Touch Down Fever (タッチダウンフィーバー) is a 1987American footballarcade game developed and published by SNK. It was later ported to the NES and was released in North America by SNK in February 1991 and in Japan by K. Amusement Leasing on November 11, 1988, titled as Touch Down Fever: American Football (タッチダウンフィーバー アメリカンフットボール).
At first glance, it resembles Irem's 1983 arcade game 10 Yard Fight, but with rotating joysticks that were previously used in SNK's Ikari Warriors. Most of the official rules are in effect as well as most major running and passing plays.[2]Field goals and punts are also included, but, players cannot make horse collar tackles.[3]
NES Versionedit
This version featured teams that originated from cities that had NFL teams at the time (such as Seattle and Phoenix) but not the colors or the nicknames as the game was not officially licensed by the NFL. Graphics were toned down as they were for many arcade games ported to the system. The human players could only select five basic plays: Long Pass, Short Pass, QB Sneak, Backs (a hand-off) or Punt/Field Goal (Field Goals could only be attempted if the line of scrimmage was within the 15-yard line). Field Goals would always go through the uprights unless blocked by the opposing team. Despite the NFL not adopting this rule until the 1994 season, a player could attempt a 2-point conversion if so desired.
Receptionedit
In Japan, Game Machine listed Touch Down Fever on their November 1, 1987 issue as being the seventeenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[4]
touch, down, fever, タッチダウンフィーバー, 1987, american, football, arcade, game, developed, published, later, ported, released, north, america, february, 1991, japan, amusement, leasing, november, 1988, titled, american, football, タッチダウンフィーバー, アメリカンフットボール, north, amer. Touch Down Fever タッチダウンフィーバー is a 1987 American football arcade game developed and published by SNK It was later ported to the NES and was released in North America by SNK in February 1991 and in Japan by K Amusement Leasing on November 11 1988 titled as Touch Down Fever American Football タッチダウンフィーバー アメリカンフットボール Touch Down FeverNorth American arcade flyerDeveloper s SNKPublisher s Arcade versionJP SNKNA SNKNES versionJP K Amusement LeasingNA SNKPlatform s Arcade NESReleaseArcade version1987NES versionJP November 11 1988 1 NA February 1991Genre s Sports American football Mode s Single player Multiplayer Contents 1 Gameplay 2 NES Version 3 Reception 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksGameplay editAt first glance it resembles Irem s 1983 arcade game 10 Yard Fight but with rotating joysticks that were previously used in SNK s Ikari Warriors Most of the official rules are in effect as well as most major running and passing plays 2 Field goals and punts are also included but players cannot make horse collar tackles 3 NES Version editThis version featured teams that originated from cities that had NFL teams at the time such as Seattle and Phoenix but not the colors or the nicknames as the game was not officially licensed by the NFL Graphics were toned down as they were for many arcade games ported to the system The human players could only select five basic plays Long Pass Short Pass QB Sneak Backs a hand off or Punt Field Goal Field Goals could only be attempted if the line of scrimmage was within the 15 yard line Field Goals would always go through the uprights unless blocked by the opposing team Despite the NFL not adopting this rule until the 1994 season a player could attempt a 2 point conversion if so desired Reception editIn Japan Game Machine listed Touch Down Fever on their November 1 1987 issue as being the seventeenth most successful table arcade unit of the month 4 See also editFootball FrenzyReferences edit Release date Famicom World Retrieved 2008 10 18 Basic game summary MobyGames Retrieved 2008 11 10 Advanced game summary NeoSeeker Retrieved 2008 11 10 Game Machine s Best Hit Games 25 テーブル型TVゲーム機 Table Videos Game Machine in Japanese No 319 Amusement Press Inc 1 November 1987 p 25 External links editArcade version Touch Down Fever at the Killer List of Videogames Touch Down Fever at the Killer List of Videogames Touch Down Fever at arcade history Touch Down Fever II at arcade history NES versions Touch Down Fever at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Touch Down Fever amp oldid 1176580645, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
