (Does running during approach make a difference in HJ?)
@@ccsluf no, but it does ensure that the instant you jump you are already tapping and not missing precious taps during the upward airtime. I also do it that way so there is 1 less thing to think about while timing the jump. My running hand is on cruise control.
@kernzyp LOL! I could have flipped it but then the picture would be smaller. Then people would complain about their eyes hurting. So deal with it, hehe.
This is TG verified. Yeah, it was a good game. Close to perfect as I've gotten. About 2k off of perfect for me. But really only lost about 200-400 on the hurdles. and 500 on hj. But at least it added up to the record still. Thanks.
Wow! Good question. Just a wild guess...a few thousand tries. With maybe 5% going on to be complete games. If I fell off pace I would re-start. I think I had over 200 games of 93k or better. Sometimes I would continue even off pace just to get my top 100 loaded with 93k+ scores.
Up until October it took 93k to get in my top 100. I swapped the board to Hyper Sports for a party and had trouble hooking the T&F board afterwards and lost the records. So the scores currently on it are from November to December. At this point I trashed any game that was not on 94k pace. It takes 94k to get in the top 10 but I'm pretty sure the bottom part of the 100 is kinda weak. I'll check it out and post back later.
@arcadefan1985 I might play about once a month. Nothing serious though. Not like I'm trying to beat my score. I did come within 200 points of it one time.
If you only got 2.42 on your 90k game then you should be able to get 94k with better high jumps. Worth 500 for every jump. So 2.42 to 2.51 is another 4500pts. There are lost of different styles that work well on High Jump so keep working at it.
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Awesome achievement Fly! And Slayer music too. My local arcade just brought back T&F and I have been playing as often as I can. I used to have my own machine 15 yrs ago and getting back in the groove.
Try playing along with SLAYER. That'll get you in the groove immediately!
ROCK ON!!! 🤘
Came in here to see the arcade game, stayed for the slayers songs, awesome video, great playing too.
Fantastic man. I too have waited 20+ years to break the record. Loving the HJ technique.
Great job man! Track and Field is one of the greatest games in video game history because the level and difficulty and competition to break other people's records. I saw fights over this game back in the day.
That was pretty amazing to watch, your skills are legendary !!
Lol yeah, you could always hear this somewhere in the background whenever in an arcade, pure classic !!! those speech samples always bring the memories flooding back :-)
Thanks. I will be posting some more stuff soon.
Absolutely stunning!
Incredible performance, congrats!
You would have beaten me with buttons but I would have beaten you with a joystick. My 100m time was not as good as yours but not far off. Got 96k with a joystick and that was back in the 80's at the corner shop. One of the best games ever made, I was addicted. Thanks for posting.
I'm faster with a joystick. Better 100m, hurdles and better High jump. But yes, you would have beaten me. I never tried a stick till 2010.
@@FlyHec best game I ever played. Good to meet a fellow addict!
@@glen1482 If you haven't noticed, I also play the NES, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 1 versions. Great game and event better for competing!
had to look this one up again worth another look
SLAYER...THE MUSIC OF CHAMPIONS!!!
All 10 songs and 29 minutes of it!!!
EXCELLENT! Thanks for posting.
Cool.
Slayer, Reign in Blood album?
Absolutely superb, Fly! :D
Wow that was awesome!
Go to see your doing well coach love the beard
Always good to hear from alumni. I made it 28 years. Which year were you from? And 1 more hint as to who you might be .
@@FlyHec class of 2008. My only point was against gladstone
@@swifthunter3017 Ouch! Tough clue. Very stacked era from 2006-08 with lots of great throwers that may have only grabbed an occasional point. Thomas?
@@FlyHec nickname was Horchata if that helps
@@swifthunter3017 If your name was something like 420 or stoner I woulda guessed. Lol.
what about the "comb" technique?
@giopiso Never played with a stick. I've known about the stick being used in other parts of the world for a while now and still wonder how different the results might be. I think hurdles and hj might get better results. Jav, lj and hammer would be about the same and the 100, I'm not sure.
I did used to play atari 2600 Decathlon with the stick and ran 10.04 100m. Any experience with that game?
You should upload a video of your top 100 scores (close up so it's legible)! I can't speak for others, but I'd like to see it.
Reign In Blood album playing in background.
A 95m throw plus 2 bonus point throws is worth more than a 99.93m throw. I open the event with a low angle on the bonus points because I've heard that the distance of the first throw effects the next throw very slightly. So the farther the better, as long as I still get the bonus. Then I throw for distance on the 2nd. If it's over 95m then It's worth more to get the bonus on the 3rd.
i get a sore neck watching this...!
@RDMChris Yes it is. It was my first machine almost 3 years back. That was the start of this obsession to have more. I now have 12 amchines in my house.
@BoxingJ I'm off to work right now but when I get back I'll send you some tips for LJ.
Damn impressive. We use some of the same techniques so that makes me happy. But why didn't we get to see your hurdles run?
I took a stupid gamble and did 8 finger technique which I suck at on hurdles. The rhythm was rather embarrassing. I usually do the same run style that I use on Long Jump and Javelin.
Hector Fly Cool. Appreciate the reply. I need to learn your long jump and jav technique. I use the eight-finger (not as well as you) on everything but hurdles (which I use the thumb/pinky method on) and high jump (which I just use two fingers on). Need to do whatever you're doing on HJ, too. Again, brilliant. Buddy taught me the eight-finger at Stop & Go around 1984. Been using it since. It's completely foreign to most people (who just pound the damn buttons with the palms of their hands or use a pen). Love your cocktail table too. Guy here in Houston has one but most of the leaf switches are garbage (so only about one or two players are worth a darn) and his high scores are all jacked (with garbled characters/etc); I wish he'd sell it to me so I could fix it up. Anyway, good stuff, man. Much respect. A long time T&F fan.
Hector Fly Also, your game use leaf switches or did you replace them with microswitches? Are microswitches record eligible? Or does that count as a doctored machine?
mattbuc16 Mine still has Leaf. I've played some machines with micros and I think they feel slower with 8 finger but faster with 2 finger tap. Good for Hyper Sports but not good for T&F. I'm not sure if changing them would be legit or not. My guess is that it would be ok. It was an industry standard back then in most of the world. Japan and most machines in Europe had micro.
mattbuc16 Leaf switches are easy to fix. Usually just need to be cleaned and sometimes just bend the contacts if they get too close or too far apart. The garbled score/records is just a dead battery. He can either switch it out. Its a standard coin cell battery or flip the dip switches to NOT save the high scores and it will be fixed. Snatch it from your buddy and show it some love!
You are a master my friend. *bows
@dariodborbon It took about a month from the time I sent the tape till they verified and anounced it. No certificate or trophy. They sell the certificates if you want one for any of the records you may get.
Does it help to press buttons after throwing javelin? After jumping in long jump?
Javelin and High Jump yes, Long Jump and Hammer no. Many will argue that it does NOT help on Javelin but it does. Lots of info posted here. www.twingalaxies.com/archive/index.php/t-114534.html
Love it after you got, "20 Fucking Years". Great job and hope you keep it for sometime.
The score is 10 years old today!
Subscribed, sir! Excellent stuff.
@eatwillow wrong direction?
What happened to the Cabinets with the joystick and you had to move it left to right no button bashing.
I've never seen or heard of one in the U.S. I only know about them from guys in Italy and The U.K.
Hector Fly I only ask because that's how i remembered playing the game,anyway congrats on your achievement on a classic game
Awesome game!
Very awesome... I had a top score of 90050 in the original tourney long ago. Long before the internet or even anyone that knew the game, we didn't know all the bonus tricks. I used a two finger alternating technique
I had well over 100 89K scores but just that one 90K. 8.04 100 was my best 100 I recall.
A lot of us were really screwed by all the cheaters in the original tourney that weren't watched closely. Pencils and concealed electric toothbrushes.
Jeff Elliott yeah, I've heard that even the hurdle trick managed to get people through the early rounds. I had dozens of 93k to 95k games BITD but I didn't know about the tournament. Check out my other vids. I have a 90k with one hand.
Wish I could find a legit used machine with good buttons. Buttons are everything. What MAME button board do you use?
I see someone bragging up 2.51 as a HJ record, I considered 2.49-2.50 average and hit 2.51 often. The two finger technique lets you pound buttons while you adjust your angle, that helps a lot.
I was pals with a legitimate Pac Man WR holder, he was solid on TnF also and really pushed me.
Did you play Hypersports as well?
I had a GORF score of 87500 on difficult 3 ship setting also, I was normally a 20K player but got on a roll one day. At the time it was top 20ish.
Jeff Elliott I have the HS world record. Have it on my YT. I don't play anything on MAME. Can't get past the system/input/screen lag.
hey men its amazing¡¡¡¡¡ i see that you have the record on the twin galaxies, i have 2 questions:
how long you been waiting since you send the video until the record is put in the webside¿?¿ they take a trhopy or diploma that certificates you are the world champion?¿ thanks and
Awesome Hector! How many tries would you estimate it took you?
My fried just got a 9.17, a 9.67, and a 9.69 at an arcade in the area. He's a musician that drums.
On the 100m
Geordie Ellis BASS IS ACE!
Nice guy!!!!
Congrats.
89070 my best.
What's the deal with throwing off the screen twice in javelin, bonus points? And I think your first throw was at 67 degrees in another video as well, any significance?
@yorick8080 Pressing the buttons while the hammer is flying does nothing. I just have restless fingers and have to do something while waiting. But it helps a ton on the high jump. I think about 2.45 is the highest possible without pressing the buttons.
I remember concluding back in the day that 2.42 was highest possible without "boost." At least that was the highest I ever got and my form was pretty much like yours. Don't remember if I "ran" during approach though. (Does running during approach make a difference in HJ?)
@@ccsluf no, but it does ensure that the instant you jump you are already tapping and not missing precious taps during the upward airtime. I also do it that way so there is 1 less thing to think about while timing the jump. My running hand is on cruise control.
Yeah, it's the official TG record as of now. The other record stood for over 23 years! I hope my record lasts just as long. Good luck.
@kernzyp Just turn your computer screen.
I just broke 89000! I know I have a ways to go, But I'm excited that I'm closing in on 90. You still playing?
@kernzyp LOL! I could have flipped it but then the picture would be smaller. Then people would complain about their eyes hurting. So deal with it, hehe.
This is TG verified. Yeah, it was a good game. Close to perfect as I've gotten. About 2k off of perfect for me. But really only lost about 200-400 on the hurdles. and 500 on hj. But at least it added up to the record still. Thanks.
Damn, I can only get 85K. That's an insane run you have right there.
Wow! Good question. Just a wild guess...a few thousand tries. With maybe 5% going on to be complete games. If I fell off pace I would re-start. I think I had over 200 games of 93k or better. Sometimes I would continue even off pace just to get my top 100 loaded with 93k+ scores.
Up until October it took 93k to get in my top 100. I swapped the board to Hyper Sports for a party and had trouble hooking the T&F board afterwards and lost the records. So the scores currently on it are from November to December. At this point I trashed any game that was not on 94k pace. It takes 94k to get in the top 10 but I'm pretty sure the bottom part of the 100 is kinda weak. I'll check it out and post back later.
@giopiso 7.89 with x-arcade stick...!
Is 95,000+ the world record??
I have footage of me getting well over 100,000+ in insert coins in downtown las vegas.
World record shown here is for one round. I can play for 40+ hours with continuous play and did 5.2 mil with one man in that game.
Also, lets see this footage.
My neck hurts.
And my fingers burn. What of it?
Haha shit was hilarious! Nice buddy!
@eqwwac I just open the coin door and flick the coin mech.
SLAYER :D
Records per event is not a ll around record, try 4,500345 points overall
Been there, done that. 5,100,000(about 6 1/2 hours) on one man and 29,900,000(32 Hours) for full game. It's posted at #TwinGalaxies
@arcadefan1985 I might play about once a month. Nothing serious though. Not like I'm trying to beat my score. I did come within 200 points of it one time.
yes
nice man
If you only got 2.42 on your 90k game then you should be able to get 94k with better high jumps. Worth 500 for every jump. So 2.42 to 2.51 is another 4500pts. There are lost of different styles that work well on High Jump so keep working at it.
I see you dont take speed when doing the ball even, I though it did matter.. I got 99.96.
@aculturemind The whole world does it backwards except for me. WTF is wrong with you people? lol
Nice guy!!!!
Congrats.
89070 my best.