Hyper Sports is a sport developed by Konami, released 1 July 1985 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Hyper Sports is
Hyper Sports is a sport game developed by Konami and released in 1985. It was published by Imagine Software. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Six tough events await in this joystick-waggling successor to Track &Field. The full sequence of events is - swimming, skeet shooting, gymnastics, archery, triple jumping and weightlifting. You must complete each event in order to be allowed onto the next one. Swimming involves moving left and right as fast as possible, while pressing fire when a breath is required. Skeet shooting and archery both come down to timing - though elevation and wind factors affect the latter. Gymnastics involves timing a succession of presses to ensure that the jump is long and the landing graceful. The triple jump involves one press for each part of the jump, whereas the weightlifting involves merely brute…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Hyper Sports launched on 1 July 1985, within three weeks of Ghosts 'n Goblins, Nodes of Yesod and Rush'n Attack.
Released around the same time: Ghosts 'n Goblins, Nodes of Yesod, Rush'n Attack.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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Quick answers
Hyper Sports — frequently asked questions
When did Hyper Sports come out?
Hyper Sports was released on 1 July 1985 for Commodore C64/128/MAX.
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