Description

"Family Fun Fitness: Stadium Events" is a sports-themed video game developed by Bandai and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1987. The game is designed to be played with the Family Fun Fitness mat, an early example of a pressure-sensitive controller that players used by running and jumping on it to interact with the game. Stadium Events is composed of various track and field challenges that test players' physical abilities. The events include the 100m dash, 110m hurdles, long jump, and triple jump. Each event requires quick feet and timely actions, as players compete for the best times and scores, encouraging energetic and engaging play sessions.

Stadium Events is particularly noted for its rarity and the story surrounding its release and recall. Shortly after its limited release, Nintendo purchased the rights to the Family Fun Fitness mat from Bandai and rebranded it as the Power Pad. Consequently, Nintendo recalled the original Stadium Events game to re-release it under the title "World Class Track Meet". Only a small number of copies of the original Stadium Events were sold before the recall, making it one of the rarest NES games in existence. Due to its scarcity, copies of the game are highly sought after by collectors and have fetched extraordinarily high prices in auctions, marking it as a significant piece of video game history and a true collector's item.