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Just beat Tommi Tiihonen top score at Hyper Olympic. No autofire used (it will be evident to anyone who is familiar with the game). Happ Super Joystick used. This may sound strange, but the fact is that in Italian arcades the controls to this game have always been sticks and, as a consequence, I'm not able to run with buttons (I would like to learn, though).
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In a very old message of Tommi ("Track & Cheat", to be found under "Illegal Recordings") I found the following statement:

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"Everyone who knows something about this game would admit that you get best results using buttons. With joystick or pad you just can't expect to get even close to speed that mastering six-to eight
finger system gives you."

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Perhaps I don't know as much as he does about T&F/HO, but what he says about joysticks is simply not correct: so far I've been able to run the 100m in 7"59 (I have the .inp file of this) and the 110hs in 9"57 and I think I can still improve.

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m_nassivera@yahoo.it

I just watched your Hyper olympic score MKL. Great score!
I´m used to play the game with buttons, but i can imagine that the
high jump event might be easier with Joystick.

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For the rest of the events, I would have problems getting any good
score if I used a Joystick I think :=)

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Regards

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QRS

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qrs@telia.com

MKL, excellent playing!!
Don't think I wont take my "own" back though

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Maybe I was wrong about sticks, 7,59 is very fast. Nevertheless happ
stick might be somewhat different to original arcade stick, that I
was thinking of at the time of writing my "cheat novel"...If you
used original stick at arcade, you'll propably know better...
I wonder what is Alex's fastest, since he uses joystick also.

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BTW what was your arcade record 100m?

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tiihoto@hotmail.com

Thank you guys! Actually, I was sorely disappointed when I failed
2,50 on high Jump, all the more so since I usually do that without
problems. Had I succedeed, my score would have been identical with
Kobashigawa’s arcade world record (95040).

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The stick available on the arcade machine was quite different indeed
from Happ Super Joystick: it was made of black iron with no
ball/handle on the top and it had a round black iron base. I wonder
whether it was popular also outside of Italy. Needless to say, sticks
are more subject to wear and tear than buttons, so that it was often
difficult to find one in good conditions. The most effective running
techniques with these two sticks are also very different from each
other: the arcade stick requires a quick vibration of the forearm,
whereas Happ stick gives best results when it is repeatedly slapped
with the right timing. Anyway, my best results are:

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ARCADE MAME

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100m 7"75 7"59
Long Jump 9,72 9,67
Javelin Throw 99,23 99,74
(104,03)
110hs 9"72 9"57
Hammer Throw 99,99 99,48
(100,34)
High Jump 2,49 2,51

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Tommi, I’ve read that you consider it impossible to jump 2,51 "solo"
with buttons. This notwithstanding, I was able to do that (only
once!) with my stick. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to do 2,52
though.
7"47 is your 100m arcade record, right? What about your MAME record?
BTW don’t you think we should also have separate results for single
events beside the one round scores?

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m_nassivera@yahoo.it

My mame record is "only" 7,60. But judging by 100m enspeed that I
occasionally get well over 1300, should be more(or less infact). Now
that you're giving me a hard time , I'll go and try to get at my
very best form...hoping to get under 7,60...or more

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I consider myself being at the moment as good as I ever was, except
speed/rhythm is not fully there yet. At hurdles, using only buttons,
even better than before.
Now I know I can beat Kelly K's record in similar circumstances(only
buttons used)*easily* when I get my speed back(today?). Comparing
joystick/mixed controls to Kelly's record is a bit unfair though,
apples and oranges. But now that we are competing on MAME crown(that
is no less valuable than arcade crown), I'll continue to use buttons
for running and joystick for highjump or otherwise you get unfair
advantage, and we'll end up with apples and oranges again...

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Separate results would be very nice, but other marpers would strongly
disagree. And hey, how about long/high jump then: 9,72-9,72...
Unless someone makes an own homepage for such.

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Yesterday I "managed" to get a 9,71 at longjump. How's that
possible Cheers,

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tiihoto@hotmail.com