1985 Hill MacGibbon (UK)
by Tim Miller
One of the most original simulators around. I'm talking about Athletics here (short to long distances). You can call this an arcade game, but I see it as a simulator. Lots of strategy planning is required if you wanna finish first and win gold. Every race as to be viewed from a different perspective just like in real life, run too fast and you lose stamina, too slow and you get behind, may seem simple, but it isn't.
Then there is the winning tables, every medal is scored and ranks applied, and after a season you get to see your final ranking, to me this was such a stimulating feature. Awesome racing game.
Review by YOR on 04 Dec 2018 (Rating: 4)
This is a running game like no other. It is not a button masher, but rather a game of strategy. You have to determine your runner's speed whilst also keeping a eye on your stamina, and so you cannot afford to go as fast as you can like you would in a button masher. For 400m races however that concept doesn't work as I feel that is more a sprint race while for 800m and 1500m races this concept is much more accurate, especially for the latter. I know this being a former champion at the latter discipline in school - MANY years ago! The one main problem I have is it all seems the same which means once you do one race that is the game, and so things get utterly repetitive pretty quickly as a result, but saying that the unique gameplay certainly kept me going in spite of this. This is a pretty nice game as a whole with a unique style and feel and one that will likely keep you intrigued despite its repetitive nature.
