Graham Mitchell
10-16-2010, 05:01 PM
Note: This may belong in the import section, but I think it will be of interest to a lot of classic gamers here.
10-Yard Fight is a much-detested NES game (even though I always thought it was pretty fun and easy to play. I'm also not a sports fan, so what do I know?)
But for shits and giggles and loaded the Japanese rom onto my cell phone for emulation fun when I'm sitting around at work. Lo and behold, the Japanese version is quite different from the U.S. incarnation!
Basically, the mechanics of the game are changed such that it's more of an action-based arcade experience than a sports simulation. There is a score bar for one thing, and you are awarded point values for 1st downs, touchdowns, etc.
Also, you never play defense (although I haven't tried the 2 player mode.) The way the game works is you get an extra 10 seconds on the clock for each 1st down. If the clock runs out, it's game over.
The game still has the "High School", "College", "Pro", and "Super" modes but you can't select them from the beginning. With each level you start at the "first half". When you get a touchdown, it progresses to the "second half". Get a touchdown in the second half and you move on to the next level.
Anyway, I thought it was pretty interesting that each region got significantly different versions of this much-ignored game. I've played a few Famicom Disk System versions of a few of the early NES sports games (Pro Wrestling, Ice Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball), and most of them are either identical to the US versions or inferior to their U.S. counterparts. It was neat to find one that's so different. Not necessarily better, but diffeent.
10-Yard Fight is a much-detested NES game (even though I always thought it was pretty fun and easy to play. I'm also not a sports fan, so what do I know?)
But for shits and giggles and loaded the Japanese rom onto my cell phone for emulation fun when I'm sitting around at work. Lo and behold, the Japanese version is quite different from the U.S. incarnation!
Basically, the mechanics of the game are changed such that it's more of an action-based arcade experience than a sports simulation. There is a score bar for one thing, and you are awarded point values for 1st downs, touchdowns, etc.
Also, you never play defense (although I haven't tried the 2 player mode.) The way the game works is you get an extra 10 seconds on the clock for each 1st down. If the clock runs out, it's game over.
The game still has the "High School", "College", "Pro", and "Super" modes but you can't select them from the beginning. With each level you start at the "first half". When you get a touchdown, it progresses to the "second half". Get a touchdown in the second half and you move on to the next level.
Anyway, I thought it was pretty interesting that each region got significantly different versions of this much-ignored game. I've played a few Famicom Disk System versions of a few of the early NES sports games (Pro Wrestling, Ice Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball), and most of them are either identical to the US versions or inferior to their U.S. counterparts. It was neat to find one that's so different. Not necessarily better, but diffeent.