Updates[edit]
in the skeet shooting, shooting two targets with a single shot awards bonus points.
the wind selection in the archery is not strictly random, the wind repeatedly iterates backwards and forwards between -7 and +7. With a little practice, it's possible to get a desired wind value every time.
optimal angles in archery or 4.8, 5.0 or 5.2 degrees. only these angles permit a "nice"
you don't need to foul to get the triple jump bonus. you just need to start with your foot touching the jump line and get angles 35, 41 and 45.
in the pole vault, planting the pole directly in the trap, without scraping the floor and then clearing the bar causes a mole to appear, awarding 1000 points. Repeating this at successive heights awards bonuses of 2000, 4000 and then 8000 indefinitely.
the qualifying levels increase beyond the 3 levels listed on the main page.
the qualifying levels are dependent on dip-switch settings - there are 8 initial levels of difficulty
whether the game repeats after the conclusion of the pole vault is a dip-switch controllable setting.
- Well feel free to be bold and add it in.--Rocky
(Talk - Contributions) 05:40, 14 August 2007 (CDT)
Personal comments about the game[edit]
I used to be a Master at this game back in the day...mainly in my local Cafe, but also in the surrounding areas of about 100 miles in UK..
Me and 2 friends of mine used to go to all the main arcades all over, and compete for the World Records on each machine...There was only 1 person who could keep up with me and sometimes beat my Records, and so on all the machines that saved Records (dip switches) we had them all, my name was SW. and the other gamer was J.F ...no one else could beat me, and so it became a great competition and challenge..I never did actually meet that gamer who went by that name J.F
As far as I'm aware, there's hardly anything I don't know about the game, including secrets etc...and even though it was 35 years ago I played, I'm now going to post what I remember of my World Records off the top of my head, and any other info about the game that I haven't seen on this site
Swimming around 47 seconds Skeet Shooting around 20200 Vault 19.75 or 19.80 Triple Jump around 19.60-80
Weights can't remember Pole Vault 5.97
Each time you completed the Events, next round your speed in the running bar would rise, meaning certain Records could only be achieved in the later Rounds
Vault Horse..speed bar up to 1150 Pole Vault...1150 maybe more, I forget Triple Jump...total speed went up
I never got further than Round 6, where the Qualifying for Swimming was 45 seconds...
If the game was set for only 1 round of Events, then the level of difficulty was lower meaning no chance of getting World Records
If you timed it right in Swimming, the Breathe alert wouldn't even appear, giving slight speed advantage
At the end of either Round 4 or 5, the Cheerleaders throw you up and drop you instead of catching you
Some machines had dip switches set so when the machine was switched off the World Records would reset and go back to default...Tragedy if like me, had the Best records and the Top 3 scores!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Simon Watts (talk • contribs) .
HFX[edit]
Like Simon, both myself and a friend would tour the arcades, pubs, cafes, basically anywhere we could find a Hyper Sports (and Track and Field). We had various records that were never beaten and as we never came across Simon and his friend I'm guessing they weren't based in the North of England :)
Our Records:-
Swimming: 44.42
Skeet: 23000
Vault: 9.95 (max was 10 and I missed getting a 10 [once] as I hit the button an extra hit - I was GUTTED)
Archery: 13800
Triple Jump: 19:43 (pretty much the max you could get)
Weights: either 645 or 680 (we're trying to confirm what it was)
Pole Vault: 5.96
We did get past the 45s swimming round but it was very hit and miss as you had to be pretty much perfect to get under 45s.
We used to sign as HFX, as in Halifax where we are from. We travelled all across Yorkshre and Lancashire and had some great competition, particularly in Blackpool where a guy called JH. was a constant thorn in our sides and we would regularly swap records with him.