Subject: #DECATHLETE REVIEW.... From: Marwan Otb. 76355,201 To: All Forum: VIDGAM Sec: 02-Sega Date: 10-Jul-96 20:21:20 WOW! is this my Saturn? or do i have an Arcade board hooked to my TV?! my first impression on this game by watching the Demo was......This blow Track and Field on the Playstation to bits and pieces! don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that T&F is no good. T & F is one is one the best games on the Playstation in my opinion, and this happens to be better! GRAPHICS: I swear that the characters in this game have better texure-mapping and more polygons than Virtua Fighter 2!!!!! the characters move at 60 fps in high resolution. If this is what the Saturn can accomplish in graphics....i can't wait to see what it holds for us in the future! If the characters in VF3 Saturn look at least as good as the characters in Decathelete, i will be one helluva HAPPY person! not to mention that the Stadium has "Sega Sport" written everywhere on the floor which looks beautifull. Lemme add and say that the characters in Decathelete flex their muscles and jump around(warming up) before the even starts! :) In case you didn't know, in the arcades Decathelete uses Sega's ST-V Titan board which is Sega Saturn compatible. I also heard that this game is done by AM3, but there is no sign of them anywhere! anyhow, this game is flawless in the Graphic department. SOUND: The music and sound FX are very well done! do i hear the japanese guy say "Kuso"? BTW, i love the announcers voice! PLAYABILITY: As an Athletic game, i'm sure everybody knows how this games works, the faster you tap the buttons, the faster you're character will run. You compete in 10 athletic events, and they are... - 100-METER DASH - LONG-JUMP - SHOT PUT - HIGH JUMP - 400-METER RACE - 110 METER RACE - DISCUS THROW - POLE VAULT - JAVELIN THROW - 1500-METER RACE For some reason i feel that taping the buttons in this game is less tiresome than in Track and Field, i dunno, it could be the the controller! anyway, Decathelete and T&F are both great games that are a must buy if you're a sports fan. Oh guys.....you should check the afro hair style on the british guy, i dig it soooooooo much! This game also supports 2 players, which really gives it a great reply value, it's one of those games that you play over and over with friends till you drop! like i did oops i forgot, after choosing an event, you get prompted to a screen that shows you how to play the game, that's which button to use, and how it works(like in the neo geo games)! i personally think that this is a great feature, since in T&F you have to read the instruction in the manual on the hard events like the discuss and the pole vault on when you should press a button and let go of it. LOADING: huh? no such thing! it takes a couple of seconds to start the game up(when you insert the CD), after that everything seems to load so fast, it's almost like playing it froma cartridge. OTHERS: As a bigginer in reading japanese, i didn't have a hard time reading some of the options, such as Arcade mode, Sound more......and so on, the only thing was those nasty Kanji's that kept on getting in the way, yet; i still figured them out! :P. If you don't know how to read japanese the game won't give you a hard time, the only time you get japanese text is when you start the game(choosing the mode), but after that, everything is in english, the announcer talks in english too! What are you waiting for?! go get this game now! and it's not expensive compared to other imports, it's only *$56* from Tronix! :) HURRY UP! but then again i hear that the american version will be out in two weeks! it's you're choice. Overall: Graphics................9/10 (need i say more! it's VF2 in Atlanta! ) Sound......................8.5/10 (the announcer again! !) Controll.......................10/10 (the controll is right on the spot) Reply value...................9/10 (great with two players) Overall...........................9.1\10 Any Questions?...... -Marwan-