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System:
Arcade
Genre:
Sports
Publisher:
Konami
Developer:
Konami
Players:
1-4 (2 simultaneously)
Release date/year:
1988
Other systems:
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- '88 Games
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1988 Konami - Konami - Arcade
- ’88 Games could be considered one of the first games that I’ve played in the arcade that have had anything to do with the Olympic Games. Featuring an easy to use interface as well as some pretty impressive visuals and challenge, you might find that this game has plenty to offer you if you like the ‘different’ types of sport games. Action intense, you just have to have some fast hands to tap on the buttons and a little bit of timing in order to get through the different events.
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-The Game Play-
Most of what you have here is running and jumping as opposed to anything else in the Olympic Games. The track meet part of the game revolves are the 100m dash and the long jump, while you have hurdles and other various running activities to compete in as well. Through the game, all you have to do is keep moving with the run buttons, which will determine your overall speed and ability. The computer on the other hand is extremely difficult unless you’re able to keep up with the button presses.
Once you get through the events, you’ll be able to check your score against other competitors and see if you’ve earned a medal. Though this game really doesn’t have much going for it in the adventure portion, it does have plenty of action to help the game along. No matter whom you pick to represent in the Olympics, the game revolves on your ability to beat the computer throughout. That is where the control comes into play and you have to know just how to use it in order to get the events accomplished.
The control is set up to where you have three buttons that helps you to select an event and then compete in it. The run buttons are located on the panel as the first and third button while the middle button controls the action for events such as the long jump. Most of what you have to do is tap on the run buttons in a constant, switching manner, moving faster and faster until you have to perform an action. This can get extremely intense when you’re taking on an opponent on the second player side of the machine!
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-The Visuals-
The visual display that you have here is pretty neat to look at, with plenty of animation and motion for your competitor. Though there isn’t too much going on in the background, there is enough detail here to make you feel as though you are actually in the Olympics and competing in front of a ton of other people. The detailing of the characters that you use are pretty impressive as well, having clean and crisp detailing on the characters and even in the actions that they perform. All in all, this is a pretty clean game to look at with the only complaint being in the lack of extreme detail in the overall presentation!
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-The Audio-
The audio has very little music for it, with most of the theme being in the event selection stage. Though you really won’t find too much that changes throughout the game, the theme alone will keep the pace of the game to a maximum. The sound effects on the other hand are minimal at best and extremely light in the way that they are presents. With the running of your characters, the only real sound effect that you’ll hear is when you jump or throw an object, which has the traditional rise and fall sound effect that you might find in most action games!
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-The Verdict-
For a track and field type of game, the only thing that I can compare this to is the old Nintendo Entertainment System game of Track and Field. With the Olympic name behind it and plenty of events that you and up to four people can compete in, you’ll find that the game takes on a pretty good theme. The visuals and the audio, while minimal for the most part, do well and serve the game up with action-oriented themes. The control is easy enough to learn, though can be rather difficult to pull off, so be sure to practice up before you really start playing hard. All in all, this is a fair sports game that is worth a look if you want to try something a little different!
7/10
//KasketDarfyre
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