International Track & Field 2000

by Complete Game

Product Features

• Events include men's 100-meter, one kilometer time trial (biking), sprint (cycling), singles 500-meter (canoeing), long jump, pole vault, hammer throw, javelin throw, and clean and jerk (weightlifting).
• It also includes women's springboard (diving), 50-meter freestyle (swimming) and horse vault.

Product Details

• ASIN: B000035YBJ
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,695 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

GameSpot Review

Ever since the first button-busting Track and Field was released to arcades in 1983, people have been finding new ways to hit buttons faster. Eventually, instead of pounding directly on the two buttons (the faster you hit them, the faster your character would run), people started fashioning button-mashing instruments out of things like spoons and pencils. When the home version was released, control pads featuring rapid automatic button pushing were suddenly in style. One Track and Field game has already been released for the PlayStation, but it was released to an audience that really didn't care about the game. Will anyone care this time around? If you're a fan of the Olympics or if you're looking for a fun multiplayer PlayStation game, you definitely should. Track and Field 2000 is simply great fun. Konami did the right thing when it decided to keep the proven button-pounding gameplay that made the series famous. The game features 12 events, including the long jump, cycling, diving, and the hammer throw. With the exception of three events, all of the events are fairly straightforward and test how fast you can actually hit the buttons, your timing, or a mixture of the two. Events such as diving and horse vaulting will take some time to perfect as they require a little more timing-based elements than the other events. Vaulting requires precise timing and precise button pushing. You must jump at the right moment and hit a series of buttons in the correct order with very little time and no room for error. The gameplay and control, while simple and spelled out on the screen before each event, are extremely involving and addictive. Slamming the buttons as fast as possible and receiving a medal for results is very rewarding. Saving your best times and then trying to beat them is quite fun also. The only problem with gameplay as simple and straightforward as this is that it has an extremely short learning curve and thus a short life. The only thing that keeps the game interesting past the three- or four-day mark is its four-player action via the multitap. The competition between friends is frantically fun since every event is literally exhausting (pounding those buttons takes a little work!), and the results of your skill are spelled out clearly and incontestably. Visually, Track & Field 2000 is quite good. The lifelike animation and detail of the polygonal athletes are the two aspects of the game's graphics that give Track and Field 2000 such a distinctive look. The athletes all have very detailed faces and bodies. The tracks and fields they compete on also look fairly convincing and are filled with cameramen, trainers, and spectators. In the audio department Track and Field 2000 is adequate. All of the sound effects are fairly accurate, and many of the grunts and yells of the athletes exerting themselves are realistic and sometimes comical. The music is hardly noticeable, which is suiting for a focused competition such as this. The announcer, who belts out the scores and results after each attempt, does the job quite well. Overall, International Track and Field 2000 is a fun and entertaining game, although its simple gameplay, while addicting at first, has a very short shelf life for a single player. If you're a fan of multiplayer games, this is definitely one to check out.--Ryan Mac Donald--Copyright © 1998 GameSpot Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of GameSpot is prohibited.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars strength and endurance, June 2, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: International Track & Field 2000 (Video Game)

if you have strong fingers and hand that also has endurance then this is the game for you.this is a good game with many events and good graphics. the multi-player is a good way to sharpen your skills on the way to the world record.if you purchase this game be prepared to take many rest breaks between world record tries.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Arcade LEGEND, July 4, 2001

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Jagdev (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: International Track & Field 2000 (Video Game)

this game is admitadly complete rubbish when you play by yourself for more than 5 minutes. HOWEVER, get a few frinds over and play in a tounament, and NO game can compare to this one. the sheer fun of destroying your gamepad, just to jump that inch further, or run thet milklisecond faster is incomparable. lining up for the 100m race with your friends...the voice says ready.....get set...and then you shout GO!!! all your friends jump and get false starts. i played this game in the arcade and at home. i love it anywhere. a supreme peice of multiplayer event gaming, BUY IT NOW and never look back. fun is worth more than what you pay for it when you buy track and field.

5.0 out of 5 stars ITAF2K- Great Game, September 4, 2006

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J. Demick (Eastpointe, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: International Track & Field 2000 (Video Game)

I owned this game way back when it first came out, and now, with Athens 2004 coming out, this theme keeps coming back!

I remember playing this game with my family and friends, trying to beat the weightlifting world record, and the other world records. Be sure that you have a turbo controller for some of the events, otherwise, your hands will be become so tired, you'll want to throw the controller.

Great game, however, it doesn't work for PS2.