Track & Field jumping hurdles to XBLA

Although it was announced forever ago, it looks like the classic Track & Field is finally getting closer to release. Site GamersReports has posted two images from the game, noting that a source has pinned the game for release on Xbox Live Arcade in "the next month or two."

Next to Street Fighter II on the SNES, Track & Field was another game which fell into the "blister your fingers" category. It was a button-mashing Mario Party game before button-mashing Mario Party games existed. You would jam the buttons as rapidly as possible and then, at the last second, hit an action button. Every event in Track & Field was a variation on this theme. Ah, good and simple times back in the '80s. We'll see how it holds up soon enough.