From the clipboard menu(where the pencil is), select a visiting team by moving the pencil to the team and press the joystick button. In One Player and Team-mates(which is 2 humans against the computer), the first team you choose is you! If you choose League option, you can edit any player of the 28 teams. All you have to do is select NEW SEASON and choose EDIT TEAM.
NOTE: WHEN YOU BEGIN A NEW SEASON YOU ERASE ANY EXISTING SEASONS ON THAT DISK!!!!!!
You can give players different Rankings or "talent points". The best player get 24 and so on...The points are divided among SPEED, STRENGTH, HANDS, and AGILITY.
When your ready to call a play, refer to the joystick icons. Simply move the joystick diagonally toward the formation you want. When you have done that, the PLAYS are displayed, again move your joystick diagonally to choose the PLAY you wish. If you don't call a play in 15 secs, the computer will call one for you.
NOTE: YOU CAN DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF PLAYS BY REVERSING THEM. TO DO THIS, HOLD DOWN THE FIREBUTTON WHILE CALLING YOUR PLAY. THE PITCH LEFT NOW BECOMES A PITCH RIGHT, AND SO ON.
To call timeout, push the firebutton before a formation is called.
To send a man in motion, simply move the joystick left or right before play begins. There are 2 ways to hike the ball: pushing the button, or pulling back on the stick. Pushing the button means you want to follow the diagrammed play and make a handoff. You CANNOT pass the ball if you push the button to hike!!! As soon as the running back has the ball, he will begin to run automatically. To make handoffs from the shotgun position, hole the button down for at least 3 secs..
Pull back on the stick if you want to pass. You can drop back or roll left or right to pass. To throw, "point" the quarterback in the direction you want to throw the ball, and HOLD the joystick button. A green "x" and show you where the ball will land and marks the middle of the "catchable range". As long as you hold the button, the x will continue to move. At the moment you release the button, the nearest receiver will run towards it, and the ball will be halfway between it and the quarterback. Make sure you lead your receivers.
The closer the player is to the x when the ball comes down, the better the chance he has to catch it. Watch out for INTERCEPTIONS!!!
To punt, press the fire button or pull the stick back. Move the joystick left or right to point in the direction you want to kick it. Then hold the firebutton down to kick it. For a long kick, try to release the button just as the ball leaves the punters hand.
There are 2 ways, by computer or you can do it. To let the computer try hike the ball by pushing the firebutton. For you to do it, pull back on the stick. There is a box in the lower right hand corner. Use this to guide to WHERE on the football you want to kick it. As soon as the ball is hiked, a red line will begin to move from bottom to top. While it is moving, slide the blue line in. Before the red line goes half way point on the ball, push the button to stop it. The spot where the lines meet, is where it will be kicked.
The defensive player can be changed by clicking the button before the snap. To make a player BLITZ, choose a player and hold the button down and pull DOWN on the stick.
