Versions were also released for the Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Color as ESPN International Track & Field in North America.
Jes Bickham of N64 Magazine gave the same console version 86% months before its European release, saying, "The defiantly 'old-skool' (ahem) gameplay may be the simplest you'll ever experience, but it just goes to show what a winning formula Konami came up with all those years ago -- and they've done their legacy proud.
If you're a fan of track & field extravaganzas, or [you] just love multiplayer button-mashing, be sure to put this event into your personal decathlon.
"[41] Ten months later, in the magazine's January 2001 issue, Kevin Rice said of the PS2 version, "For those who have a serious itch to play an Olympics game this year, this is the best of the crop.
"[42] Edge gave the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 versions each a score of six out of ten in two separate reviews, first saying that the former console version "isn't a bad game—with four players and a multitap it's [a] very enjoyable and competitive affair—but ultimately, given the playability evident in its predecessor, you can't help but end up expecting a little more than what's on offer" (#80, January 2000);[51] and later saying of the latter console version, "The multiplayer mode masks the sanitised, flat nature of the action, but despite being four years older and lacking 96bits [sic] underneath it, PlayStation IT&F is still significantly more engaging" (#91, December 2000).