Japanese Handheld Game - Hyper Olympic Running. Looking for info.

Corholio · 28-11-2014 07:49PM #1

Recently acquired this handheld which was released in Japan in 1984. I know it was released in the US as 'Track and Field' with various different types i.e. Running version, Jumping version. Besides that I don't know a whole lot about it except the fact the US versions seem to go for quite a lot of money (around $150)

They were produced by Bandai and licensed by Konami.

Has anyone came across these before? Here it is:

eddhorse · 29-11-2014 11:24AM

They look briliant , i thought they were a Game and Watch at first.

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Bandai/HORunning.htm

http://handheldempire.com/game.jsp?game=238

CiDeRmAn · 29-11-2014 05:12PM

That looks gorgeous, I must pick one up, if I'm lucky!

CiDeRmAn · 29-11-2014 05:15PM

Wow, they are pricey!
American version, $110 + $20 shipping
Tandy branded edition called Track Star, $124.99 + $10.95

Corholio · 29-11-2014 06:24PM

eddhorse wrote: »

They look briliant , i thought they were a Game and Watch at first.

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Bandai/HORunning.htm

http://handheldempire.com/game.jsp?game=238

Thanks for those. Ya they were the only bit of information I had found previously and apparently the button colour gets worn quite easily because you have to bash them to make the character run, luckily the buttons on this one are in great condition.

I emailed a guy from Australia who had pics of one on his Instagram and he told me they are really hard to find and even harder in good condition. He had an almost perfect condition one that took him ages to find, even the box was sublime.

Japanese Handheld Game - Hyper Olympic Running. Looking for info.

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