Rickster8 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) [ Intellivision HSC Season 15 ] (Game 6) Super Pro Decathlon Super Pro Decathlon by INTV CORP 1988 Track and Field events. Choose either Amateur Level, Olympic Level or Super Pro Level. Competition at its best. Are you game? ROM Download Link https://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/21622/intellivision/Super-Pro-Decathlon-1988-Intv-Corp.html Game Manual Link - Click link below then go to 'Games' then 'Manuals' and scroll down for Super Pro Decathlon http://www.intellivision.us/intvlibrary/index.htm High Score Club Record +2 BONUS POINTS AWARDED FOR EACH RECORD SET ON ANY OF THE RACES / EVENTS PLAYED Game Settings PRESS DISC AND THEN CHOOSE GAME OR PRACTICE, THEN 1 PLAYER, THEN DIFFICULTY LEVEL THEN PLAY 100M DASH PRESS DISC AND THEN CHOOSE GAME OR PRACTICE, THEN 1 PLAYER, THEN DIFFICULTY LEVEL THEN PLAY TRIPLE JUMP PRESS DISC AND THEN CHOOSE GAME OR PRACTICE, THEN 1 PLAYER, THEN DIFFICULTY LEVEL THEN PLAY JAVELIN THROW INCENTIVE EVENT QUALIFICATION - IF YOUR TIME ON THE 100M DASH IS 11.50 SECONDS OR BETTER YOU WILL OPEN UP A 4TH EVENT (400M DASH) FOR EXTRA COMPETITION PRESS DISC AND THEN CHOOSE GAME OR PRACTICE, THEN 1 PLAYER, THEN DIFFICULTY LEVEL THEN PLAY 400M DASH Game Scoring (Each race / event is scored at +5 pts, down to +1 pt for participation), +1 game winner incentives for each race / event won. +5 1st place +4 2nd +3 3rd +2 4th 5th or lower, +1 participation point Contest EndsSUNDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH 11:59:59PM EASTERN TIME (BEST TIMES / SCORES) 100m Dash 10.91 seconds - Rickster8 [+5][+1 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE][+2 SET NEW RECORD] 11.09 seconds - lupovax [+4] 11.17 seconds - Sprazzi [+3] 11.27 seconds - wolfy62 [+2] 11.49 seconds - mark griff [+1] 11.59 seconds - gezkc [+1] 11.85 seconds - Gernot [+1] 12.68 seconds - gar0u [+1] Triple Jump 16.78 meters - lupovax [+5][+1 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE][+2 SET NEW RECORD] 16.78 meters - Rickster8 [+5][+1 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE][+2 SET NEW RECORD] 16.29 meters - Sprazzi [+3] 12.68 meters - mark griff [+2] 11.57 meters - wolfy62 [+1] 10.04 meters - Gernot [+1] 9.07 meters - gezkc [+1] 4.91 meters - gar0u [+1] Javelin Throw 85.41 meters - Rickster8 [+5][+1 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE][+2 SET NEW RECORD] 85.01 meters - lupovax [+4] 83.90 meters - Sprazzi [+3] 81.12 meters - gezkc [+2] 80.15 meters - mark griff [+1] 78.07 meters - wolfy62 [+1] 61.15 meters - gar0u [+1] 400m Dash 46.88 seconds - Rickster8 [+5][+1 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE][+2 SET NEW RECORD] 47.31 seconds - lupovax [+4] 47.37 seconds - wolfy62 [+3] 47.88 seconds - Sprazzi [+2] 48.20 seconds - mark griff [+1] Overall Rankings After Space Armada / Space Battle 1 Rickster8 108 2 Mark Griff 67 3 Sprazzi 55 3 mr_me 55 5 Wolfy62 46 6 lupovax 42 7 gezkc 41 8 IntyFanMatt 33 9 ed1475 31 10 gar0u 30 11 CParsley 15 12 RogerPoco 11 13 t0spmad 10 14 jblenkle 7 15 JacobZu7zu7 5 15 fakecortex 5 15 roadrunner 5 Games Won 4 Rickster8 - Motocross x3 / Space Hawk / Space Gunner / Space Armada 2 mr_me - Bomb Squad / Space Battle 1 RogerPoco - White Water 1 IntyFanMatt - Dreadnaught Factor 1 Sprazzi - White Water Sneak Preview: Pitfall GOLD - Special Scoring Edited September 6, 2021 by Rickster8 Did a weekly update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 A quick word of advice on playing Super Pro Decathlon. Using the @Intelligentleman method of playing with both controllers is the key to getting better times / scores in this game. ? Now go and kick some Decathlon a$$.... ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I'm not sure what Intelligentleman's method is, but I thought I'd have a quick go to see what the game's like. I've never played it before amazingly enough, though I used to love playing Track & Field and Hyper Sports at the arcade! So, these are probably rubbish scores, but someone has to go first! ? 100m: 12.74s Triple Jump: 8.59m Javelin: 62.12m 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 Nice first time scores gez. ? Intelligentlemen doesn't really have a technique that I know about, my point in mentioning him was that he likes to use two controllers at the same time. Not so much a technique per se, but just that he likes to use two controllers for a bunch of games. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 13 minutes ago, Rickster8 said: Nice first time scores gez. ? Intelligentlemen doesn't really have a technique that I know about, my point in mentioning him was that he likes to use two controllers at the same time. Not so much a technique per se, but just that he likes to use two controllers for a bunch of games. ? Ah I see! I did try using two controllers for the 100m after reading your post, but I couldn't do any better than with just using one. I'm miles away from 11.5 secs for the 100 though, so my technique clearly needs some work! I'm sure you'll show us how it's done in due course! ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gar0u Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Never played this one before, but will give it a shot after I get back from this week's Space games. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, gar0u said: Never played this one before, but will give it a shot after I get back from this week's Space games. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but being that you don't like Auto Racing / Skiing / Motocross, this game probably won't be in your wheel house either... Just a hunch.... ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark griff Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I like this game but when I played it last I felt like I was going to break the controller with all the back and forth movement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 100m- 12:10 Triple jump-7.76M Javelin-71.84 I need to figure out how to run faster! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Upgrade on 100M-11.89 Javelin:-74.19 Feels unlikely I can get 11.50 in the 100,but I will keep trying! ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 I was proud of this and I know I was lucky pushing buttons. So I knew I had to post this immediately! ? Triple jump:9.78 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gernot Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 I guess i missed the best part, dammit i was sure you would start after the summer, dunno why - i'm an idiot (of some sort). Never mind i can still join in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Gernot said: I guess i missed the best part, dammit i was sure you would start after the summer, dunno why - i'm an idiot (of some sort). Never mind i can still join in. There are still a lot of games and a long way to go before this one is over. Jump in and have fun,literally!?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gernot Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 15 hours ago, mark griff said: I like this game but when I played it last I felt like I was going to break the controller with all the back and forth movement Could happen, me (or a comrade of mine) broke one playing Pac-Man (i cut the layers of one controller with the disc, to phase the inner side of the disc might help to avoid such also i placed a paper cutout above them this didn't affects sensitivity but helps to protect the foil below, the inner side of the disc is quite sharp and with some force it works like a circular cutter, since the cutting raises the resistance before it's completely cut through this controller showed burn marks like the one once was shown in this forum) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 My First Super Pro Decathlon Entries: ? 100M DASH - 11.36 SECONDS (4TH EVENT UNLOCKED) ? TRIPLE JUMP - 14.90 METERS JAVELIN THROW - 80.57 METERS 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Rickster8 said: My First Super Pro Decathlon Entries: ? 100M DASH - 11.36 SECONDS (4TH EVENT UNLOCKED) ? TRIPLE JUMP - 14.90 METERS JAVELIN THROW - 80.57 METERS You just set very high standards for all events! Great job,incredible. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Rickster8 said: My First Super Pro Decathlon Entries: ? 100M DASH - 11.36 SECONDS (4TH EVENT UNLOCKED) ? TRIPLE JUMP - 14.90 METERS JAVELIN THROW - 80.57 METERS Impressive, Rick! Great times/distances! Do you find using 2 controllers helps or do you have a different technique? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) I qualified for the 400m! 100m-11.47 Triple Jump:10.60 Edited August 24, 2021 by wolfy62 Added content. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 37 minutes ago, gezkc said: Impressive, Rick! Great times/distances! Do you find using 2 controllers helps or do you have a different technique? 2 Controllers.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 32 minutes ago, wolfy62 said: I qualified for the 400m! 100m-11.47 Triple Jump:10.60 Nice wolfy, now you get to experience the pure dread of the 400m Dash. It's GRUELING!!!!! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 29 minutes ago, Rickster8 said: Nice wolfy, now you get to experience the pure dread of the 400m Dash. It's GRUELING!!!!! ? THAT was definitely my worst fear.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 OK, I'm starting to get a little bit better at the running side of things. I'm still not sure how using two controllers helps things though, so I'm sticking with one for now! 100m: 11.91s Triple Jump: 9.07m Javelin: 73.09m 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gernot Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) I made the 100m in 11:37 on my PAL console (that it is only 83% in speed helps a bit but still my forefinger hurts) but i was so frustrated that i couldn't repeat it and i shut off the console, however i gave jzIntv a chance and got very close. Now i'm a bit exhausted and most of all frustrated by this game. As result of this a tip for those who like to or can only play emulated it is in general the method we used 40 years ago for "Track & Field". create a keyboardhackfile and assign joystick button 1 (or 0) to PD0L_D_W and joystick button 2 (or 1) to PD0L_D_E, then use a lighter (best the well known BIC it has the proper size and rounded edges or any round lighter) and swipe back and forth over the buttons with the lighter. This might "kill" your joypad's buttons but they are easier and cheaper to replace as the Intellivision controller. A tip for the console players, butter your finger (not THAT butter ) and use butter not a cream because the butter won't be absorbed by the skin so fast as cream will. Also try to match the speed of the athlete, slower at start and then accelerate in the proper rhythm, when you are at top speed the athlete will literally run out of the screen. Make every now and then a pause it helps a lot. Unfortunately it looks that i can only play and participate today, tomorrow i have to visit a doctor and up to the weekend i will stay at home which means i won't have web access. Edited August 24, 2021 by Gernot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Javelin:78.07 I hope one day to get an 80+ like Rick did! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 25, 2021 Author Share Posted August 25, 2021 400M Dash Update: 400M DASH - 47.31 SECONDS ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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