Ultimate track and field arcade vibration technique (7.19 100m best)

[orangefunk]

back in my local bar I recall seeing 100m times in the 5.x and 6.x I always wondered how people did it... wondering if there was some easter egg/cheat?

[NeoAlexandria777]

@orangefunk You are correct about the cheat part but it's no easter egg. People use electric toothbrushes ect... to get those kinds of times. As far as I know, I'm the fastest ever on a "original arcade (button) machine' without cheating in someway.

[orangefunk]

@NeoAlexandria777 : hehe tahnks for that.. we're talking about 1986 or so but yep you could be right.. the thing is I have played Track and field in MAME and used autorepeat on my joystick/keys and still couldn't get under 7. It has bugged me for 24 years!! :-)

[NeoAlexandria777]

@orangefunk Well man I played in Japan at the World Championships back in 1984. I've about seen it all now. as I have been playing the game for 26yrs. There is a reason you are having a hard time going sub 7sec in MAME. The time of 6.92 or 6.94 is considered a perfect run in MAME.

[orangefunk]

@NeoAlexandria777 Thanks man...

Yeah I guess the 6.9 could have been the time... its been quite a while and the old grey matter isn't what it was.

[NeoAlexandria777]

@orangefunk Hey I'm almost 45, so I know the feeling. 

[orangefunk]

@NeoAlexandria777 hehe... yeah I'm up there with ya bud... still nothing like these old arcade games eh? We're lucky to have grown up thru that golden era..

[NeoAlexandria777]

@orangefunk Yep!

[orangefunk]

@NeoAlexandria777 btw.. whats the cheat on the 110m hurdles allowing a 2.x time?

[NeoAlexandria777]

@orangefunk I'll have to PM you, not enough characters to explain on "comments".

[NeoAlexandria777]

@orangefunk I'll have to PM you, not enough characters to explain in "comments".

[orangefunk]

@NeoAlexandria777 .. oh and another comment :-) I recall seeing T&F machines here in the UK that had joysticks (side to side movement) and only allowed one pass through the events before it ended.. not sure if it was a Konami mod or a 3rd party copy...

[NeoAlexandria777]

@orangefunk Yeah they converted a lot of the machines to joystick, trackball, and microswitch back in the day. They did this to prevent the unskilled players from constantly breaking the leaf contacts by pounding the hell out of the game with their fist. Joystick and trackball versions make the game way to easy. The number of rounds, qualifying marks, and extra lives ect... can be set by flipping the dip switches on the boards inside the cabinet.

[Ultimus1]

on my c64 in days of old, I did 6.28 for the 100m and 11 metres 57cm for long jump. Id do the longjump record and get a load of weird characters on the screen. Thats with a joystick... not sure if thats harder or easier, I was very quick, but havent played it for 20 odd years!!!