Touch Down Fever

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 on 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 Fever
North American arcade flyer
Developer(s)SNK
Publisher(s)Arcade version
NES version
Platform(s)Arcade, NES
ReleaseArcade version
1987
NES version
  • JP: November 11, 1988[1]
  • NA: February 1991
Genre(s)Sports (American football)
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer

Gameplay

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 Version

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. Graphics were toned down as they were for many arcade games ported to the system. The human players could only select 5 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

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 year.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Release date". Famicom World. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  2. "Basic game summary". MobyGames. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  3. "Advanced game summary". NeoSeeker. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  4. "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.
Arcade version
NES versions
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