Ever tried running in place on a giant plastic mat while your NES judges your athletic skills? That’s Athletic World for you—a weirdly fun (and exhausting) track-and-field sim that came bundled with Bandai’s Power Pad. Jump hurdles, sprint like your life depends on it, and somehow still lose to your little brother who’s cheating by smacking the pad with his hands instead of his feet.

It’s janky, sure—the controls are basically "stomp harder and hope"—but there’s something hilarious about watching your tiny pixelated athlete flail through events while you’re sweating on the living room floor. The long jump’s the worst—time it wrong and you faceplant into the sand pit every time.

Honestly, half the fun is arguing over who actually won when the game’s scoring feels totally random. Still, it’s a weird piece of NES history that makes you appreciate how far motion controls have come.