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Troy Aikman
NFL Football is a multiplatform American football
video game that was released for the Atari Jaguar
, Super NES
and the Mega Drive/Genesis.
Aikman is the first member of the 1993 Dallas Cowboys
to have his namesake in a game. Emmitt Smith
was the second Dallas Cowboys member to have his own game titled Emmitt Smith Football; that game was released 14 months after Aikman's game. The 48-page instruction manual comes with a mini-biography about the game's namesake and then delivers information about Troy Aikman's personal charity. There is some animated violence in the game. However, this video game depicts violence that was on par with the actual NFL in the 1990s, unlike Mutant League Football
which earned an MA-13 rating.
. There is limited voice capability with the referee having a vocabulary of fewer than ten words.
In newer games, both the referee and the announcer would have a combined vocabulary of more than 1000 different words and nicknames for the players. Players can either play or coach an exhibition game or an entire regular season (including the Super Bowl
). Games can be saved; which prevents the frustation of having to play 16-19 games in a single sitting.
in this game sounds relatively static-like; as it was difficult to emulate in pre-32-bit video game systems.
Football players make grunting sounds that sound almost identical; rendering the tackling unrealistic. The noise from the crowd
s is constant and sounds like an analog television channel
with a snowy reception. This makes the game feel more like watching television through an outdoor antenna instead of being on the field; creating further problems with the realism in the game. A sizable number of teams have 1-star or 2-star quarterbacks on a rating system based on a perfect score of four stars. All the players' football uniforms are basically a low-resolution blur; two teams that wear white look too similar to each other to determine difference between them. Even the football looks pale when contrasted with the green-colored football field.
Aikman was in complete charge of evaluating and approving the final ratings for the game itself; making people feel that it was biased towards his athletic abilities as a quarterback
.
Troy Aikman
Troy Kenneth Aikman is a former American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League. The number one overall draft pick in 1989, Aikman played twelve consecutive seasons as quarterback with the Cowboys...
NFL Football is a multiplatform American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
video game that was released for the Atari Jaguar
Atari Jaguar
The Atari Jaguar is a video game console that was released by Atari Corporation in 1993. It was the last to be marketed under the Atari brand until the release of the Atari Flashback in 2004. It was designed to surpass the Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and the Panasonic...
, Super NES
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
and the Mega Drive/Genesis.
Aikman is the first member of the 1993 Dallas Cowboys
1993 Dallas Cowboys season
The 1993 Dallas Cowboys season marked their 34th in the NFL and a quest for back-to-back Super Bowl titles. The season saw the franchise become the first team to start 0–2 and still reach the Super Bowl.-Regular season:...
to have his namesake in a game. Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for...
was the second Dallas Cowboys member to have his own game titled Emmitt Smith Football; that game was released 14 months after Aikman's game. The 48-page instruction manual comes with a mini-biography about the game's namesake and then delivers information about Troy Aikman's personal charity. There is some animated violence in the game. However, this video game depicts violence that was on par with the actual NFL in the 1990s, unlike Mutant League Football
Mutant League Football
Mutant League Football is a video game that was released in 1993 for the Sega Genesis. The game was designed using the Madden '93 engine, and features a different take on football, where the games resemble a war as much as a sporting competition....
which earned an MA-13 rating.
Summary
Players can play exhibition matches, season matches, playoff matches, make their own plays for use on the field, and even make payments to the salaries of every player. Each season schedule can either be customized (to the player's exact specifications) or the player can use the schedule from the 1993 NFL season1993 NFL season
The 1993 NFL season was the 74th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time in league history, all NFL teams played their 16-game schedule over a span of 18 weeks. After the success of expanding the regular season to a period of 17 weeks in 1990, the league hoped this new...
. There is limited voice capability with the referee having a vocabulary of fewer than ten words.
In newer games, both the referee and the announcer would have a combined vocabulary of more than 1000 different words and nicknames for the players. Players can either play or coach an exhibition game or an entire regular season (including the Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
). Games can be saved; which prevents the frustation of having to play 16-19 games in a single sitting.
Criticism
The cheeringCheering
Cheering is the uttering or making of sounds encouraging, stimulating or exciting to action, indicating approval or acclaiming or welcoming persons, announcements of events and the like....
in this game sounds relatively static-like; as it was difficult to emulate in pre-32-bit video game systems.
Football players make grunting sounds that sound almost identical; rendering the tackling unrealistic. The noise from the crowd
Crowd
A crowd is a large and definable group of people, while "the crowd" is referred to as the so-called lower orders of people in general...
s is constant and sounds like an analog television channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
with a snowy reception. This makes the game feel more like watching television through an outdoor antenna instead of being on the field; creating further problems with the realism in the game. A sizable number of teams have 1-star or 2-star quarterbacks on a rating system based on a perfect score of four stars. All the players' football uniforms are basically a low-resolution blur; two teams that wear white look too similar to each other to determine difference between them. Even the football looks pale when contrasted with the green-colored football field.
Aikman was in complete charge of evaluating and approving the final ratings for the game itself; making people feel that it was biased towards his athletic abilities as a quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
.
See also
- Emmitt Smith FootballEmmitt Smith FootballEmmitt Smith Football is an American football video game for the Super NES for an exclusively North American market. The manufacturer's suggested retail price of this game was $19.99 USD; making it a budget release compared to the John Madden Football series of games.-Summary:Its namesake is former...
- Madden NFLMadden NFLMadden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The game series is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden, a well-known former Super Bowl-winning coach of the Oakland Raiders and color commentator...
(formerly John Madden Football)