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Track & Field is a game which is at present flooding the arcades and you should have no trouble finding one to play. It's an Olympic-style game where you've got to compete in six events from the Decathlon - a Hexathlon? One to four players can battle it out for the gold medal without becoming too hot and sweaty.

I think Track & Field is very playable. It's got a good layout on-screen - each event is very different graphically and the controls are good. Whether you're running, jumping or throwing, the speed and angle of each move has to be taken into account.

I liked the idea of having a bird's eye view on the hammer throw rather than a side view.

In the running events, it would be ridiculous to compare running in an actual race and playing at running in a race but you do get a sensation of racing, as you're timed throughout.

Graphically, Track & Field is a really good game but I prefer to look at others playing rather than play it myself.

I feel it could become a cult game but I'm afraid I'm definitely the Defender type!