Track & Field

[+FujiSkunk]

I have to ask: How the heck do you get good at the hammer toss? The timing on this one seems brutal, and while I have gotten to where I'm not fouling more often than I am, I can't ever throw more than around 68m. Honestly, the first-round qualfying distance of 80m seems a little excessive when the "world record" is only 3m longer. I don't have nearly this much trouble with the 100m dash and the long jump, though obviously I haven't yet gotten to try any of the other events.

[Pixelboy]

And you posted this in the CollectorVision sub-forum because...?

[retroillucid]

And you posted this in the CollectorVision sub-forum because...?

 

Probably just a mistake

[Neogeoman]

I feel ya Luc lol

[jaybird3rd]

I've moved the topic to the ColecoVision/ADAM subforum (which I assume is where the OP intended to put it).

[+FujiSkunk]

Sorry about that. I'm going through my ColecoVision homebrews at the moment for the GoA web project, and was in the middle of working on Pong, a CollectorVision release, when I decided to come back to my delimma with Track & Field. Obviously I still had CollectorVision on the brain. No offense intended, PixelBoy, and thank you for moving the thread, jaybird.

 

So, any suggestions?

[NIAD]

What controller are you using? If not the Track & Field controller, you need to TRACK one down.

[+FujiSkunk]

I'm using the Track & Field controller, but it doesn't seem to like when I use both "run" buttons, so I have to double up on a single button, which is easier said than done.

[NamcoPlayer]

Sorry if I'm about three years too late, but I recently learned how to win at hammer throwing at http://tips.retrogames.com/gamepage/track.html. It says that you have to wait until the 6th spin to make a qualifying throw. While that's good, if you want more points, wait until the 9th spin and then press and hold the button until the number display is around to 45°, and then release it when you get a number that is around 45°.