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----------------------------[ Great Football ]---------------------------------
----------------------------[by Ice Queen Zero]--------------------------------
---------------------------[ Sega Master System ]------------------------------
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     INTRODUCTION
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Well what do you know? This game is the exact same game as Sports Pad Football
also for the Sega Master Sytem. So knocking this off the SMS CP is super easy.
The only difference between this game and SPF is that this uses the Control Pad
as opposed to the Sports Pad required for the other game. Even the manual is the
exact same wording minus the controls.

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       DISCLAIMER
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Great Football is a trademark of Sega and all copyrights belong to them.

This FAQ is the sole copyright of Andrea "Azul Fria" Castillo aka Ice Queen Zero
and cannot be put on other sites or posted without my given permission nor can
it be reproduced w/o proper consent.

For more guides by myself visit this link:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/74803.html

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        OVERVIEW
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Playoff fever grips you. And no wonder. You're the driving force that can take
your football team to the top in this rough and tumble contest between the 
leagues. The outcome of the game is in your hands. As the quarterback, you 
select the plays. Line up the formation. Call the signals and carry the ball. 
Cut down your opponent with deadly blocking. Intercept a pass. Make a flying 
tackle. All you need is skill. Strategy. Cunning. And nerve. For non-stop action
that charges across the screen. You decide to pass. It looks good. Touchdown!

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        CONTROLS
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D-pad to move your player in the desired direction.
Button 1 = Start Game/Hike the ball/Scramble/Tackle
Button 2 = Start Game/Tackle/Pass/Field Goal/Punt/Block Kick/Intercept/Choose
           play

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         TEAMS
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There are 12 teams to choose from. They are not based off of any NFL teams. The
teams do not hail from any city despite being an NFC and AFC division.

AFC
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Spartans
Bombers
Dukes
Foxes
Sharks
Huskies

NFC
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Bucks
Knights
Wildcats
Beavers
Boomers
Gators

After you choose a team, you will then choose the opponent that you want to face
off against. There really isn't a difference between the teams except for some
fancy colors.

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       GAMEPLAY
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Choose a 1 or 2 player game. At least this one you can play on the emulator, 
without any hassle.

In a 1 player game, you automatically play the 4th quarter and the computer has
a random score that you must beat before time runs out. The only way the CPU's
score will go up is if you get tackled in the end zone for a safety or if it
runs an interception back for a touchdown. A 2 player game is played as normal
where you try to get more points than the other player.

You can choose from 1 of 9 plays during 1 player mode and 1 of 9 plays in a 2
player mode. The plays will cycle between downs. Press the 2 button when the
wanted play is highlighted. In a 1-player game, the 9th play will only come up
if within the 45 yard line to attempt a field goal. 

You have 4 downs to get a 1st down which is normally 10 yards unless some of the
yardage was lost thus you must make up that yardage for the 1st down. Failure to
get a first down will change sides in a 2 player game but in a 1 player game,
you will lose 10 yards and a fresh set of downs.

The difference between a pass play and a run play is that the former will show
routes that the receivers will run. Press 1 to throw the ball to the player you
are facing. It's hard to get the trajectory right so use pass as a last resort
unless you know what you are doing. Plays 1-4 are pass plays and Plays 5-8 are
run plays but you can press the 1 button on the pass play to scramble (meaning
the quarterback will run).

You get 6 points for a touchdown, 1 point for PAT, 3 points for a successful
field goal, and 2 points for a safety (2-player only).

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        CREDITS
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Sega for making this game.

GameFAQs and others for hosting.

You for reading this FAQ. See you next time in Great Ice Hockey which is going
to be a drag since it needs the Sports Pad. But I'll go ahead and put that out
of its misery.

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      CONTACT ME
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azulfria[at]hotmail[dot]com 
[at] = @ and [dot] = .
Don't want any email bots.

Visit my website at 1ccgaming.com

Here is my Youtube account I share with my sisters. 
http://www.youtube.com/user/PurrfectTrio - retro gaming entertainment
http://www.youtube.com/user/PurrfectTunes - game music entertainment

Check me out on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/icequeenzero or at
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Thank you for reading

-Ice Queen Zero