Track and Field
Aliases  Track & Field
Release Date  1988
Original Publisher  Ocean Software Ltd (UK) - within compilation "Game, Set and Match 2"
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Sport Game: Action
Max. Players  2 (Simultaneous, Turn based)
Features  Button Mashers
Controls  Interface 2 (left), Interface 2 (right)
Sports  Athletics, Multi-sport Event
Tie-in Licences  Track & Field (Arcade coin-op) from Konami Ltd (Japan)
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, MSX, NES
Martijn's WoS score  26.4% (30 votes)

Authors/Contributors
     Ali Davidson (UK) - ?
     P. Knecht (UK) - ?

Known Errors
     Bugfix provided by Mr. Anonymous:
  • The game crashes after qualifying in the last event (High Jump) because it attempts to execute a nonexistent code for the 7th event although there are only 6.
    Fixed using POKE 26178,6

Modified "BUGFIX" file provided by jp (built as a patch to load the original speedlock release and apply all fixes automatically).

Series "TrackAndField"
     1. Track and Fieldby Ocean Software Ltd (UK) - within compilation "Game, Set and Match 2"
     2. Hyper Sports(1985)by Imagine Software Ltd (UK)

Compilations
     Full version inGame, Set and Match 2(1988)by Ocean Software Ltd (UK)

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
 TrackAndField.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(SpeedLock 4)English
TrackAndField(BUGFIX).tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     TrackAndField.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     TrackAndField.gif2,634OriginalRunning screen
     TrackAndField.txt4,661OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     TrackAndField-BUGFIX-Patch_SourceCode.zip49,223OriginalBUGFIX source code - Patch source code

Related Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #87-1989/Janpage 113- Review: 82% (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Crashissue v.1 #60-1989/Janpage 92- Review - Crash - Compilation (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Your Sinclairissue #38-1989/Febpage 67- Review: 8/10 (Game, Set and Match 2)

Related Magazine References
     Crashissue v.1 #60-1989/Janpage 92- Feature - Collectable Consumables (Game, Set and Match 2)

Related Magazine Advertisements
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #16-1989/Janpage 125- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #85-1988/Novpage 128- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #87-1989/Janpage 103- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #88-1989/Febpage 112- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #90-1989/Aprpage 7- Advert (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Crashissue v.1 #58-1988/Novpage 132- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Crashissue v.1 #60-1989/Janpage 72- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Crashissue v.1 #62-1989/Marpage 10- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Crashissue v.1 #63-1989/Aprpage 91- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Crashissue v.1 #65-1989/Junpage 23- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Crashissue v.1 #67-1989/Augpage 3- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Sinclair Userissue #80-1988/Novpage 13- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Sinclair Userissue #82-1989/Janpage 23- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Sinclair Userissue #83-1989/Febpage 25- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Sinclair Userissue #87-1989/Junpage 3- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     The Games Machineissue #13-1988/Decpage 8- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Your Sinclairissue #39-1989/Marpage 29- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Your Sinclairissue #40-1989/Aprpage 15- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Your Sinclairissue #41-1989/Maypage 3- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)
     Your Sinclairissue #43-1989/Julpage 3- Full-page ad (Game, Set and Match 2)

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