Game Boy

NES Play Action Football

Overall, Play Action Football may be short in content, bells-and-whistles and even realism, to some degree. However, the easy to pick up gameplay is the calling card here and it far exceeds that of the two more powerful console versions. The 1-player exhibition game is a good time killer and a challenge, depending on the difficulty level. You can pass an entire afternoon playing the Playoff mode. Playing against a human opponent presents more of a challenge. The name on the cartridge says "Football" and this cartridge delivers. The no-nonsense gameplay is a nice alternative to more recent football titles. The lack of 1990 NFL rosters actually keeps this from feeling dated. Play Action Football was one of the black-and-white titles for this system, but you don't really notice this during a game. Color may have added a little something to this game, but it was hardly necessary. This is a respectable addition to any Gameboy sports library.

Football, ao contrário do que se pode pensar à primeira vista, não é o tradicional futebol que conhecemos, mas sim o futebol americano. Você pode escolher o time, e até jogar com um amgo, usando dois aparelhos e um cabo para fazer a ligação.

Oh dear. When you look at the screen shots, this looks great. But once you see the crippled outcasts from a Lowry painting blurring their way around the screen like slugs you soon get put off. And when the action gets hectic, you end up with a writhing mass of pixels which you can't make head nor tail of. Give it a miss.

This is a true example of a miserable video game. It's impossible to enjoy for anyone, sports fan or not. If it weren't for the basic rules, it would hardly even resemble American football. Of all the disappointing and awful sports games for the Game Boy, you won't find any worse than this.