American football has grown so violent that by 2022 only huge robots can play it! As in present-day gridiron, the offence try to advance the ball up the field with the eventual aim of scoring a touchdown.

However, instead of hacing four chances to advance ten yards they have to reach the 'defuse line' before the ball explodes! The offence can choose to run, pass or use an option play (a mixtture) - in any case four options are presented. Similarly the defence gets to choose from a variety of short, medium, and long defences.

On all plays, the quarterback first gets the ball before handing or passing it to a collegue to whom control switches. When passing, the quarterback has a choice of three targets to throw to. Field goals are not allowed, instead you must either run or pass the ball into the endzone from a goal-line position.

Good to see the many plays implemented as well, pity there isn't a player vs player options though and what happened to the Turbo Boost feature? Otherwise, playable American Football fun well worth a look.

Actual gameplay should appeal to most American Football fans, with lots of plays to master. Non-fans might find the game a little bitty - you seem to spend most of your time picking plays which take mere seconds to collapse into failure.

Successful plays make it worthwhile though, and with practise you can improve - especially on the tricking passing throws. This is a top-notch conversion, even if little advantage is taken of the cart.