Play Action Football

Nintendo takes its game to the gridiron with NES Play Action Football. While Nintendo did not get the NFL license for this one, it did secure the license of the NFL Player's Association, so the 8 teams to choose from (all named after the appropriate NFL cities) are all stocked up with real pro players from the 1989 season. You can even substitute second-stringers for the skill positions (QB, RB, WR, TE, and FS/SS) when your starters get tired. Play perspective is very unusual- top-down slightly modified with a three-quarters tilt behind the offense, and the scrolling is diagonal, from the bottom left to upper right of the screen. Each team has 12 passing and 12 running plays on offense, and...

Genre

Sports/Football

Year

1990

Developer

Nintendo R&D3

Publisher

Nintendo of America Inc.

Players

2