Conference rusure::nintendo

    JoJ, are you a Donk fan now?
    
    [smiley]
    
    the Hawk

    Yo, Hawk....you know better than to ask that question. 
    
    FWIW, the Jan/Feb issue of Nintendo Power (thanks Steve) has reviews
    on three new football games. TECMO BOWL, JOHN ELWAY'S QB, NFL FOOTBALL.
    
    I haven't read the review yet. Probably will at lunch time today.
    
    JoJ

    Re .2:
    
    After you read the review, can you summarize what they think of
    each game?
    
    Thanks,
    Mike

    OK, here's my review of the review....
    
    John Elway QB - Review says nice graphics, no half time show, locker
    room scene. 14 NFL teams to choose from. You can select an alternate
    reciever, there is a 30 second clock. The plays appear on the screen,
    diagrammed, so they are easy to pick from. There are 9 offensive
    and 6 defensive formations. The graphics look good...
    
    However, you can't break tackles. It's also the only one of the
    three that has a verticle field instead of horizontal.
    
    NFL Football - This game has 36 formations to choose from but the
    review says it's slow playing, long delays, long halftime show.
    The thing I liked least about this one was the fact that in the
    one player version, you don't choose the defense. That stinks.

    This game got the shortest review and was also the least liked of
    the three. The author says that if you like LJN's MLB, you'll like
    this game.
    
    TECMO BOWL - Best graphics of the three. The author liked it the
    best. Fast playing, all teams have true-to-life characteristics...
    (the example they use is Miami and Denver are passing teams while
    SF uses the run and the pass). It's a password game so you can play
    an entire season. The negative is that there are only 4 offensive
    plays to choose from (2 run, 1 pass, 1 kick). You DO get to choose
    a defense. You control one player on offense and one on defense.
    You can intercept the ball. The kicking meter measures the power
    of you kick.
    
    What I really liked is the fact that you can switch the player you
    control with the A button. It also makes diving tackles. It also
    has a real half time show....big deal
    
    Looks to me like TECMO is the best. 
    
    Jim    

    Thank you for the reviews. If I see any of these in the stores,
    I will post prices for the benefit for all.
    
    Mike

    It helps to look at the magazine if only to see the graphics for
    each game.
    
    For some reason, Nintendo really did a poor review of NFL Football.
    
    I'm not sure why. But it looks like the worst of the three, per
    the review.
    
    Jim

    
    	I just called Trysoft looking for any of the football games..They
    don't have any yet but said they could get them in anytime.. I call
    around the stores here (Co. Sprngs) about once a week looking for
    any of the three, but no luck yet.. I'm curious, has anybody seen
    any of these football games yet? 
    
    thanks,
    Steve
    

    I have tried this game as well as TECMO BOWL.  This game in my opinion
    is the pits.  My first game I beat the computer team 63-0.  All
    that you need to do is throw the bomb on offense and blitz on defense.
    
    It is clearly inferior that TECMO's product.  What a waste!  I really
    liked this game in the arcade but on the NES it is slow, much too
    easy to beat, and has poorer graphics.  Clearly a rush job, with
    little effort for a real quality rendition of the arcade version.
    
    On a scale of 1-10, I give it a 2.
    
    Craig

    That's too bad, you'd think that with the amount of time it's taken
    to release a football product, the least they could do is make a
    good one.
    
    I'll stick with TECMO.
    
    Thanks for the review....
    
    Jim

    From the neg votes, it appears I "bought" the wrong way..........
    
    Regardless - does anyone know if these are standard:
      1) If you're playing it one on one, that "it" will not punt under
         any conditions, (example:  it is forth down and "it" has 42
         to go (or any number of yards) and it will go for it  - not
         punt).   Is this the only game that goes for it on it's own
         five yard line???????
    
      2) On offense, if "normal" mode is picked, if on a pass play,
         who ever catches it takes off at a speed ten times that of
         anyone else - seems to be confined to the "normal" mode.   
    
    thanks 
    Dan
    
    
    
    

    
    RE .10  The only other team that might go for it from thier on five
            is the New England Patriots.