Hyper Sports was the first sequel to Konami's button-mashing Track & Field, timed to coincide with the 1984 Summer Olympics. The game took the previous game's formula in a variety of new directions, featuring swimming, skeet shooting, gymnastics, archery, weight lifting and more, with a similar but somewhat upgraded graphic style from the original. Though the series inspired a variety of similar Olympics-inspired minigame collections on home computers and consoles, Konami's arcade originals were the among the few that required actual performance (in the form of button-mashing agility and stamina) to succeed in.