Numan Athletics
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Title screen snapshot (from the two-player version).
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| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Composer(s) | Nobuyoshi Sano |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Virtual Console |
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Arcade
Virtual Console
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| Genre(s) | Sports game |
| Mode(s) | Up to 4 players (simultaneously for Turbo Dash, Numan Sniper and Nonstop Rock Chop, alternating for Interceptor, Missile Toss, Vs. Express, Tower Topper and Niagara Jumps) |
| Cabinet | Upright, cabaret, and cocktail |
| Arcade system | Namco NA-2 |
| CPU | 1x Motorola 68000 @ 12.5 MHz, 1x Motorola M37702 @ 12.5 MHz |
| Sound | 1x C140 @ 44.1 kHz |
| Display | Horizontal orientation, Raster, 288 x 224 resolution, 4096 palette colors |
Numan Athletics (ニューマンアスレチックス Nyūman Asurechikkusu?) is a sports arcade game, released by Namco in 1993; it runs upon the company's NA-2 hardware, and has eight unusual (and unbelievable) competitions. These competitions are to test the strength and might of four mutant athletes called "Numans" (Sharon L'Halles, Harry Boffin, Masaemon Nakamura, and Bongo Tembo) - and up to four people can play simultaneously (or, depending upon the event, alternately). The game later went on to spawn a sequel, Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2, in 1994; it featured seven brand-new (and selectable) Numans. The other games that ran on NA-2 hardware were Knuckle Heads (1992), Nettō! Gekitō! Quiz-tō!! (also 1993), and X-Day 2 (which was released after this one, in 1995) - and the latter is also a sequel to X-Day, which was released later in 1993.
The four playable characters in this game are as follows (in 2P cabinets, they are selectable and not assigned by start button presses):
Each of the eight events takes place in a different country, and the Numans' journey is charted by a Knuckle Heads-style compere (along with his two "bunny girls", who come up from the bottom of the screen when a Numan succeeds in some, but not all, of the events):
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