Field Day

Field Day is a button-smashing athletic game completely unrelated to Track & Field in any way, so don't even bother comparing them.

(Source: Taito Legal Department)

Unused Text#

Three hidden messages are loaded into memory on the main CPU:

Address	Message	Comments
0x07B6B
0x09F9F 0x11F9F	`** mudan de kotowarinaku copy surukoto wa hooritu ni yori kingirareteimasu. See you again !`	Translation: Copying things without getting permission is prohibited by law. "Kingirareteimasu" should be "kinjirareteimasu" Whoever wrote these messages romanized じ as gi instead of ji. (Translation: divingkataetheweirdo, puddinpops)
0x13FB0:	`--- **** --- 14.Apr,1984 Taito corp. The undoukai / Ichiro Fujisue .`

Text starts at 0x01BDA:

120 METER RELAY
SOFT BALL THROW
THREE LEGGED RACE
RING BELL
OBSTACLE RACE
PUT BALL
TUG OF WAR

Unlike the event names used in the final game, these are stored in plain text in the ROM. Might have been used for a stage select or somesuch.

(All other messages: Original TCRF research)

	Just a strawberry shortcake. Probably intended as a hidden bonus item.
	A white button for use on the name entry screen. There's no white button on the arcade cabinet. Know what game did have white buttons? Track & Field. That's a fact.
	An unused HUD graphic, possibly used before the "1st", "2nd", etc. graphics were added. Or the game went through a case of the terrible twos.

Early	Final

An early version of the race tracks' player markers and button prompt message are stored near the end of the BG graphics ROM.

Track & Field	Field Day
	I'll just sweep these under the rug. The dirt rug

They have the same design as Track & Field's markers, which is probably what prompted the change.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

The Undoukai	Field Day

A few of the fans in the stands are holding Japanese flags in The Undoukai.

(Source: Original TCRF research)