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I pleaded to be able to review this game because of my love of American football, therefore I was all the more disappointed by the inadequacies of this program.

Far from it being a full version of pro-football it was merely a matter of catching a ball and seeing how far you could run with it. Not exactly my idea of Superbowl.

Floyd is a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and has four plays to get the ball as far as possible up the field. The ball appears at the top of the screen and spins towards you. You must move to the ball and press the fire button to catch it.

Once you've caught it Washington Redskin linemen start to appear and try to knock you down. If they succeed, you are informed that 'Floyd eats Astroturf.'

Once all the downs are completed you are told the total and average rushing yardage, how many plays you completed and how many touchdowns you scored.

The fire button can be used to increase your speed, but it has little effect, Floyd was far too slow to be able to score a touchdown, and the furthest I managed to get was 51 yards in four downs.

The lack of realistic features spoiled the game, since you only have to get ten yards in four downs in the National Football League, I don't know why you have to go all 100 in this program.

I have seen many better versions of American Football on machines in the States, this one is just trying to cash in on the popularity of the sport on television at the moment.