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Great Football

System(s): Sega Master System, Mega-Tech

Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (JP, EU), Sega of America (US)

Genre: Sports^[1] (American football)

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1987-04-29^[1]	¥5,0005,000	G-1321
US	1987-07^[2]		5058
EU	1987		MK-5058-50
FR	198x	250F250^[5]	MK-5058-50
UK	1988-09^[3]	£22.9522.95^[4]	MK-5058-50
UK	19xx	£?	?

Great Football (グレートフットボール) is a sports game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Master System and the Sega Mega-Tech arcade system. The game is part of the Great series of sports games. It is based on American football (Great Soccer, released two years prior, was based on the sport known as football in most of the world). A Sports Pad version was also released in America as Sports Pad Football.

Gameplay

Great Football is a very basic American football game played from a top-down perspective with a horizontally oriented field. Games consist of four quarters that are 15 minutes long (though the game time runs three times faster than real time). There are no fouls. On the title screen, one-player games are started by pressing on the first control pad, and two-player games are started by pressing on the second control pad.

In one-player games, the player starts the game in the fourth quarter with the computer team ahead by a random number of points. The player has the length of the quarter in which to beat the computer's score. If the player completes a set of four downs without gaining 10 yards, rather than awarding possession to the computer team (as in real football), the player is penalized 10 yards and given a new set of downs. Thus, the player is always on offense, and the only way the computer can score is if the player's team is tackled in their own end zone for a safety or if the computer intercepts a pass and runs it back to their end zone for a touchdown.

In two-player games, players play a conventional game of four quarters, starting at the beginning of the game with neither player having any points. The second player opens the game with the kick-off, so the first player starts on offense. As in real football, if the player on offense completes a set of four downs without gaining 10 yards, the other team gets possession of the ball.

	Kickoff
	At the beginning of the game, the defending team kicks the ball down the field from the 35-yard line to the offensive team. This is done automatically. In one-player games, the computer kicks off after a conversion play (since the player is never on defense); in two-player games, the scoring team kicks the ball after a conversion play.
	Playbook
	Only the offensive team picks plays. There are nine plays; the first four are pass plays, and the next four are rush plays. The ninth play is a punt or a field goal attempt, which only appears if within the 45-yard line. After a touchdown, the scoring team chooses a conversion play to attempt to earn one point from a field goal or two points from passing or running the ball into the end zone. Before each down, the game cycles through every play, and the player chooses a play by pressing when it is highlighted. In two-player games, the game continues cycling through all of the plays even after a play has been selected, in order to conceal the selected play from the opponent (though it does this in one-player games as well).
	Defense
	Defense is only played in two-player games. The team on defense must try to prevent the offensive team from gaining yards or scoring. The team member that is closest to the ball (who is indicated by a solid-colored arrow) runs in any direction using the D-Pad. The other team members move automatically. The team member can attempt to tackle a member of the offensive team by pressing or . If the team member is on top of a member of the other team who is receiving a pass, the pass is intercepted. The player can block a punt or a field goal by pressing to have the team members converge.
	Offense
	The team on offense must try to gain at least 10 yards toward the defending team's end zone in four downs in order to receive another set of four downs. The team member with the ball (who is indicated by a solid-colored arrow) runs in any direction using the D-Pad. The team member can pass the ball by holding the D-Pad in any direction and pressing . This is also how punts and field goals are performed. During a pass play, after the hike, the quarterback can pass the ball by pressing or scramble (run instead of passing) by pressing .

Teams

There are 12 fictional teams, divided into two leagues. In one-player games, the player must select an opponent from the same league as the chosen team. In two-player games, each player chooses a team from different leagues.

League select

League	Team
AFC	Spartans
	Dukes
	Sharks
	Bombers
	Foxes
	Huskies
NFC	Bucks
	Wildcats
	Boomers
	Knights
	Beavers
	Gators

Magazine articles

Main article: Great Football/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Pixel (GR) #66: "Máios 1990" (1990-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Master System version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

73

^[6]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

67

^[7]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

PAL

67

^[8]

Computer Action (DK)

25

^[9]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

60

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

82

^[11]

Génération 4 (FR)

69

^[5]

Mean Machines (UK)

55

^[12]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

67

^[13]

S: The Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

70

^[14]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

50

^[15]

Sega Pro (UK)

70

^[16]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

60

^[17]

Soft Today (DK)

40

^[18]

Tilt (FR)

55

^[19]

	61
Based on 15 reviews

Great Football

Master System, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, US
Cover
Manual

Master System, US "Made in Taiwan" variant
Cover
Manual

Master System, EU
Cover

Master System, EU ("No Limits")
Cover

Master System, EU (Sega®)
Cover

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32	2055825f
MD5	2cf4d65cb09c276a96ad73e724fb825c
SHA-1	a768f44ce7e50083ffe8c4b5e3ac93ceb7bd3266

128kB

Cartridge

References

Great Football
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Development \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

Games in the Great sports series
Soccer (1985) \| Baseball (1985) \| Tennis (1985) \| Golf (1986) \| Ice Hockey (1986) \| Baseball (1987) \| Basketball (1987) \| Volleyball (1987) \| Football (1987) \| Golf (1987)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20191231022720.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmastersystem.2Fsoftware.html-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/mastersystem/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-12-31 02:27)

[:File:ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.6_05.pdf_p13-2] Computer Entertainer, "August 1987" (US; 1987-08-xx), page 13

[:File:1988_89_SMS_UK_Catalogue.pdf_p2-3] File:1988 89 SMS UK Catalogue.pdf, page 2

[:File:ACE_UK_16.pdf_p166-4] ACE, "January 1989" (UK; 1989-xx-xx), page 166

[:File:Generation4_FR_004.pdf_p58-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Génération 4, "Eté 1988" (FR; 1988-0x-xx), page 58

[:File:CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf_p58-6] Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 58

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p99-7] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 99

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p57-8] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 57

[:File:ComputerAction_DK_01.pdf_p35-9] Computer Action, "Juli/August 89" (DK; 1989-0x-xx), page 35

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p141-10] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 141

[:File:CVG_UK_088.pdf_p105-11] Computer & Video Games, "February 1989" (UK; 1989-01-xx), page 105

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_17.pdf_p73-12] Mean Machines, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-27), page 73

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p133-13] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 133

[:File:StheSegaMagazine_UK_09.pdf_p17-14] S: The Sega Magazine, "August 1990" (UK; 1990-07-05), page 17

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p57-15] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 57

[:File:SegaPro_UK_03.pdf_p43-16] Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 43

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p71-17] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 71

[:File:SoftToday_DK_03.pdf_p10-18] Soft Today, "Maart 1989" (DK; 1989-02-23), page 10

[:File:Tilt_FR_054.pdf_p100-19] Tilt, "Mai 1988" (FR; 1988-0x-xx), page 100

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-{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (グレートフットボール) is a sports game developed and published by [[Sega]] for the [[Sega Master System]] and [[Sega Mega-Tech]] arcade system. The game is part of the ''Great Sports'' series, and is based upon American football (''[[Great Soccer]]'', released 2 years previously, was based on the sport more usually known as football).
+'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (グレートフットボール) is a sports game developed and published by Sega for the [[Sega Master System]] and the [[Sega Mega-Tech]] arcade system. The game is part of the ''[[:Category:Great sports|Great]]'' series of sports games. It is based on American football (''[[Great Soccer]]'', released two years prior, was based on the sport known as football in most of the world). A [[Sports Pad]] version was also released in America as ''[[Sports Pad Football]]''.
+==Gameplay==
+''Great Football'' is a very basic American football game played from a top-down perspective with a horizontally oriented field. Games consist of four quarters that are 15 minutes long (though the game time runs three times faster than real time). There are no fouls. On the title screen, one-player games are started by pressing {{1}} on the first control pad, and two-player games are started by pressing {{1}} on the second control pad.
+In one-player games, the player starts the game in the fourth quarter with the computer team ahead by a random number of points. The player has the length of the quarter in which to beat the computer's score. If the player completes a set of four downs without gaining 10 yards, rather than awarding possession to the computer team (as in real football), the player is penalized 10 yards and given a new set of downs. Thus, the player is always on offense, and the only way the computer can score is if the player's team is tackled in their own end zone for a safety or if the computer intercepts a pass and runs it back to their end zone for a touchdown.
+In two-player games, players play a conventional game of four quarters, starting at the beginning of the game with neither player having any points. The second player opens the game with the kick-off, so the first player starts on offense. As in real football, if the player on offense completes a set of four downs without gaining 10 yards, the other team gets possession of the ball.
+{{InfoTable|imagewidths=256|
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Kickoff
+| screenshot=Great Football SMS, Kickoff.png
+| desc=At the beginning of the game, the defending team kicks the ball down the field from the 35-yard line to the offensive team. This is done automatically.
+In one-player games, the computer kicks off after a conversion play (since the player is never on defense); in two-player games, the scoring team kicks the ball after a conversion play.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Playbook
+| screenshot=Great Football SMS, Playbook.png
+| desc=Only the offensive team picks plays. There are nine plays; the first four are pass plays, and the next four are rush plays. The ninth play is a punt or a field goal attempt, which only appears if within the 45-yard line. After a touchdown, the scoring team chooses a conversion play to attempt to earn one point from a field goal or two points from passing or running the ball into the end zone.
+Before each down, the game cycles through every play, and the player chooses a play by pressing {{2}} when it is highlighted. In two-player games, the game continues cycling through all of the plays even after a play has been selected, in order to conceal the selected play from the opponent (though it does this in one-player games as well).
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Defense
+| screenshot=Great Football SMS, Defense.png
+| desc=Defense is only played in two-player games. The team on defense must try to prevent the offensive team from gaining yards or scoring. The team member that is closest to the ball (who is indicated by a solid-colored arrow) runs in any direction using the D-Pad. The other team members move automatically. The team member can attempt to tackle a member of the offensive team by pressing {{1}} or {{2}}. If the team member is on top of a member of the other team who is receiving a pass, the pass is intercepted. The player can block a punt or a field goal by pressing {{2}} to have the team members converge.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Offense
+| screenshot=Great Football SMS, Offense.png
+| screenshot2=Great Football SMS, Field Goal.png
+| tabs=yes
+| desc=The team on offense must try to gain at least 10 yards toward the defending team's end zone in four downs in order to receive another set of four downs. The team member with the ball (who is indicated by a solid-colored arrow) runs in any direction using the D-Pad. The team member can pass the ball by holding the D-Pad in any direction and pressing {{2}}. This is also how punts and field goals are performed.
+During a pass play, after the hike, the quarterback can pass the ball by pressing {{2}} or scramble (run instead of passing) by pressing {{1}}.
+}}
+}}
+===Teams===
+There are 12 fictional teams, divided into two leagues. In one-player games, the player must select an opponent from the same league as the chosen team. In two-player games, each player chooses a team from different leagues.
+{{ScreenThumb|Great Football SMS, League Select.png|width=200|League select}}
+{| class="prettytable"
+! League !! Team
+|-
+| rowspan="6" | AFC
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}} Spartans
+|-
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=34}} Dukes
+|-
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=68}} Sharks
+|-
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=35 | crop_y=0}} Bombers
+|-
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=35 | crop_y=34}} Foxes
+|-
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=35 | crop_y=68}} Huskies
+|-
+| rowspan="6" | NFC
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=70 | crop_y=0}} Bucks
+|-
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=70 | crop_y=34}} Wildcats
+|-
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=70 | crop_y=68}} Boomers
+|-
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=105 | crop_y=0}} Knights
+|-
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=105 | crop_y=34}} Beavers
+|-
+| {{sprite | Great Football SMS, Teams.png | crop_width=35 | crop_height=34 | crop_x=105 | crop_y=68}} Gators
+|}
 ==Magazine articles==
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 <references/>
+{{GreatFootballOmni}}
 {{GreatGames}}
 [[Category:Mega-Tech games]]