i almost forgot how bad the games where back in the day

I also used to be one of those guys that used a spoon, pen or pencil over the bridge of my finger to get rediculous speed to break all the records. Otherwise I woulda just been your average player. Once that trick was learned by others though it became an equalizing factor instead of a freak factor.

The buttons always broke after some time. . .

A classic game. I'd first discoved this game when I visited the arcade with my friends, and we enjoyed smacking the sh*t out of the buttons to do the events!

In college they used to have to drag me away from this game to go to class. Then had trouble taking notes because my hand hurt from pounding on the buttons. Played it all the time.

I remember pounding the crap out of run buttons on this game in the 50 yard dash. Great game, but it was hard to find to find a machine that worked properly - mostly because in order to run - I mean really fly - you had to beat the life out of the buttons. I seem to remember that my favorite game was the javelin throw.