Oddities

There are quite a few quirks you'll find in a nintendo game of American football made by the Japanese in the late 1980s. Here's some of them.

New York Giants top wide receiver Lionel Manuel is the weakest non-kicker in the game. His power rating is a lowly 32. This means he can not break a tackle. In fact he can't even grapple a defender. He is instantly pushed to the ground as soon as he's touched. While this sounds horrible it actually isn't so bad. In a situation where New York is trying to save clock not having to wait to get Manuel grappled to the ground can save a precious second or two.

Manuel thinks this is flag football

Field goal attempts travel approximately one yard less for Player 2.  We're not sure why but this is 100% true. When playing as Player 1 a team's kicker will be able to make a field goal from 1 yard further then he could if you were playing as Player 2. Something to always keep in mind when you're approaching or at the maximum kick distance for your team.

Notice the flags blowing from left to right, Player 2 is kicking into the wind!

Walter Payton will never run out into the open field on Chicago's Pass 1 dump-off play. Whereas other team's with running back passing routes (IND's Pass 2, SF's pass 2, CLE pass 1, and MIN's pass 2) will seemingly randonly continue their route out into the middle of the field Walter Payton never deviates, he will always stay at the bottom of the screen waiting for the outlet pass.