Daley Thompson's Decathlon Review (inc. bonus DVD footage)

[feckingbillgates]

Russell Brand didn't say "spazz" mode, lol.  He said "spasm"!

[spacecoke]

i wonder why they made daley thompson look like a 4 year old white kid :P

[s1monz]

Lol 42secs to qualify on the 400, they clearly didn't do their homework there.

[OrielFilms]

god this takes me back

[DaWreckster]

Oh the glory days, LMFAO. Defo easier with the good old rubber keys.

[ruud76]

"That's Daley Thompson, he's black in real-life, but he's white in this..."

Piss funny.

[wallopens]

LOL, I wrote this before normal keyboards existed- we just had the rubber ones so the code is designed for rubber keys. Emulator keys dont work the same, the old rubber keys respond quicker they are hard wired to an IO port. The key code is different for the high jump by the way.

We wanted to make him black but it had to be all one colour because of the spectrum even Daley himself who came to see the game agreed that it looked better white.

The chariots music is on supertest by the way.

[fishslappingdance]

I spent many a happy hour bashing away on those rubber keys, so if you really had anything to do with this game I thank you very much!

[Turnip6666]

I cant believe you made this! Me and my dad had hours of fun on it! I'm 30 now!

Thanks mate!

[Mclumperty]

Bloody brilliant ending!

[ianoxo]

qualatie vid m8 had me in stiches

[Jamiethewookie]

"I've got pains in my chest just trying to press the keys quick enough" XD

Collieuk=Legend

[Cayden1986]

omfg lmao hilarious work....

[DJNATSKI]

I went through 3 keyboards with this game.

[mathowlett]

Hahhaha !! I was proper pissing myself watching this again... jesus.. great stuff collieuk.

[mathowlett]

Mr BobCassidy is a maniac !!!

[hellonpluto]

2:09 "the spaz mode" You can pull some strange faces whilst playing this game...its rocks

[sweetypie000]

This was a cnut of a game for real !

[nephildevil]

i broke my joystink on this damn stupud gama!

[pianinho]

This game was the main reason that made me nearly destroy keys: "O" and "P"!!!.... Addicted, I confess!

[gofaqyosef]

world of warcraft don't make me fucking laugh you sad fuckers this is that real gangster shit.

[gofaqyosef]

i've been waiting for this to be reviewed for 24 years. thanks!

[mathowlett]

we've been giving this game a hefty slaying of late !!!

[ToxieDogg]

No, what Maxspender meant was that you don't need to tap any buttons at all or waggle the joystick or anything to make Daley Thompson run on either the High Jump or the Pole Vault, as soon as you start him off running, he then reaches top speed on his own without you doing anything....I'm not sure if it's a bug in the game or not but it only does it on those 2 events. You also only get the Chariots Of Fire theme music for beating all 5 events (each side of the tape has 5 different events on).

[benpont]

ur mad

[jamiecg74]

"The analogue stick ain't up to it either - i'm gonna break the fucker!!" lol

[poseidon2120]

This game was all about wanking (not waggling) a joystick. Shite game and shite graphics what about track and field???

[Sabocalypse]

fuk this up the ass looool

this is your best review of all

[beanz991]

Great game, taught me to wank.

[Fawltykog]

This game was the fave of all Joystick makers, kept them in business throughout the 80's :)

Great review!

[MaxSpender]

LOL! You're crap at this & it's quite an easy game too. Some advice from a veteran bedroom decathlete: you don't need to batter the keyboard on the High Jump & Pole Vault - just press a key to make him start running & time the jump with the fire button. Go on, review the other five events & redeem yourself (or give us all another laugh).

[collieuk]

I figured out the high jump method, only then I tried it on the 400m and it didn't work, that's why I ended up going no-where for ages. Unfortunately by the time I reviewed the game, I was really fed up and tired. I used to be great at this, but it's much easier with a decent joystick.

Who keeps giving you a negative score for your comment? Behave yourself people!

[MaxSpender]

What the deuce? They're giving my comment the big thumbs down? I'll say whatever I like & damn you all! Honestly, the nerve of some people.

[bratattack5]

Cheers for this I'm sticking my tongue out even while you play. The pain in my fingers at the end of this game. If it was made today we could sue them for it!!!!

[Jarspoon]

You're rewarded with Chariots of Fire when you beat the game, when you're too knackered to appreciate it. Great review.

[hammerofgod84]

Another great review mate. This is proper funny.

[invisionuk]

Actually the old Chariots of fire music was in this game, but only the 128K version if I remember. That's the version I had anyway, and I remember the song well :P

The 48K version in comparison just had these random bleeps and bloops and something that tries to sound like a song at the start!

[Bassmaster86]

The guy in the intro looks like he is wearing a touque

[BobCassidy]

Man, I had the 48k and trying to play these games with rubber buttons was impossible. Cheers for the reviewish.

[pocketmego]

This is why I won't even play Track and Field on XBLA. I refuse to mess up my joysticks and controllers. I also recommend you get a Stelladapter. An adapter that lets you plug and old school joystick in a USB port.

[collieuk]

I don't have any old school joysticks left. This game broke them all! What annoyed me was when I'd be getting a rhythm going then suddenly the power drops to zero and I'm fucked! I didn't even dare load the other 5 events. I was happy just to pretend it was some Pentathlon.

[radby]

:)) I remember when I broke some of the keys of my computer with this stupid game. But, it's a sports game and you're in it... you'll grow muscles on your fingers!

[collieuk]

Carpel tunnel syndrome - that's about all I'll be getting from this game.

I was a bit stingy with the score, but then again as 90% of the game revolves around breaking as many joysticks and keyboards as possible, 6/10 is a bit generous.