#1 - 10-Yard Fight

SOME BUSINESS

As mentioned in my last post, I will be posting two to three of my older reviews a day. Until I get all 59 previously posted reviews up on this site, I won't be writing any new ones. This will give me a little break, and time to hopefully establish the blog.

These first few reviews were really rocky and short and I plan on rewriting them, but until I do, they will remain in their original form. Despite all of the above, I hope you enjoy!

Here are my original guidelines, which I plan to stick to:

• I'm not going to review any games released outside of America or any unlicensed games. That would be grueling.
• My reviews might not always seem like normal reviews. I'm OK with that because I'm not a gaming journalist, nor do I pretend to be.
• The initial reviews will probably be a little rusty, style-wise, but please, stay tuned. They will get better. I plan on releasing one review daily, but I'm sure I will miss some days.
• I'll be grading on a letter scale, A-F, a la 1UP.
• Please let me know what you think.

Now, without further ado, ladies and gentleman... 10-Yard Fight

10 Yard Fight a.k.a the Japanese try to make a football game! It's 1985. Two Irem developers walk into a bar. They're talking about the Famicom system, or as it's become known in the states, the "Nintendo." They're looking for a way to break into the American market, but how? They order a drink or five to forget their worries, and eventually get on the subject of how retarded American football is. Why would anyone play such a sport? Everyone knows baseball is the sport of kings! (another shot down the throat) ... a pause as the liquor burns holes into their stomachs. One of them snaps their fingers: "That's it!" he says (in Japanese, not in English). "We'll become one of the first developers to publish a football game in the States, and on top of that, we'll make it a mockery of the sport. But sports fans will buy it anyway, because it will be the only one of its kind!" Cue evil laughter, more drinks, and the next day, 10 Yard Fight being made because two developers got ripped. Graphics? Gameplay? I suppose, if that's what you'd like to call them. Just realize that when you stick the cartridge into your system, you're playing a football game.

(Dramatization may not have happened).

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