Mike Ditka Power Football for Genesis

Review #4356

Mike Ditka Power Football

Turn based football

Genesis 1991 Accolade Sports Sports › Football
Mike Ditka Power Football screenshot for Genesis
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
4 / 5

Gameplay

Has the weirdest throwing mechanic I've seen in a football game. Pressing a stops the play and lets you cycle through the open receivers and pick which one you want. Press B or C to unstop the play and you'll throw to the guy you selected. You can take as long as you want on the selection screen which just feels wrong.
You go down at the slightest bit of contact so running plays really don't work.
Movement is okay but lateral speed is very slow so unless you can go straight up you won't get any yardage.

1 / 5

Level Design

Exhibition and playoffs mode only

2 / 5

Theme

No NFL but all 28 teams

2 / 5

Art Style

Looks like an Atari arcade game with solid colors and some decent animation. However, the animation on screen doesn't match what happens so often a receiver will catch the ball but it will look like it bounces off the ground.

1 / 5

Audio

There's a really dumb song that repeats every 5 seconds that you can thankfully turn off. Sound effects aren't too bad, but again don't match up with the action on screen. They're delayed by a second or two.

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