C64 Longplay - Decathlon

[vpieper]

When I was 10 in 1984 I always thought this game was about the '84 Olympics in LA :)

[jrotondella]

if you used the old coleco vision controller you just had to push one of the numbers and he would run full speed

[tmoney2600thousand]

Your shotput is weak, I cleared the third line with ease on a regular basis

[DecoderKK]

This Game wrecked my first joystick in 1985

[h3akalee]

And so the word button basher was born !

[Jeen77]

2.4m in high jump, how did you do that? I never managed that as a kid. :-O

[MrScamman]

I got my c64 & this game on xmas day 1984. After about an hour i wrecked my c64 joystick. So i bought quickshot 2, a quality joystick.

[fr1x]

great time playing this with my bro

[sneskegagama]

I remember this on atari 2600

[OleBentsen220]

The shot put looks so hilarious.

[ladiesman2048]

this game is amazing when played with dancemat

[GuildensternTube]

11127 pts? AWESOME. I thought I were the king because I was the only one among my friends who ever got more than 10000 pts. ... back in these days I was not aware that there is something as TwinGalaxies :)

According current No one on PAL I was not bad

[bacardi666]

and my right hand, too :D

[bacardi666]

i destroyed 2 joysticks :D

[Georg1979]

Well I never my broke a joystick on this one, because I bought some really expensive ones. And they held on pretty well, although I always had to clean the switches after I played this game. Tough game on the arm and muscles though.

The other thing about this video, that in all of 20 years I could never jump 2.4m in the high jump, so well done mate!

But in the pole vault you failed, lol.

11000+ points. Great achievement! I've done it as well. Very-very hard to do it.

Great memories!

[jayem0187]

I got this "soundtrack" in my head for almost 20 years now and still love it !!! ... and i killed 2 Joysticks ! ... ;)

[notanfningain]

i almost wept when i saw this game and realised for the 1st time what a great machine the c64 was, i was thirteen at the time?

[johnwx777]

Nice game.I still remember a trick for all the events that require running:If you waggle the joystick lever round and round instead of left & right,you can get fantastic times.Try it.

[MrClarkyson]

i remember

[petyhimself]

so ein gewaltiges spiel mit sehr schmerzhaften erinnerungen *gg*

[GordonMorrice]

Blisters, broken joysticks, massive frustration, but we have no regrets - thems were GOOD TIMES!

[Choinkees]

Yeah, I also lost a few joysticks to this game.

[eyesauron]

same here!

[Guuster00]

man, 't is game ruined/cost me at least 10 joysticks :D

[zagor1974]

400 metres was the best competition - once my joystick was broken - he pult right by himself - so i run 9.36 at 100m

[boooris1111]

i love all the comments about the 1500. swap hands on the joystick after every 300 metres or so. fuck it was hard work but a pure joy to play

[odraconiandevil79]

Fun game I kept going back to much to the agony of my hands!

[nyx779]

the atari joystick was excellent for this game... ^^

[atomknallfrosch]

Der Joystickkiller schlechthin. Alles bis auf den Competition Pro ist in kürzester Zeit verreckt ^^

[SONGOKU02]

Bei mir nie.. Und ich hab das Excesiev gezockt! xD

[BENxRoyaleWithCheese]

So was this before or after Daley Thompsons name was stuck on the front of the box?

[fr1x]

unforgettable

[Adam29101981]

Unforgettable 1500 metres run. Ooohhh ... At the mere thought of this my hand is about to ache me :). 5 stars for video :).

[Schmoll1972]

What about the blisters then? I ca remember the pain still

[tuvalu2]

Unforgettable

[siemenstraffic]

I broke 4 TAC-2 joysticks back in the day!

[Schmoll1972]

Should have had a Quickshot 2 with the turbo button!!

[pekstu]

I destroyed 3 joysticks on this game, LOL!

[peppard76]

@pekstu I destroyed my hands :D

[gleuknie]

@pekstu lol my father hated it when I played Decathlon because of that. :D

[SeVenVeS]

yeah good old joystick destroyer aka decathlon