Joe Montana Football Player's Guide   by International Network of Crackers (INC)

SEGA'S JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL PLAYER'S GUIDE BY "THE JET" DECEMBER 31, 1990 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE JOE MONTANA STORY..............................1 INTRODUCTION ......................................3 SETUP AND CONTROLS.................................5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS................................5 INSTALLING AND LOADING.............................5 STARTING...........................................7 CONTROLS...........................................8 PLAYING JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL.......................11 EXHIBITION GAME....................................12 LEAGUE PLAY........................................16 RUN/PASS PRACTICE..................................22 FIELD GOAL PRACTICE................................24 GAME PLAY..........................................25 KICKOFF............................................25 OFFENSE............................................25 DEFENSE............................................31 THE KICKING GAME...................................35 THE PLAYBOOK.......................................39 INSTANT REPLAY AND GAME HIGHLIGHTS ................44 FUMBLES, INTERCEPTIONS AND INJURIES ...............48 PENALTIES..........................................48 JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL STRATEGY......................51 OFFENSIVE FORMATIONS...............................52 DEFENSIVE FORMATIONS...............................55 FOOTBALL GLOSSARY..................................59 FOOTBALL HAS BEEN MY WAY OF LIFE THIS IS FOOTBALL THE WAY I LIKE TO PLAY IT - READING DEFENSES, CALLING AUDIBLES, AND THROWING ON THE RUN. THE GRAPHICS AND GAME PLAY ARE SPECTACULAR. NO OTHER GAME GETS YOU CLOSER TO THE ACTION. THE ONLY THING MISSING IS THE SMELL OF FRESHLY CUT GRASS." JOE MONTANA THE JOE MONTANA STORY JOE MONTANA ISN'T THE BIGGEST QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL. HE'S NOT THE FASTEST. AND HE DOESN'T HAVE THE STRONGEST ARM. BUT JOE IS THE BEST. HE'S THE HIGHEST RATED QUARTERBACK IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL HISTORY BECAUSE HE KNOWS HOW TO WIN, OFTEN AGAINST IMPOSSIBLE ODDS. HE HAS TAKEN THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS TO FOUR SUPER BOWLS IN THE LAST NINE YEARS, AND HE HAS WON EACH OF THEM. HE WAS NAMED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN THREE OF THOSE SUPER BOWLS, AND IN THE FOURTH HE LED HIS TEAM ON AN INCREDIBLE 92-YARD DRIVE THAT SEALED A COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY WITH ONLY 34 SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK. WHAT MAKES HIM SO GREAT? MOST QUARTERBACKS BECOME UNRAVELED AND BEGIN TO PANIC WHEN DEFENDERS ARE CLOSING IN FROM ALL SIDES. BUT JOE STAYS COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED. CONSIDER THIS. IN HIS CAREER, MONTANA HAS THROWN MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY TOUCHDOWNS AS INTERCEPTIONS. COMPARE THAT TO OTHER GREAT QUARTERBACKS FROM THE LAST FIFTY YEARS, AND NO ONE ELSE COMES CLOSE. HE HAS THROWN 122 SUPER BOWL PASSES WITHOUT AN INTERCEP- TION. HE'LL GO DEEP. HE'LL GO SHORT. HE'LL SCRAMBLE FOR A FIRST DOWN. HE'LL SNEAK IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN. AND HE'LL WIN. OPPONENTS SEND GIANT LINE-BACKERS TO CHASE HIM. THEY BLITZ HIM. THEY USE ZONE DEFENSES TO HARASS HIM. BUT NOTHING FAZES JOE MONTANA. WHEN THE GAME IS ON THE LINE, IN THE FINAL MINUTES, JOE IS UN- TOUCHABLE. WHAT MAKES JOE HAPPY IS HIS HOME, HIS KIDS AND A NORMAL FAMILY LIFE. AS GREAT AS JOE IS, HE LIKES TO BE AN ORDINARY JOE. AND WHAT DOES HE LIKE TO DO IN HIS SPARE TIME AT HOME? PLAY JOE MON- TANA FOOTBALL, OF COURSE. 1 @ 4 PUTER! EXPERIENCE THE THRILL OF REAL COMPETITION WHEN YOU GO HEAD TO HEAD AGAINST A TOUGH OPPONENT, OR TEAM UP WITH A FRIEND TO OUTPLAY THE COMPUTER. ARE YOU READY TO PLAY IN JOE'S LEAGUE? THINK YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TEAM TO SUPER SUNDAY? WHEN YOU PLAY JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. JUST LIKE JOE, LEAD YOUR TEAM TO STIRRING COMEBACKS AGAINST ALL ODDS. WHEN IT REALLY MATTERS, MARCH DOWN THE FIELD LIKE A CONQUERING ARMY, RIPPING THROUGH THE DEFENSE ALONG THE WAY. SELECT A PLAY AND BRING YOUR TEAM TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. JUST BEFORE THE SNAP, YOU SEE SOMETHING STRANGE IN THE DEFENSIVE FORMATION. LOOKS LIKE THEY MIGHT BE BLITZING.-" YOU CALL OUT AN AUDIBLE TO CHANGE THE PLAY AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THE CENTER SNAPS THE BALL AND THE ACTION BEGINS. YOU QUICKLY DROP SEE YOUR SECONDARY RECEIVER WIDE OPEN DOWNFIELD. YOU SCRAMBLE OUT OF THE POCKET TO ESCAPE THE BLITZING LINEBACKER. HE THINKS HE'S GOT A SHOT A YOU, BUT YOU MOVE JUST OUT OF HIS REACH AND HE COMES UP WITH AIR. LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT, PUMP FAKE, THEN THROW LEFT, A SPLIT SECOND BEFORE BEING LEVELED BY AN ONCOMING DEFENSIVE LINEMAN. YOUR THROW IS A BULLET, RIGHT ON TARGET. YOUR SECONDARY RECEIVER CATCHES IT ON THE RUN WITH ARMS OUTSTRETCHED. HE TUCKS THE FOOT- BALL AND SPRINTS DOWN FIEF, PAST THE AREA VACATED BY THE BLITZING BACKS. HE PUTS A MOVE ON THE ONLY DEFENDER WHO CAN CATCH HIM. TOUCHDOWN! JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL GIVES YOU SPECTACULAR ANIMATION AND GRAPHICS. NO GAME GETS YOU CLOSER TO THE HARD-HITTING ACTION ON THE FIELD. LIKE JOE MONTANA HIMSELF, IT'S SIMPLY THE BEST. IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR THE OPENING KICKOFF. BUT FIRST, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE. IT SHOW YOU HOW TO PLAY JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL AND TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GAME'S GREAT FEATURES. 4 5 SETUP AND CONTROLS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS TO PLAY JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL ON AN IBM PC YOU NEED: AN IBM PC, XT,AT,PS/1, PS/2, TANDY 1000 SERIES OR ANY 100% COMPAT- IBLE COMPUTER 640K RAM (512K FOR CGA GRAPHICS MODE) AT LEAST ONE FLOPPY DISK DRIVE (5 1/4" OR 3 1/2" DRIVE) VGA, MCGA,EGA, CGA, OR TANDY 4 OR 16 COLOR GRAPHICS DOS 2.1 OR HIGHER ONE OR TWO JOYSTICKS (KEYBOARD CONTROL OPTIONAL) HARD DISK DRIVE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED, WITH AT LEAST 1.5MB AVAIL- ABLE DISK SPACE INSTALLING AND LOADING JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL IMPORTANT: BEFORE PLAYING JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR ORIGINAL DISK. REFER TO YOUR DOS MANUAL FOR INSTRUCTIONS. THERE ARE TWO WAY TO LOAD JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL INTO YOUR COMPUTER. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU INSTALL THE GAME ONTO YOUR HAD DRIVE. YOU CAN ALSO PLAY THE GAME DIRECTLY FROM THE FLOPPY DISKS (FOUR 5 1/4" OR TWO 3 /1/2"). 5 6 HARD DISK INSTALLATION TO INSTALL JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL ON A HARD DISK DRIVE: 1. TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER AS INDICATED IN YOUR OWNER'S MANUAL. 2.INSERT THE DISK LABELED "DISK 1" INTO THE APPROPRIATE FLOPPY DISK DRIVE (TYPICALLY EITHER A: OR B:). TYPE A: (OR B:) AND PRESS ENTER. 3.TYPE INSTALL TO INSTALL THE GAME. THE HARD DISK INSTALLATION MENU WILL APPEAR. USE THE JOYSTICK OR UP/ DOWN ARROW KEYS TO SCROLL THROUGH THE MENU. 4.THE GAME WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE INSTALLED IN THE DEFAULT DIRECTO- RY C:\MONTANA. TO INSTALL THE GAME IN A DIRECTORY OTHER THAN C : \MONTANA, HIGHLIGHT THE LINE INSTALL TO AND PRESS BUTTON1 OR ENTER. BACKSPACE OVER THE CHARACTERS YOU WANT TO REPLACE AND TYPE IN THE FULL PATH NAME OF THE DIRECTORY IN WHICH YOU WANT THE GAME INSTALLED. 5.THE PROGRAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY DETECT THE BEST AVAILABLE GRAPH- ICS MODE ON YOUR SYSTEM. TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL VIDEO MODES, HIGHLIGHT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING LINES AND PRESS BUTTON1 OR ENTER: VGA/MCGA EGA/TANDY CGA 6. SET FAST LOAD TO `YES" TO SPEED UP SCREEN CHANGES. 7.HIGHLIGHT BEGIN INSTALL AND PRESS BUTTON1 OR ENTER INSTALL THE GAME. THE PROGRAM WILL PROMPT YOU FOR ADDITIONAL DISKS AS NEEDED. THEN THE MESSAGE "INSTALLATION COMPLETED" APPEARS, PRESS BUTTON1 OR ENTER TO LOAD AND START THE GAME. NOTE: LEAVE THE JOYSTICK CENTERED WHILE THE GAME IS LOADING SO THE PROGRAM CAN CORRECTLY CALIBRATE YOUR JOYSTICK FOR BEST GAMEPLAY. 6 7 STARTING JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL REQUIRES THE USE OF THE FULL 640K RAM IN YOUR SYSTEM. IF THE MESSAGE "INSUFFICIENT MEMORY" APPEARS WHILE LOAD- ING THE GAME, TURN OFF ALL RESIDENT MEMORY PROGRAMS OR TSRS. OR, MAKE A GENERIC DOS BOOT DISK BY INSERTING A BLANK FLOPPY DISK INTO THE FLOPPY DRIVE AND TYPE FORMAT A:/S (ORB:/S). THEN BOOT (OR REBOOT) YOUR SYSTEM USING THIS DISK BEFORE PLAYING JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL. PLAYING FROM A HARD DISK DRIVE TO PLAY JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL FROM YOUR HARD DISK DRIVE, USE THE "CHANGE DIRECTORY" (CD) COMMAND TO SELECT THE DIRECTORY IN WHICH THE GAME IS INSTALLED. THEN TYPE MONTANA AND PRESS ENTER. OR TYPE RUNME IF YOU HAVE THE HUMBLE GUY'S FIX. THE GAME WILL LOAD AND THE MAIN MENU WILL APPEAR. PLAYING FROM FLOPPY DISKS INSERT THE FLOPPY DISK LABELED "DISK 1" INTO THE APPROPRIATE DISK DRIVE. TYPE A: (OR B:) AND PRESS ENTER. THE TYPE MONTANA AND PRESS ENTER. THE PROGRAM WILL PROMPT YOU FOR ADDITIONAL DISKS DURING THE GAME AS NEEDED. THE GAME WILL LOAD AND THE MAIN MENU WILL APPEAR. SEPARATE DATA DISK REQUIRED TO SAVE INSTANT REPLAYS AND GAME HIGHLIGHTS. PLAYING WITHOUT MUSIC OR SOUND EFFECTS TYPE MONTANA/S TO LOAD THE GAME 7 8 CONTROLS JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL CAN BE PLAYED BY EITHER ONE OR TWO PLAYERS. EACH PLAYER MAY USE EITHER JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD CONTROLS, OR ONE OR BOTH PLAYERS MAY BE SET TO COMPUTER CONTROL. THE TWO AVAILABLE JOYSTICKS ARE IDENTIFIED AS JOYSTICK A AND JOYSTICK B. THE TWO SETS OF KEYBOARD CONTROLS ARE IDENTIFIED AS KEYBOARD A AND KEY- BOARD B. JOYSTICK - KEYBOARD EQUIVALENTS THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAMS INDICATE THE KEYBOARD CONTROLS IF YOU SELECT KEYBOARD A OR KEYBOARD B: KEYBOARD A JOYSTICK KEYBOARD EQUIVALENTS THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAMS INDICATE THE KEYBOARD CONTROLS IF YOU SELECT KEYBOARD A OR KEYBOARD B; KEYBOARD A BACKSPACE NUMESC BUTTON2 LOCKBUTTON2 ENTER 7 8 9 + BUTTON1 4 5 6 BUTTON1 BUTTON1 1 2 3 ENTER INS DEL BUTTON1 BUTTON1 KEYBOARD B TAB Q W E CAPS A S D BUTTON1 LSHFT Z X C BUTTON1 SPACE BAR BUTTON1 8 9 UNIVERSAL KEYBOARD COMMAND (AVAILABLE WITH JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD CONTROLS) KEY FUNCTION ENTER BUTTON1 (EXCEPT DURING GAME PLAY IF JOYSTICK CONTROL IS SELECTED) ESC BUTTON2 BACKSPACE BUTTON2 (EXCEPT DURING GAMEPLAY IF JOYSTICK CONTROL IS SELECTED) SCROLL LOCK PAUSE ON/OFF F1 TOGGLES BETWEEN SCROLLING GRAPHICS AND SCREEN-TO-SCREEN JUMPING DURING GAMEPLAY F2 PLAY-BY-PLAY WINDOW ON/OFF DURING INSTANT REPLAY CONTRL-J JOYSTICK CALIBRATION (FROM THE MAIN MENU OR ANY OPTIONS SCREEN) CONTRL ESC EXIT IMMEDIATELY TO DOS FROM ANY SCREEN: DOES NOT SAVE GAME IN PROGRESS USING MENUS AND OPTIONS SCREENS AT ALL MENUS OR OPTIONS SCREEN, USE THE JOYSTICK OR ARROW KEYS TO SCROLL THROUGH THE OPTIONS PRESENTED. PRESS BUTTON1 OR ENTER TO SELECT ANY ITEM. PRESS BUTTON2 OR ESC TO EXIT FROM ANY SCREEN AND RETURN TO THE PRIOR MENU OR OPTIONS SCREEN. IN THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE, INSTRUCTIONS GENERALLY REFER ONLY TO BUTTON1. YOU MAY SUBSTITUTE ENTER AT ANY TIME. SIMILARLY, IN- STRUCTIONS GENERALLY REFER TO MOVING THE JOYSTICK LEFT, RIGHT, UP, OR DOWN. YOU MAY SUBSTITUTE THE CORRESPONDING ARROW KEYS WHEN USING ANY MENU OR OPTIONS SCREEN. TO ABORT ANY GAME OR PRACTICE SESSION, PRESS BUTTON2 OR ESC AFTER THE COMPLETION OF ANY PLAY OR PRESS ESC WHILE IN THE PLAY SELEC- TION SCREEN. THE GAME WILL RETURN TO THE CURRENT GAME OR PRACTICE OPTIONS SCREEN. PRESS BUTTON2 OR ESC AGAIN AND TYPE Y IN RESPONSE TO THE PROMPT "ABORT GAME?" THE GAME WILL RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU. KEYBOARD A ALWAYS WORKS, EVEN IF JOYSTICK CONTROL IS SELECTED, IN MENUS AND OPTIONS SCREENS. 9 10 THE MAIN MENU THE MAIN MENU LISTS SIX OPTIONS: EXHIBITION GAME LEAGUE PLAY RUN/PASS PRACTICE FIELD GOAL PRACTICE CONFIGURE SYSTEM EXIT TO DOS THE FIRST FOUR OPTIONS REPRESENT THE FOUR GAMEPLAY MODES, WHICH A EXPLAINED IN THE NEXT SECTION OF THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE. USE THE JOYSTICK OR ARROW KEYS TO CYCLE AMONG THESE CHOICES. PRESS BUTTON1 TO SELECT THE HIGHLIGHTED OPTION. ADDITIONAL CONFIGURATION IN GENERAL, THE GAME REQUIRES NO ADDITIONAL CONFIGURATION. HOWEVER TO USE A SPECIAL SOUND BOARD, CHANGE THE VIDEO MODE, SELECT FAST LOAD OR ADJUST THE JOYSTICK, SELECT CONFIGURE SYSTEM FROM THE MAIN MENU. HIGHLIGHT CONFIGURE SYSTEM IN THE MAIN MENU AND PRESS BUTTON1. USE THE JOYSTICK OR ARROW KEYS TO CYCLE THROUGH THE AVAILABLE CHOICES, THEN PRESS BUTTON1 TO SELECT THE HIGHLIGHTED OPTION. FOLLOW THE ON-SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS TO SELECT THE DESIRED CONFIGURATION. 10 11 PLAYING JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL PLAYER STATS EACH TIME YOU LOAD THE GAME YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ANSWER A QUESTION ABOUT A PLAYER WHOSE PICE APPEARS ON THE SCREEN UNLESS YOU HAVE THE HUMBLE GUYS FIX AND INC'S CRACK OF THE GAME. THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ARE LOCATED IN THE PLAYER STATS SECTION OF THE PLAYER'S GUIDE. FIND THE PLAYER'S PICTURE AND CORRESPONDING BACKGROUND PATTERN, AND YOU'LL FIND THE INFO YOU NEED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. THE FIRST TIME YOU SELECT ANY OF THE FOUR OPTIONS LISTED ABOVE, YOU WILL BE ASKED ONE QUESTION PRIOR TO BEGINNING GAMEPLAY. TYPE IN THE CORRECT ANSWER ON YOUR KEYBOARD. THE FOUR GAMEPLAY MODES JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL OFFERS FOUR GAME PLAY MODES: EXHIBITION GAME LEAGUE PLAY RUN/PASS PRACTICE FIELD GOAL PRACTICE THREE SELECTIONS, EXHIBITION GAME, RUN/PASS PRACTICE AND FIELD GOAL PRACTICE, ALLOW YOU TO LEARN AND EXPERIMENT WITH THE GAME WITHOUT AFFECTING THE STATUS OF AN OF THE TEAMS IN LEAGUE PLAY. WHEN YOU LEAGUE PLAY, THE GAME YOU PLAY BECOME PART OF THE OFFICIAL SEASON STATISTICS AND CAUSE THE PROGRAM TO ADVANCE THROUGH THE SEASON SCHEDULE, CULMINATING IN WILD CARD, DIVISIONAL AND CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS AND, ULTIMATELY, SUPER SUNDAY. 11 12 EXHIBITION GAME THE EXHIBITION GAME MODE ALLOWS YOU TO PLAY A GAME BETWEEN ANY TWO TEAMS IN THE 28-TEAM LEAGUE, WITHOUT AFFECTING LEAGUE PLAY WHEN YOU SELECT EXHIBITION GAME , THE EXHIBITION GAME OPTIONS SCREEN APPEARS. HIGHLIGHT THE OPTION YOU WANT AND PRESS BUTTION1 TO SELECT IT. TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, PRESS BUTTON 2 OR ESC. THE EXHIBITION GAME OPTIONS SCREEN CONTROLS: SELECT JOYSTICK A OR B, KEYBOARD A OR B, OR COMPUTER CONTROL FOR BOTH PLAYER 1 AND PLAYER 2 PRESS BUTTON1 TO TOGGLE THROUGH THE FIVE OPTIONS FOR EACH PLAYER UNTIL THE SELECTION YOU WANT APPEARS TWO-PLAYER GAME: IF EITHER PLAYER IS SET TO COMPUTER CONTROL, YOU HAVE SELECTED A ONE-PLAYER GAME TO PLAY A TWO-PLAYER GAME, SET EACH PLAYER TO EITHER] JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD CONTROL. IF A TWO- PLAYER GAME SELECTED, A MODE OPTION APPEARS, ALLOWING THE TWO PLAYERS TO PLAY ON THE SAME TEAM (AGAINST COMPUTER) OR PLAY AGAINST EACH OTHER. CHOOSE EITHER MODE. RULES: QUARTERLENGTH: CHOOSE 5, 1O OR 15 MINUTE QUARTERS. PRESS BUTTON1 TO TOGGLE AMONG THESE THREE OPTIONS UNTIL THE SELECTION YOU WANT IS DISPLAYED. THE QUARTER LENGTH DETERMINES WHEN THE TWO MINUTE WARNING OCCURS , AS FOLLOWS : 5 MINUTE 30 SECONDS 10 MINUTE 1 MINUTE 15 MINUTE 2 MINUTES GAME SPEED: THIS OPTION SETS THE GAMEPLAY SPEED SUCH AS HOW FAST PLAYERS RUN, HOW FAST PASSES ARE THROWN, ETC. CONSIDER SELECTING "SLOW" WHILE LEARNING THE GAME, THEN ACCELERATE THE SPEED OF THE GAMEPLAY AS YOUR SKILL INCREASES FOR A MORE EXCITING AND CHALLENGING EXPERIENCE. PRESS BUTTON1 TO TOGGLE AMONG "SLOW", "MEDIUM", OR "FAST" SPEEDS. 12 13 KICKOFF SELECT THIS OPTION TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE COIN TOSS AND OPENING KICKOFF OF A GAME. IF YOU ARE THE VISITING TEAM, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CALL "HEADS" OR "TAILS". MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT TO CALL "HEAD" OR RIGHT TO CALL "TAILS" (OR USE THE LEFT/RIGHT ARROW KEYS), THEN PRESS BUTTON1 TO TOSS THE COIN. THE COMPUTER WILL RANDOMLY SELECT THE WINNER OF THE COIN TOSS, THEN THE WINNING TEAM CHOOSES EITHER TO KICK OR RECEIVE. MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT TO SELECT KICK OR RIGHT TO SELECT RECEIVE AND PRESS BUTTON1. MOVE THE JOYSTICK IN ANY DIRECTION TO START THE ACTION AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO KICK THE BALL. (SEE THE SECTION "THE KICKING GAME" IN THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE TO LEARN HOW TO OPTIMIZE YOUR KICKING GAME.) USE THE SELECT TEAM OPTION IMMEDIATELY BELOW TO CHOOSE THE TWO TEAMS THAT WILL COMPETE IN YOUR EXHIBITION GAME BEFORE KICKING OFF. SELECT TEAM SELECT THIS OPTION TO VIEW THE TEAM LIST AND SCOUT EACH TEAM'S STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS. FOLLOW THE ON-SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS TO CHOOSE YOUR HOME AND VISITING TEAMS FROM AMONG THE 28 AVAILABLE TEAMS. HIGHLIGHT ANY TEAM OF INTEREST, THE PRESS BUTTON1 TO VIEW THE SCOUTING REPORT AND TWO KEY PLAYERS ON THAT TEAM. 13 14 FOUR OPTIONS ARE LISTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCOUTING REPORT SCREEN: SELECT THIS TEAM DISPLAY NEXT TEAM ROSTER EDIT HIGHLIGHT YOUR CHOICE AND PRESS BUTTON1. ANY CHANGES MADE IN THE SCOUTING REPORT/ROSTER WHILE YOU ARE IN EXHIBITION GAME MODE HAVE NO EFFECT ON LEAGUE PLAY. SELECT THIS TEAM SELECTS THE TEAM DISPLAYED ON SCREEN AS THE HOME TEAM. MAKING YOUR HOME TEAM SELECTION WILL RETURN YOU TO THE TEAM LIST SO THAT YOU CAN SELECT THE VISITING TEAM. DISPLAY NEXT TEAM CYCLES THROUGH SCOUTING REPORTS EACH OF THE 28 TEAMS. PRESS BUTTON1 TO VIEW THE NEXT TEAM. ROSTER ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW A COMPLETE ROSTER OF STARTERS AND SUBSTITUTES FOR THE TEAM CURRENTLY DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN AND SCOUT EACH PLAYER'S STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. TWO OPTIONS ARE LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE ROSTER SCREEN: VIEW/EDIT/PLAYERS SUB PLAYERS 14 15 HIGHLIGHT VIEW/EDIT PLAYERS AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO BRING UP A WINDOW CONTAINING A PICTURE AND DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE HIGHLIGHTED PLAYER. TOGGLE THROUGH THE DATA FIELDS PRESENTED:LABEL COLORS. NUMBER AGE NAME SPEED HEIGHT STRENGTH WEIGHT SKILL PRESS BUTTON1 TO HIGHLIGHT ANY ITEM YOU WANT TO CHANGE. USE THE JOYSTICK OR ARROW KEYS TO SELECT DIFFERENT VALUES, THEN PRESS BUTTON1 AGAIN TO CONFIRM. (USE THE KEYBOARD TO CHANGE THE PLAYER'S NAME.) SPEED, STRENGTH AND SKILL LEVELS ARE RATED ON A SCALE FROM 2 THROUGH 9, WITH 9 THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING. TO KEEP THE GAME INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING, PLAYERS MUST HAVE VARIED RATINGS. SETTING ALL PLAYERS TO 9, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL RESULT IN A RATHER UNEXCITING GAME. HIGHLIGHT SUB. PLAYERS TO REPLACE PLAYERS IN YOUR STARTING LINEUP. THERE IS ONE SUBSTITUTE PLAYER FOR EACH PLAYER IN EACH ROSTER. PRESS BUTTON2 TO RETURN TO PRIOR SCREENS. EDIT ENABLES YOU TO MODIFY ANY TEAM NAME OR CHANGE ANY TEAM'S COLORS. PRESS BUTTON1 TO CYCLE FROM TEAM NAME TO TEAM COLORS. TO CHANGE A TEAM NAME, TYPE IN A NEW NAME AND PRESS BUTTON1. TO EDIT TEAM COLORS, HIGHLIGHT HELMET, SHIRT, OR PANTS. THEN PRESS BUTTON1 TO CYCLE THROUGH AVAILABLE COLORS. HIGHLIGHT HOME/AWAY TO TOGGLE BETWEEN EDITING THE TEAM'S HOME OR VISITING COLORS. TEAM SUMMARY ONCE YOU HAVE SELECTED BOTH TEAMS, SELECT THIS OPTION TO VIEW YOUR TEAM PRIOR TO KICKOFF MAKE ANY ROSTER CHANGES. PLAYBOOK SELECT THIS OPTION TO SEE THE ENTIRE JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL PLAYBOOK FOR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, OR TO CREATE YOUR OWN PLAYS. REFER TO THE SECTION "THE PLAYBOOK" IN THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO DESIGN AND CALL PLAYS. 15 16 GAME HIGH LIGHTS SELECT THIS OPTION TO VIEW PREVIOUSLY SAVED HIGHLIGHT REELS. YOU CAN SAVE YOUR BEST PLAYS TO WATCH AGAIN OR SHOW YOUR FRIENDS. REFER TO THE SECTION "INSTANT REPLAY AND GAME HIGHLIGHTS" IN THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE GAME HIGHLIGHTS FEATURE. RESUME GAME SELECT THIS OPTION TO RESUME A PREVIOUSLY SAVED GAME LEAGUE PLAY THE LEAGUE PLAY MODE ALLOWS YOU TO PURCHASE TEAMS AND GUIDE THEM THROUGH A 16 GAME SEASON. JUST AS IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, THERE ARE WILD CARD PLAYOFFS IN WEEK 17, DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS WEEK 18, CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SUPER SUNDAY. YOU CAN OWN AS MANY TEAMS AND PLAY IN AS MANY LEAGUES AS YOU LIKE. OWNED TEAMS ARE HUMAN CONTROLLED, BY YOU OR YOUR FRIEND. UNOWNED TEAMS ARE COMPUTER CONTROLLED. ANY OWNED (HUMAN CONTROLLED) TEAM IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE IN THE LEAGUE PLAY MENU. WHEN YOU SELECT LEAGUE PLAY FROM THE MAIN MENU,A LEAGUE PLAY SCREEN APPEARS DISPLAYING ALL THE GAMES SCHED- ULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK AND THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: TEAM LIST SIMULATE GAMES CHANGE LEAGUE NEW LEAGUE RESET LEAGUE MOVE THE JOYSTICK RIGHT TO ENTER THE CURRENT WEEK'S SCHEDULE, THEN MOVE THE JOYSTICK UP/DOWN TO SCROLL THROUGH THE SCHEDULE FOR DIFFER WEEKS. PRESS PAGE UP/PAGE DOWN TO JUMP TO THE NEXT OR PRIOR WEEK'S SCHEDULE. PRESS HOME TO RETURN TO WEEK 1, AND PRESS END T JUMP TO THE CURRENT WEEK. 16 17 IF A CAMERA ICON APPEARS ON ANY GAME, HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT GAME HAVE BEEN SAVED. IF A FLOPPY DISK ICON APPEARS ON ANY GAME, THE GAME HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED AND HAS BEEN SAVED FOR LATER USE. HIGHLIGHT THE MENU OPTION YOU WANT AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO SELECT IT. TO RETURN TO MAIN MENU, PRESS BUTTON2. TEAM LIST: SELECT THIS OPTION TO ENTER THE TEAM LIST. HIGHLIGHT COACH/RECORD AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO TOGGLE BETWEEN CURRENT LEAGUE STANDINGS AND THE LIST OF COACHES IN THE CURRENT LEAGUE. TO VIEW THE SCOUTING REPORT AND TWO KEY PLAYERS ON ANY TEAM, HIGHLIGHT VIEW/EDIT TEAMS, CHOOSE THE TEAM, AND PRESS BUTTON1. IF YOU SELECT AN UNOWNED TEAM, THREE OPTIONS WILL APPEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCOUTING REPORT SCREEN: ROSTER EDIT BUY TEAM IF YOU SELECT A TEAM ALREADY OWNED BY YOURSELF OR SOME ELSE, FOUR OPTIONS WILL APPEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCOUTING REPORT SCREEN: ROSTER EDIT PLAYBOOK SELL TEAM HIGHLIGHT YOUR SELECTION AND PRESS BUTTON1. ROSTER ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW A COMPLETE ROSTER OF STARTERS AND SUBSTITUTES FOR THE TEAM CURRENTLY DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN AND SCOUT EACH PLAYER'S STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. TWO OPTIONS ARE LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE ROSTER SCREEN: 17 18 VIEW/EDIT PLAYERS SUB. PLAYERS HIGHLIGHT VIEW/EDIT PLAYERS AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO BRING UP A WINDOW CONTAINING A PICTURE AND DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE HIGHLIGHTED PLAYER. TOGGLE THROUGH THE DATA FIELDS PRESENTED: NUMBER AGE NAME SPEED HEIGHT STRENGTH WEIGHT SKILL PRESS BUTTON1 TO HIGHLIGHT ANY ITEM YOU WANT TO CHANGE. USE- THE JOYSTICK- OR ARROW KEYS TO SELECT DIFFERENT VALUES, THEN PRESS BUTTON1 AGAIN TO CONFIRM. (USE THE KEYBOARD CHANGE THE PLAYER'S NAME. ) SPEED, STRENGTH, AND SKILL LEVELS ARE RATED A SCALE FROM 2 THROUGH 9, WITH 9 THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING. TO KEEP THE GAME INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING, PLAYERS MUST HAVE VARIED RATINGS. SETTING A PLAYERS TO 9, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL RESULT IN A RATHER UNEXCITING GAME. HIGHLIGHT SUB. PLAYERS TO REPLACE PLAYERS IN YOUR STARTING LINEUP. THERE IS ONE SUBSTITUTE PLAYER FOR EACH PLAYER IN EACH ROSTER. PRESS BUTTON2 TO RETURN TO THE TEAM LIST MENU OR TO PRIOR SCREENS. EDIT ENABLES YOU TO MODIFY THE TEAM NAME, COACH'S NAME, OR TEAM COLORS. PRESS BUTTON1 TO CYCLE AMONG TEAM NAME, COACH'S NAME AND TEAM COLORS. TO CHANGE A TEAM NAME OR THE COACH'S NAME, TYPE IN A NEW NAME AND PRESS BUTTON1. TO EDIT TEAM COLORS HIGHLIGHT HELMET, SHIRT OR PANTS. THEN PRESS BUTTON1 TO CYCLE THROUGH AVAILABLE COLORS. HIGHLIGHT HOME/AWAY TO TOGGLE 18 19 BETWEEN EDITING THE TEAM'S HOME OR VISITING COLORS. PLAYBOOK CONTAINS THE ENTIRE JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL PLAYBOOK FOR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE. SELECT THIS OPTION TO VIEW THE PLAYBOOK OR TO CREATE YOUR OWN PLAYS. REFER TO THE SECTION " THE PLAYBOOK" IN THIS PLAYERS GUIDE FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO DESIGN AND CALL PLAYS. BUY TEAM ENABLES YOU TO SELECT A TEAM TO GUIDE THROUGH THE SEASON. SELECT THIS OPTIONS, THEN PRESS BUTTON1 TO HIGHLIGHT THE COACH BOX. TYPE IN THE COACH'S NAME (YOUR NAME, IF YOU LIKE) AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO PURCHASE THE TEAM. PRESS BUTTON2 THREE TIME TO RETURN TO THE LEAGUE PLAY SCREEN. TO BEGIN YOUR TEAM'S GAME FOR THE CURRENT WEEK, HIGHLIGHT THE GAME IN THE LEAGUE PLAY MENU AND PRESS BUTTON1. THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE LEAGUE PLAY OPTIONS SCREEN. YOU CANNOT PLAY A GAME IN ANY WEEK UNLESS ALL LEAGUE GAME FOR THE PREVIOUS WEEK HAVE BEEN PLAYED OR SIMULATED. SELL TEAM ALLOWS YOU TO RELINQUISH OWNERSHIP OF A TEAM YOU HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED. HIGHLIGHT SELL TEAM, PRESS BUTTON1, AND TYPE Y AT THE PROMPT "SELL THIS TEAM?" THE CURRENT COACH'S NAME WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ERASED AND THE TEAM WILL BECOME UNOWNED (COMPUTER CONTROLLED). THE TEAM'S CURRENT RECORD, SCOUTING REPORT, AND PLAYER STATISTICS WILL BE UNCHANGED. SIMULATE GAMES: THIS THIS OPTION TO HAVE THE COMPUTER SIMULATE ALL GAMES FOR THE CURRENT WEEK FOR UNOWNED TEAMS. OR, HIGHLIGHT A SPECIFIC GAME AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO HAVE THE COMPUTER SIMULATE ONLY THAT GAME. REMEMBER , ALL GAME FOR ANY WEEK MUST BE PLAYED OR SIMULATED BEFORE YOU CAN ADVANCE TO THE NEXT WEEK. CHANGE SELECT THIS OPTION TO BRING UP THE CHANGE LEAGUE: LEAGUES WINDOW. LOAD IN ANY LEAGUE YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY CREATED AND SAVED. THE FILE LEAGUE.LGD CONTAINS THE DEFAULT LEAGUE. PRESS BUTTON2 TO ABORT CHANGING LEAGUES. 19 20 NEW LEAGUE SELECT THIS OPTION TO BRING UP THE NAME OF NEW LEAGUE WINDOW. TYPE THE NAME OF YOUR NEW LEAGUE AND PRESS BUTTON1. THIS TAKES YOU TO THE LEAGUE PLAY SCREEN STARTING WITH WEEK 1, ALL TEAMS UNOWNED. RESET LEAGUE SELECT THIS OPTION TO RESTART THE SEASON FOR THE CURRENT LEAGUE. ALL GAME STATISTICS FOR THE SEASON TO DATE SAVED GAMES IN PROGRESS ARE ERASED, AND THE SEASON IS RESET TO WEEK 1. EXISTING TEAMS OWNERS ARE RETAINED, AND ANY TEAM OR ROSTER CHANGES THAT HAD BEEN MADE PRIOR TO RESETTING ARE UNAFFECTED. GAME SUMMARY THE GAME SUMMARY IS A SPECIAL SCREEN WHICH DIS -PLAYS STANDARD GAME STATISTICS FOR ANY COMPLETED GAME. IN THE LEAGUE PLAY SCREEN, HIGHLIGHT ANY COMPLETED GAME AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO SEE THE GAME SUMMARY FOR THAT GAME. IF THE GAME HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED AND INVOLVES TWO UNOWNED TEAMS, THE GAME WILL BE SIMULATED AND THE GAME SUMMARY SCREEN DISPLAYED. IF THE GAME HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED AND INVOLVES AT 1( ONE OWNED TEAM, PRESSING BUTTON1 TAKES YOU TO THE LEAGUE PLAY OPTIONS SCREEN INSTEAD OF THE GAME SUMMARY SCREEN. YOU MAY THEN PLAY THE GAME. 20 21 THE LEAGUE PLAY OPTIONS SCREEN CONTROLS SELECT JOYSTICK A OR B, KEYBOARD A OR B OR COMPUTER CONTROL FOR BOTH PAYER 1 AND PLAYER 2. PRESS BUTTON1 TO TOGGLE THROUGH THE FIVE OPTIONS FOR EACH PLAYER UNTIL THE SELECTION YOU WANT APPEARS. PLAYER 1 CONTROLS THE HOME TEAM, PLAYER 2 THE VISITING TEAM. THE HOME TEAM IS ALWAYS LISTED UNDER THE VISITING TEAM ON THE SCOREBOARD AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. TWO-PLAYER GAME: IF EITHER PLAYER IS SET TO COMPUTER CONTROL, YOU HAVE SELECTED A ONE-PLAYER GAME. TO PLAY A TWO-PLAYER GAME, SET EACH@ PLAYER TO EITHER JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD CONTROL. IF BOTH TEAMS ARE OWNED, A MODE OPTION APPEARS INDICATING THAT THE GAME WILL BE COMPETITIVE (PLAY AGAINST EACH OTHER). IF ONLY ONE TEAM IS OWNED, THE MODE OPTION INDICATES THAT THE GAME WILL BE COOPERATIVE AGAINST THE COMPUTER (PLAY ON THE SAME TEAM). CHOOSE EITHER MODE. RULES: QUARTER LENGTH: CHOOSE 5, 10 OR 15 MINUTE QUAR TERS. PRESS BUTTON1 TO TOGGLE AMONG THESE THREE OPTIONS UNTIL THE SELECTION YOU WANT IS DISPLAYED. THE QUARTER LENGTH DETERMINES WHEN THE TWO MINUTE WARNING OCCURS , AS FOLLOWS : 5 MINUTE 30 SECONDS 10 MINUTE 1 MINUTE 15 MINUTE 2 MINUTES 21 22 GAME SPEED: THIS OPTION SETS THE GAME PLAY SPEED, SUCH AS HOW FAST PLAYERS RUN, HOW FAST PASSES ARE THROWN, ETC. CONSIDER SELECTING "SLOW" WHILE LEARNING THE GAME, THEN ACCELERATE THE SPEED OF THE GAMEPLAY AS YOUR SKILL INCREASES FOR A MORE EXCITING, CHALLENGING EXPERIENCE. PRESS BUTTON1 TO TOGGLE AMONG "SLOW", "MEDIUM", OR "FAST" SPEEDS. KICKOFF SELECT THIS OPTION TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE COIN TOSS AND OPENING KICKOFF OF A GAME. IF YOU ARE THE VISITING TEAM, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CALL "HEADS" OR "TAILS". MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT/RIGHT OR USE THE LEFT/ RIGHT ARROW KEYS TO CALL HEADS OR TAILS, THEN PRESS BUTTON1 TO TOSS THE COIN. THE COMPUTER WILL RANDOMLY SELECT THE WINNER OF THE COIN TOSS, THEN THE WINNING TEAM CHOOSES EITHER TO KICK OR RECEIVE. MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT/RIGHT AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO KICK OR RECEIVE. MOVE THE JOYSTICK IN ANY DIRECTION TO START THE ACTION AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO KICK THE BALL. (SEE THE SECTION "THE KICKING GAME" IN THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE TO LEARN HOW OPTIMIZE YOUR KICKING GAME. ) TEAM SUMMARY ONCE YOU HAVE SELECTED BOTH TEAMS, SELECT THIS OPTION TO VIEW YOUR TEAM PRIOR TO KICK OFF AND MAKE ANY ROSTER CHANGES. PLAYBOOK SELECTION THIS OPTION TO SEE THE ENTIRE JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL PLAYBOOK FOR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, OR TO CREATE YOUR OWN PLAYS. REFER TO THIS SECTION "THE PLAYBOOK" IN THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO DESIGN AND CALL PLAYS. RUN/PASS PRACTICE THE RUN/PASS PRACTICE MODE PROVIDES YOU WITH UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES TO RUN BOTH OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE PLAYS SO THAT YOU CAN LEARN AND EXPERIMENT WITH JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL IN A GENUINE PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT. THERE ARE NOT GAME CLOCKS, DOWNS, CHANGES OF POSSESSION, OR SCORES. 22 23 HIGHLIGHT THIS OPTION ON THE MAIN MENU AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO GO THE PRACTICE RUN/PASS OPTIONS SCREEN. THE CONTROLS AND RULES ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE PROVIDED IN THE EXHIBITION GAME AND LEAGUE PLAY MODES. THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE: PRACTICE TEAM SUMMARY PLAYBOOK GAME HIGHLIGHTS THE RUN/PASS OPTIONS SCREEN "SELECT THIS OPTION TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN. SELECT ANY PLAY AND PLAY YOUR HEART OUT! SELECT TEAMS IDENTICAL TO SELECT TEAMS IN EXHIBITION GAMES OPTIONS SCREEN TEAM SUMMARY IDENTICAL TO TEAM SUMMARY IN EXHIBITION GAME OPTIONS SCREEN PLAYBOOK IDENTICAL TO PLAYBOOK IN EXHIBITION GAME OPTIONS SCREEN GAME HIGHLIGHTS IDENTICAL TO GAME HIGHLIGHTS IN EXHIBITION GAME OPTIONS SCREEN AFTER RUNNING A PLAY, PRESS BUTTON1 TO RETURN TO THE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN. OR PRESS BUTTON2 TO RETURN TO THE GAME OPTIONS SCREEN 23 24 FIELD GOAL PRACTICE THE FIELD GOAL PRACTICE MODE PROVIDES YOU WITH UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE KICKING FIELD GOALS. EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT ACCURACY METERS, AND TRY VARIED DISTANCES AND WIND CONDITIONS (IN RUN/PASS PRACTICE, THERE ARE NO GAME CLOCKS, DOWNS, CHANGES OF POSSESSION, OR SCORES. HIGHLIGHT THIS OPTION ON THE MAIN MENU AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO THE FIELD GOAL OPTIONS SCREEN. THE CONTROLS AND RULES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE PROVIDED IN THE EXHIBITION GAME AND LEAGUE PLAY MODES. HOWEVER, IN THE CONTROLS, YOU SELECT JOYSTICK, KEYBOARD, OR COMPUTER CONTROL FOR THE KICKING TEAM AND THE BLOCKING TEAM, RATHER THAN FOR PLAYER 1 AND PLAYER 2. IN THE RULES, THE QUARTER LENGTH CANNOT BE MODIFIED SINCE IT IRRELEVANT. THE FOLLOWING OPTION IS AVAILABLE: PRACTICE SELECT THIS OPTION TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE FIELD. MOVE THE JOYSTICK UP/DOWN TO CHANGE THE ATTEMPTED DISTANCE. THE ACCURACY METER WILL CHANGE RANDOMLY AS WELL. MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT/RIGHT TO CHANGE THE ANGLE OF THE KICK.' MOVE BALL CLOSER FOR SHORTER ATTEMPT KICK FROM LEFT HASH MARK < > KICK FROM RIGHT HASH MARK MOVE BALL FURTHER AWAY FOR LONGER ATTEMPT REFER TO THE SECTION "THE KICKING GAME" IN THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE CONTRACTIONS ON KICKING FIELD GOALS. PRESS BUTTON2 TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU. 24 25 GAME PLAY OPENING KICKOFF TO BEGIN ANY EXHIBITION OR LEAGUE GAME SELECT THE KICKOFF OPTION IN EITHER THE EXHIBITION GAME OPTIONS SCREEN OR THE LEAGUE PLAY OPTIONS SCREEN. IF YOU ARE THE VISITING TEAM, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CALL "HEADS" OR "TAILS". MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT/RIGHT OR USE THE LEFT/RIGHT ARROW KEYS TO CALL HEADS OR TAILS, THEN PRESS BUTTON1 TO TOSS THE COIN. THE COMPUTER WILL RANDOMLY SELECT THE WINNER OF THE COIN TOSS, THEN THE WINNING TEAM CHOOSES EITHER TO KICK OR RECEIVE. MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT/RIGHT AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO KICK OR RECEIVE. IF YOUR TEAM IS KICKING OFF, MOVE THE JOYSTICK IN ANY DIRECTION TO START THE ACTION AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO KICK THE BALL. (SEE THE SECTION "THE KICKING GAME" IN THIS PLAYERS GUIDE TO LEARN HOW TO OPTIMIZE YOUR KICKING GAME.) PLEASE NOTE THAT IN THE FOLLOWING SECTION: QB EQUALS QUARTERBACK RB EQUALS RUNNING BACK TE EQUALS TIGHT END WR EQUALS WIDE RECEIVER OFFENSE PLAY SELECTION AFTER THE KICKOFF, THE GAME AUTOMATICALLY TAKES YOU TO THE JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL PLAY SELECTION SCREEN, WHICH CONTAINS 24 BUILT-IN OFFENSIVE PLAYS. EACH PLAY IS ILLUSTRATED SO THAT YOU KNOW EACH PLAYER'S ASSIGNMENT. THE NUMBERS "1" AND "2" ON PARTICULAR PLAYERS INDICATE THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RECEIVERS FOR THAT PLAY. 25 26 WHEN THE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN IS DISPLAYED, THE 30 SECOND CLOCK BEGINS RUNNING. YOU MUST SELECT YOUR NEXT OFFENSIVE PLAY AND SNAP THE BALL BEFORE THE 30 SECOND CLOCK EXPIRES. OTHERWISE, YOU WILL BE PENALIZED 5 YARDS FOR DELAY OF GAME. IF YOU ARE JUST LEARNING THE GAME, YOU CAN PRESS SCROLL LOCK TO PAUSE THE GAME WHILE YOU STUDY THE P SELECTION SCREEN. HIGHLIGHT THE PLAY YOU WANT TO CALL AND PRESS BUTTON1. IN PLAYER OR TWO-PLAYER COOPERATIVE GAME, THE GAME WILL RETURN TO THE INFIELD VIEW AND THE TEAMS WILL LINE UP AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. TWO-PLAYER COMPETITIVE GAME (AGAINST EACH OTHER), YOU WILL RETURN TO THE INFIELD VIEW AFTER THE DEFENSE HAS ALSO SELECTED ITS PLAY. TO GO FROM THE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN BACK TO THE CURRENT GAME OPTIONS SCREEN, PRESS ESC (NOT BUTTON2). 12 PLAYS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN IN A ONE-PLAYER GAME OR A TWO-PLAYER COOPERATIVE GAME (AGAINST THE COMPUTER, 6 IN A TWO- PLAYER COMPETITIVE GAME. MOVE THE JOYSTICK UP/DOWN OR PRESS THE UP/DOWN ARROW KEYS TO SCROLL THROUGH THE PLAYBOOK, OR PRESS PAGE UP/PAGE DOWN TO JUMP BETWEEN PAGES OF THE PLAYBOOK. IF YOU HAVE LOADED PLAYBOOK, IT WILL BE DISPLAYED FOLLOWING THE BUILT-IN PLAYS. PULL THE JOYSTICK DOWN OR PRESS THE DOWN ARROW KEY OR PAGE DOWN TO ADVANCE TO YOUR PLAYBOOK. IN A TWO-PLAYER COMPETITIVE GAME (AGAINST EACH OTHER), PLAYER'S 1 PLAYBOOK IS DISPLAY ON THE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN, PLAYER 2'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE PLAY SELECTION IS DESIGNED SO YOU CAN PICK A PLAY WITHOUT YOUR OPPONENT KNOWING YOUR SELECTION. PRESS BUTTON2 AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT TO FAKE A PLAY SELECTION. PRESS BUTTON1 TO CALL THE ACTUAL PLAY YOU WANT. AFTER PRESSING BUTTON1, IF YOU MOVE THE JOYSTICK QUICKLY AND PRESS BUTTON2, THE PLAYBOOK WILL REMAIN ON THE SCREEN UNTIL NO BUTTONS HAVE BEEN PRESSED FOR 1 - 2 SECONDS. THIS WILL HELP TO CONFUSE YOUR OPPONENT AND MAINTAIN YOUR COMPETITIVE EDGE. CHANGING THE PLAYER YOU CONTROL BEFORE THE SNAP UNLESS YOU SELECT OTHERWISE, YOU CONTROL THE QUARTERBACK AFTER THE BALL IS SNAPPED. A YELLOW DIAMOND APPEARS ON THE PLAYER YOUR CURRENTLY CONTROL PRESS BUTTON1 TO CYCLE AMONG THE RUNNING BACKS AND RECEIVERS. THAT PLAYER WILL THEN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE YELLOW DIAMOND, AND A GRAPHIC WILL PROVIDE HIS NAME AND POSITION. 26 27 THE BALL CARRIER ALWAYS FLASHES. (IF YOU ARE USING EGA OR CGA GRAPHICS, THE BALL CARRIER IS IDENTIFIED BY A FOOTBALL ICON.) PRESS BUTTON2 TO TOGGLE BETWEEN HUMAN AND COMPUTER CONTROL.IF COMPUTER CONTROL IS ENABLED, THE COMPUTER WILL RUN THE PLAY. YOU MUST SNAP THE BALL. THE SNAP AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, CALL EITHER A RUNNING OR PASSING PLAY. MOVE THE JOYSTICK TO SNAP THE BALL, AS FOLLOWS: MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT/RIGHT TO SELECT A PASS MOVE THE JOYSTICK UP/DOWN TO SELECT A RUN RUN PASS PASS RUN CALLING AUDIBLES: CALLING AUDIBLES IS SIMPLE WITH JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL. AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, LOOK OVER THE DEFENSE. IF THE DEFENSE FORMATION SEEMS TOO WELL MATCHED WITH THE PLAY YOU SELECTED, YOU CAN CHANGE THE PLAY BY CALLING AN AUDIBLE, THAT IS, BY CALLING A RUN STEAD OF A PASS, OR VICE VERSA. OFFENSIVE CONTROLS USE THE JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD EQUIVALENTS TO GUIDE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PLAYER YOU CONTROL. PASSING PLAYS: IF YOU SELECT A PASSING PLAY AND YOU CONTROL THE QUARTERBACK, TAKE CONTROL OF HIS MOVEMENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SNAP. RECEIVER CAN THE ABILITY TO SEE DOWNFIELD, AND TO FIND AN OPEN MAN WHEN YOUR PRIMARY RECEIVER IS COVERED, IS AN 27 28 ESSENTIAL PART OF BEING A GREAT QUARTERBACK. JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL'S UNIQUE RECEIVER CAN FEATURE ENABLES YOU TO SEE ALL OF YOUR RECEIVERS ON EVERY PASSING PLAY. WHEN YOU SNAP THE BALL, THE RECEIVER CAN AUTOMATICALLY APPEARS IN THE UPPER CORNER OF THE GAME SCREEN. THE RECEIVER CAN SHOWS THE POSITIONS OF ALL ELIGIBLE RECEIVERS AND THE DEFENSIVE BACKS COVERING THEM. CHECK OFF YOUR RECEIVERS QUICKLY . YOU CAN PASS AS LONG AS THE BALL HAS NOT YET CROSSED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. ONCE YOU PASS OR CROSS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, THE RECEIVER CAN AUTOMATICALLY TURNS OFF. RUNNING PLAYS. IF YOU SELECT A RUNNING PLAY AND YOU CONTROL THE QUARTERBACK, THE COMPUTER AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLS THE QUARTERBACK AFTER THE SNAP AND HANDS THE BALL OFF TO THE RUNNING BACK. AT THAT MOMENT, YOU TAKE OVER CONTROL OF THE RUNNING BACK. IN ORDER TO CALL A RUNNING PLAY, ONE OF THE RUNNING BACKS MUST HAVE A RUNNING ASSIGNMENT. IF YOU CONTROL THE DESIGNATED RUNNING BACK AT THE TIME OF THE SNAP, YOU MUST RUN BY THE QUARTERBACK TO RECEIVE THE HANDOFF. OTHERWISE, THE QUARTERBACK WILL DROP BACK TO PASS AND YOU COULD END UP WITH A BROKEN PLAY. IF YOU CONTROL ANOTHER RUNNING BACK OR A RECEIVER (WR OR TE), THE COMPUTER WILL CONTROL MOVEMENT OF THE RUNNING BACK. IF THE BALL HAS NOT YET CROSSED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, YOU CAN PRESS BUTTON2, AND THE BALL WILL BE PASSED TO YOU. PRESS BUTTON2 AFTER THE BALL CROSSES THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO CONTROL THE BALL CARRIER. BALL BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THE FOLLOWING CONTROLS APPLY AFTER THE SNAP BUT BEFORE THE BALL HAS CROSSED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE: YOU ARE THE BALL CARRIER (QB, RB, WR, TE) BUTTON1 PASS THE BALL (IF A FORWARD PASS HAS NOT YET BEEN THROWN) BUTTON2 SELECT AN ALTERNATE RECEIVER 28 29 YOU ARE NOT THE BALL CARRIER BUTTON1 BLOCK OR DIVE BUTTON2 CALL FOR THE BALL(IT WILL BE PASSED TO YOU) IN A PASSING PLAY, DON'T WAIT TOO LONG TO PRESS BUTTON2 TO CALL FOR THE BALL. IF YOU HESITATE, THE QUARTERBACK MIGHT GET SACKED OR FIND HIS OWN RECEIVER. BALL HAS CROSSED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THE FOLLOWING CONTROLS APPLY AFTER THE BALL HAS CROSSED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE: YOU ARE THE BALL CARRIER (QB, RB, WR, TE). BUTTON1 DOES NOT FUNCTION (THE BALL CARRIER MAY NOT PASS ONCE PAST THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE) BUTTON2 DIVE YOU ARE NOT THE BALL CARRIER BUTTON1 BLOCK BUTTON2 YOU TAKE CONTROL OF THE BALL CARRIER AFTER THE PLAY AFTER EACH PLAY, THE PLAY-BY-PLAY WINDOW AUTOMATICALLY APPEARS. IF THE JOYSTICK IS IDLE FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS, THE GAME AUTOMATICALLY RETURNS TO PLAY SELECTION SCREEN . THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVES ARE AVAILABLE: 29 30 BUTTON2 GO TO CURRENT GAME OPTIONS SCREEN JOYSTICK UP/DOWN SCROLLS THROUGH TEXT IN PLAY-BY-PLAY WINDOW JOYSTICK LEFT, THEN BUTTON1 GO TO INSTANT REPLAY DOUBLE CLICK BUTTON1 NO-HUDDLE OFFENSE 1(UPPERKEYBOARD ROW ONLY) CALL TIMEOUT, HOME TEAM = CALL TIMEOUT, VISITING TEAM PLAY-BY-PLAY WINDOW. THE PLAY-BY-PLAY WINDOW PROVIDES AN ANNOUNCER-STYLE SYNOPSIS OF THE LAST PLAY. BOTH THE GAME CLOCK AND THE 30 SECOND CLOCK ARE STOPPED WHILE YOU ARE REVIEWING THE PLAY- BY-PLAY WINDOW. INSTANT REPLAY. THIS FEATURE ENABLES YOU TO VIEW THE LAST PLAY AT FULL SPEED, IN SLOW MOTION, OR FRAME BY FRAME. REFER TO THE SECTION "INSTANT REPLAY AND GAME HIGHLIGHTS" IN THE PLAYER'S GUIDE EXPLANATION OF THE INSTANT REPLAY FEATURES AND CONTROLS. NO HUDDLE OFFENSE. THE PLAYERS RETURN IMMEDIATELY TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, BYPASSING THE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN. BOTH THE OFFENSE AND DEFENSE WILL RUN THE SAME FORMATIONS AS THE PREVIOUS PLAY. CALLING TIMEOUT. YOU CAN CALL TIMEOUT EITHER ON THE FIELD OR FROM THE GAME OPTIONS SCREEN. ON THE FIELD, THE KEY AND = ARE IN EFFECT. OR, YOU CAN SELECT THE TIMEOUT OPTION AT THE GAME OPTIONS SCREEN. WHEN TIMEOUT IS CALLED, BOTH THE GAME CLOCK AND THE 30 SECOND CLOCK ARE STOPPED. THERE IS NO LIMIT ON THE LENGTH OF TIMEOUT. EACH TEAM MAY CALL 3 TIME-OUTS PER HALF. CURRENT GAME OPTIONS SCREEN. THIS SCREEN DISPLAYS UP-TO-DATE GAME STATISTICS, SCORING BY QUARTER, AND THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: 30 31 SELECT PLAY RETURN TO PLAY SELECTION SCREEN TIMEOUT: CALLS TIMEOUT (IN A TWO-PLAYER COMPETITIVE GAME, TIMEOUT IS CHANGED TO THE TEAM THAT SELECTS THIS OPTION) TEAM SUMMARY GOES TO YOUR TEAM'S SCOUTING REPORT/ROSTER PLAYBOOK ENABLES YOU TO CREATE AND EDIT YOUR OWN PLAYS. (REFER TO THE SECTION "THE PLAYBOOK" IN THIS PLAYERS GUIDE) GAME HIGHLIGHTS GO TO THE GAME HIGHLIGHTS WINDOW (REFER TO THE SECTION "INSTANT REPLAY AND GAME HIGHLIGHTS" IN THE PLAYERS GUIDE) SAVE GAME: SAVES THE CURRENT GAME TO DISK. IF YOU ARE PLAYING AN EXHIBITION GAME, THE GAME WILL PROMPT YOU FOR A NAME UNDER WHICH TO SAVE THE SAME. IF YOU ARE PLAYING A LEAGUE GAME, THE GAME WILL BE SAVED AND A FLOPPY DISK ICON WILL APPEAR IN THE GAME'S ENTRY IN THE LEAGUE PLAY MENU. DEFENSE PLAY SELECTION AFTER THE KICKOFF, THE GAME AUTOMATICALLY TAKES YOU TO THE JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL PLAY SECTION SCREEN, WHICH CONTAINS 12 BUILT-IN DEFENSIVE PLAYS. EACH PLAY IS ILLUSTRATED SO THAT YOU KNOW EACH PLAYER'S ASSIGNMENT. DEFENSIVE ASSIGNMENTS ARE INDICATED AS FOLLOWS: 31 32 X ZONE COVERAGE M MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE ARROW BLITZ (CALLED "DOG" FOR A LINEBACKER) YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE ASSIGNMENTS OF LINEBACKERS AND DEFENSIVE BACKS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. REFER TO THE SECTION "BEFORE THE SNAP" IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING. HIGHLIGHT THE PLAY YOU WANT TO CALL AND PRESS BUTTON1. THE GAME WILL RETURN TO THE INFIELD VIEW AND THE TEAMS WILL LINE UP AT THE LINE SCRIMMAGE. TO GO FROM THE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN BACK TO THE CURRENT GAME OPTIONS SCREEN, PRESS ESC. (THIS STOPS THE 30 SECOND CLOCK.) 12 PLAYS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN IN A ONE-PLAYER GAME (OR A TWO PLAYER COOPERATIVE GAME AGAINST THE COMPUTER), 6 IN A TWO- PLAYER GAME. MOVE THE JOYSTICK UP/DOWN OR PRESS THE UP/DOWN ARROW KEYS TO SCROLL THROUGH THE PLAYBOOK, OR PRESS PAGE UP/PAGE DOWN TO JUMP BETWEEN PAGES OF THE PLAYBOOK. IF YOU HAVE LOADED YOUR OWN PLAYBOOK( WILL BE DISPLAYED FOLLOWING THE BUILT-IN PLAYS. PULL THE JOYSTICK DOWN PRESS THE DOWN ARROW KEY OR PAGE DOWN TO ADVANCE TO YOUR PLAYBOOK. IN A TWO-PLAYER COMPETITIVE GAME (AGAINST EACH OTHER), PLAYER 1'S PLAYBOOK IS DISPLAYED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN, PLAYERS 2'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE PLAY SELECTION IS DESIGNED SO YOU CAN PICK A PLAY WITHOUT YOUR OPPONENT KNOWING YOUR SELECTION. PRESS BUTTON AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT TO FAKE A PLAY SELECTION. PRESS BUTTON CALL THE ACTUAL PLAY YOU WANT. AFTER PRESSING BUTTON1 , IF YOU MOVE THE JOYSTICK QUICKLY AND PRESS BUTTON2, THE PLAYBOOK WILL REMAIN ON THE SCREEN UNTIL NO BUTTONS HAVE BEEN PRESSED FOR 1 - 2 SECONDS. THIS WILL HELP TO CONFUSE YOUR OPPONENT. THE OFFENSE HAS 30 SECONDS TO MAKE A PLAY SELECTION. YOU CAN WAIT THE 30 SECOND CLOCK IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN. AFTER THE OFFENSE SELECTS ITS PLAY, THE DEFENSE GETS AS MUCH TIME AS IT NEEDS TO SELECT A PLAY. 32 - 33 BEFORE THE SNAP THE PLAYER YOU CURRENTLY CONTROL IS IDENTIFIED BY A YELLOW DIAMOND ON HIS JERSEY. BEFORE THE SNAP, YOU CAN CHANGE THE PLAYER YOU CONTROL. PRESS BUTTON1 TO CYCLE AMONG THE PLAYERS; YOU WILL CONTROL THE HIGHLIGHTED PLAYER. YOU CAN ALSO CHANGE THE ASSIGNED COVERAGE OF ANY LINEBACKER OR DEFENSIVE BACK. IF EFFECT, THIS ENABLES YOU TO CALL AUDIBLES ON DEFENSE. HIGHLIGHT THE PLAYERS WHOSE ASSIGNMENT YOU WANT TO CHANGE, THEN MOVE THE JOYSTICK TOWARD THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO CALL FOR A BLITZ (THE TERM 'DOG' IS USED FOR LINEBACKERS). MOVE THE JOYSTICK AWAY FROM THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO CALL FOR MAN-TO- MAN OR ZONE COVERAGE (WHICHEVER IS APPROPRIATE TO THE FORMATION YOU CALLED IN THE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN). LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BLITZ CHANGE COVERAGE J PRESS BUTTON2 PRIOR TO THE SNAP TO TURN COMPUTER CONTROL ON/OFF. AFTER THE SNAP USE THE JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD EQUIVALENTS TO GUIDE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PLAYER YOU CONTROL.L IN A PASSING PLAY, PRESS BUTTON1 TO TACKLE. BUT WATCH OUT! YOU CAN BE PENALIZED FOR PASS INTERFERENCE IF YOU TRY TO TACKLE A RECEIVER BEFORE THE BALL ARRIVES. IN EITHER A RUNNING OR PASSING PLAY, PRESS BUTTON2 AFTER THE SNAP TO BECOME THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER CLOSEST TO THE BALL CARRIER OR INTENDED RECEIVER. FOR EXAMPLE: IN A PASSING PLAY, BEFORE THE BALL IS THROWN, PRESS BUTTON2 TO CHASE THE QUARTERBACK. AFTER THE BALL IS THROWN, PRESS BUTTON2 TO BECOME THE CLOSEST DEFENDER TO THE INTENDED RECEIVER 33 34 IF YOU ARE ALREADY THE CLOSEST DEFENDER TO THE INTENDED RECEIVER, PRESS BUTTON2 TO JUMP FOR THE BALL. YOU ARE THE CLOSEST PLAYER TO THE BALL CARRIER OR INTENDED RECEIVER BUTTON1 TACKLE BUTTON2 JUMP TO INTERCEPT(AFTER THE BALL IS THROWN, IF YOU ARE THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER CLOSEST TO THE INTENDED RECEIVER) YOU ARE NOT THE CLOSEST PLAYER TO THE BALL CARRIER BUTTON1 TACKLE BUTTON2 TAKE CONTROL OF THE CLOSEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER TO THE BALL CARRIER OR THE INTENDED RECEIVER (AFTER THE BALL IS THROWN) 34 35 THE KICKING GAME MASTERING THE KICKING GAME IS ESSENTIAL TO BECOMING AN EXPERT JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL PLAYER. THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS OF THE KICKING GAME IN JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL: KICKOFFS PUNTS FIELD GOALS AND EXTRA POINTS THE ACCURACY METER ON ANY KICKING PLAY, AN ACCURACY METER APPEARS ON THE SCREEN IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE PLAY BEGINS. THIS ACCURACY METER CONTROLS THE DISTANCE THE BALL TRAVELS, BASED ON THE TYPE OF KICK, THE ABILITY OF THE KICKER, WIND CONDITIONS, AND OTHER FACTORS. ALTHOUGH EACH PART OF THE KICKING GAME HAS UNIQUE ELEMENTS WHICH ARE EXPLAINED IN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS, ALWAYS PRESS BUTTON1 TO KICK THE BALL. TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM DISTANCE, KICK THE BALL AT THE PEAK OF THE ACCURACY METER. TO KICK A SHORT DISTANCE, KICK THE BALL BEFORE OR AFTER THE ACCURACY METER PEAKS. USE THE FIELD GOAL PRACTICE MODE TO IMPROVE YOUR KICKING SKILLS. KICKOFFS THE KICKOFF BEGINS GAMEPLAY AT THE START OF EVERY GAME, THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND HALF, AND WHEN EVER EITHER TEAM SCORES. IF YOU CONTROL THE KICK ING TEAM, THE GAME ASSUMES YOU WANT TO CONTROL THE KICKER. PRESS BUTTON1 TO CYCLE AMONG THE PLAYERS; YOU WILL CONTROL THE HIGHLIGHTED PLAYER. PRESS BUTTON2 TO TURN COMPUTER CONTROL ON/OFF. 35 36 MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT/RIGHT TO BEGIN YOUR APPROACH TO THE BALL THEN HOLD THE JOYSTICK UP/DOWN TO DIRECT THE BALL TO THE FAR OR NEAR THE SIDELINE. WATCH THE ACCURACY METER AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO KICKOFF. DIRECT BALL TOWARD TOP OF SCREEN (FAR SIDELINE) BEGIN APPROACH TO THE BALL BEGIN APPROACH TO THE BALL DIRECT BALL TOWARD BOTTOM OF SCREEN (NEAR SIDELINE) IF YOU CONTROL THE RECEIVING TEAM, YOU WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THE KICK RETURNER AS SOON AS HE CATCHES THE BALL. IF THE BALL TRAVELS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE RECEIVING TEAM'S END ZONE WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED, THE GAME ASSUMES THAT A TOUCHBACK HAS OCCURRED, AND THE BALL IS AUTOMATICALLY PLACED ON THE RECEIVING TEAM 20 YARD LINE. THE KICKING TEAM CAN RECOVER ANY LOOSE BALL, AS LONG AS THE KICKOFF TRAVELED AT LEAST 10 YARDS. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE BALL ROLLS INTO THE ZONE UNTOUCHED, THE KICKING TEAM CAN RECOVER IT FOR A TOUCHDOWN PUNTS PUNT WHEN: IT IS FOURTH DOWN, AND YOUR TEAM IS TOO FAR FROM THE OPPONENT'S END ZONE TO KICK A FIELD GOAL, OR THE YARDAGE REQUIRED FOR A FIRST DOWN MAKES ACHIEVING ONE UNLIKELY AND/OR FAILURE TO ACHIEVE A FIRST DOWN WOULD GIVE YOUR OPPONENT THREATENING FIELD POSITION MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT/RIGHT TO SNAP THE BALL TO THE PUNTER OR MOVE THE JOYSTICK UP/DOWN TO CALL A FAKE PUNT AND SNAP THE BALL TO THE PUNTER. 36 37 SNAP TO PUNTER FOR FAKE PUNT SNAP TO PUNTER SNAP TO PUNTER SNAP TO PUNTER FOR FAKE PUNT IF YOU CALLED A REAL PUNT, HOLD THE JOYSTICK UP/DOWN TO DIRECT THE BALL TO THE FAR OR NEAR SIDE LINE. WATCH THE ACCURACY METER AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO KICK THE BALL. THEN MOVE THE JOYSTICK UP/DOWN TO DIRECT THE BALL TOWARD THE FAR OR NEAR SIDELINE. DIRECT BALL TOWARD TOP OF SCREEN (FAR SIDELINE) DIRECT BALL TOWARD BOTTOM OF SCREEN (NEAR SIDELINE) IF YOU CALLED A FAKE PUNT, THE PUNTER BECOMES THE BALL CARRIER, AND ORDINARY OFFENSIVE CONTROLS ARE ACTIVATED. (REFER TO THE SECTION "OFFENSE" IN THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE). FIELD GOALS AND EXTRA POINTS KICK A FILED GOAL WHEN: IT IS FOURTH DOWN OR YOU ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE PLAY IN EITHER HALF AND YOU ARE WITHIN SUFFICIENTLY CLOSE RANGE OF THE OPPONENT'S GOAL POST (TYPICALLY 50 YARDS OR LESS; REMEMBER, THE BALL IS SPOTTED 7 YARDS BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, AND THE GOAL POST IS 10 YARDS DEEP IN THE END ZONE, ADDING 17 YARDS TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO THE END ZONE) AND SCORING 3 POINTS IS SUFFICIENT OBJECTIVE. (FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOUR ARE TRAILING BY 5 POINTS LATE IN THE GAME,K YOU MIGHT CHOOSE TO TRY FOR A FIRST DOWN RATHER THAN KICKING A FIELD GOAL.) 37 38 KICK AN EXTRA POINT EACH TIME YOUR TEAM SCORES A TOUCHDOWN. WATCH THE FLAGS ON THE GOAL POST TO ASSESS THE DIRECTION AND STRENGTH OF THE WIND. PRESS BUTTON1 TO SNAP THE BALL TO THE PLACE HOLDER. HOLD THE THE JOYSTICK LEFT/RIGHT TO DIRECT THE KICK AGAINST THE WIND. THEN WATCH THE ACCURACY METER AND PRESS BUTTON1 AGAIN TO KICK THE BALL FAKE PUNTS AND FIELD GOALS. OCCASIONALLY YOU MAY WANT TO PRETEND YOU'RE KICKING A PUNT OR FIELD GOAL, BUT REALLY TRY FOR A FIRST DOWN OR EVEN A TOUCHDOWN INSTEAD. TO DO THIS, YOU FIRST SELECT PUNT OR FIELD GOAL FROM THE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN. TO PUNT, PULL THE JOYSTICK UP/DOWN TO SNAP THE BALL. TO KICK A FIELD GOAL, HOLD THE JOYSTICK DOWN AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO SNAP THE BALL TO THE PLACE HOLDER. THE SCREEN REVERTS TO THE NORMAL ENFIELD VIEW. THE PLACE HOLDER BECOMES THE BALL CARRIER, AND ORDINARY OFFENSIVE CONTROLS ARE ACTIVATED. (REFER TO THE SECTION "OFFENSE" IN THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE.) KICKING GAME DEFENSE - FIELD GOALS, AND EXTRA POINTS IF YOU CONTROL THE DEFENDING TEAM, WAIT UNTIL THE BALL IS SNAPPED THEN MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT/CENTER/RIGHT AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO MAKE THE LEFT/MIDDLE/RIGHT LINEBACKER JUMP TO TRY AND BLOCK KICK. 38 39 THE PLAYBOOK THE STANDARD PLAYBOOK INCLUDES 24 OFFENSIVE AND 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYS. YOU CAN CREATE CUSTOM PLAYS AND SAVE THEM IN ADDITIONAL PLAYBOOKS ; EACH PLAYBOOK CAN INCLUDE UP TO 24 OFFENSIVE AND 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYS. EACH PLAY IS ILLUSTRATED SO THAT YOUR KNOW EACH PLAYER'S ASSIGNMENT. THE NUMBERS "1" AND "2" ON PARTICULAR PLAYERS INDICATE THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RECEIVERS FOR THAT PLAY. THE PLAYBOOK IS AVAILABLE IN THE FIRST THREE GAMEPLAY MODE (EXHIBITION GAME, LEAGUE PLAY AND RUN/PASS PRACTICE) SELECT THE MODE YOU WANT FROM THE MAIN MENU, THEN SELECT PLAYBOOK FROM THE OPTIONS SCREEN THAT FOLLOWS. THE PLAYBOOK SCREEN WILL APPEAR, OFFERING THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: EDIT OFFENSE/DEFENSE LOAD PLAYBOOK SAVE PLAYBOOK DONE THE PLAYBOOK SCREEN EDIT SELECT HIS OPTION TO VIEW, EDIT, ADD, OR DELETE A CUSTOM PLAY. A SECONDARY PLAYBOOK SCREEN WILL APPEAR OFFERING THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: VIEW/EDIT PLAYS ADD PLAY DELETE PLAY 39 40 VIEW/EDIT PLAYS ENABLES YOU TO VIEW THE ENTIRE PLAYBOOK (OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE) AND EDIT CUSTOM PLAYS YOU HAVE ALREADY CREATED. SELECT THIS OPTION HIGHLIGHT THE PLAY YOU WANT TO VIEW OR EDIT, THE PRESS BUTTON1. THE GAME WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PLAY EDITOR SCREEN. REFER TO THE SECTION "THE PLAY EDITOR SCREEN" BELOW. ADD PLAY ENABLES YOU TO CREATE NEW CUSTOM PLAYBOOK AND ADD THEM TO THE PLAYBOOK. REFER TO THE SECTION "THE PLAY EDITOR SCREEN" BELOW. DELETE PLAY DELETES PLAYS FROM YOUR CUSTOM PLAYBOOK. WHEN YOU SELECT THIS OPTION, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED "SELECT PLAY TO DELETE : ". HIGHLIGHT THE PLAY YOU WANT TO DELETE AND PRESS BUTTON1. OFFENSE/SELECT THIS OPTION TO TOGGLE BETWEEN YOUR OFFENSIVE DEFENSE:AND DEFENSIVE PLAYS. LOAD SELECT THIS OPTION TO LOAD A CUSTOM PLAYBOOK. PLAYBOOK:PLAYBOOK WILL BE APPENDED TO THE END OF THE STANDARD; PLAYBOOK. YOU MAY LOAD ONLY ONE CUSTOM PLAYBOOK AT A TIME. SAVE SELECT THIS OPTION TO SAVE A CUSTOM PLAYBOOK Y PLAYBOOK:CREATED. YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO TYPE THE NAME UNDER WHICH YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR PLAYBOOK. NAME AND PRESS ENTER. DONE:SELECT THIS OPTION TO EXIT FROM THE PLAYBOOK. IF YOU HAVE CREATED BUT NOT YET SAVED ANY CUSTOM PLAYS; WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE SCREEN PROMPT "QUIT WITHOUT SAVING CHANGED CUSTOM PLAYS?". PRESS Y TO ( N TO RETURN TO PREVIOUS SELECTIONS, AND PRESS BUTTON1. DESIGNING CUSTOM PLAYS TO DESIGN YOUR OWN CUSTOM PLAYS, IMPLEMENT THE STEPS LISTED FOLLOWING PAGE: 40 41 1. SELECT THE GAMEPLAY MODE YOU WANT (EXHIBITION GAME, LEAGUE PLAY, OR RUN/PASS PRACTICE). THE APPROPRIATE OPTIONS SCREEN WILL APPEAR. 2. SELECT PLAYBOOK FROM THE OPTIONS SCREEN THAT APPEARS .. THE PLAYBOOK SCREEN WILL APPEAR. 3. SELECT OFFENSE/DEFENSE FROM THE PLAYBOOK SCREEN TO CHOOSE WHICH TYPE OF PLAY YOU WILL DESIGN. THEN SELECT EDIT. A SECONDARY PLAYBOOK SCREEN WILL APPEAR OFFERING THREE OPTIONS. VIEW/EDIT PLAYS ADD PLAY DELETE PLAY 4. SELECT ADD PLAY TO BRING UP THE PLAY EDITOR SCREEN AND BEGIN BUILDING YOUR OWN PLAY. THE SELECTION ADD PLAY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED AT THE TOP OF THIS SCREEN AS YOU CREATE YOUR PLAY, EVERYTHING YOU DO WILL BE ILLUSTRATED IN THE PLAY WINDOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. THE PLAY EDITOR SCREEN (OFFENSE) DONE RETURNS THE GAME TO THE PLAYBOOK SCREEN, WITH THE NEW PLAY INCLUDED IN THE PLAYBOOK ABORT PROMPTS "ABORT WITHOUT SAVING CHANGES?" TYPE Y TO RETURN TO THE PLAYBOOK SCREEN WITHOUT SAVING THE NEW PLAY. NAME HIGHLIGHT THIS OPTION AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO EDITOR THE NAME OF THE PLAY YOU ARE CREATING. PRESS BACKSPACE TO ERASE ANY UNWANTED CHARACTERS, AND TYPE ANY NAME YOU WANT UP TO 15 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. 41 42 FORMATION: SETS THE FORMATION FOR YOUR PLAY. PRESS BUTTON1 TO CYCLE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT FORMATIONS AVAILABLE IN THE GAME. THE HIGHLIGHTED PLAYERS ARE THE ONES AFFECTED BY YOUR SELECTION. REFER TO THE SECTION "GAMEPLAY STRATEGY'" IN THIS PLAYER'S GUIDE FOR A DISCUSSION OF THE AVAILABLE FORMATIONS AND PLAY CONSTRUCTION STRATEGY. FRONT SETS THE FORMATION FOR YOUR RECEIVERS (WR AND TE). BACK SETS THE FORMATION FOR YOUR BACKFIELD (QB AND RBS). OPTIONS: HIGHLIGHT THE DESIRED OPTION AND PRESS BUTTON1 SELECT IT. THEN USE THE JOYSTICK TO CYCLE THROUGH 1 AVAILABLE PLAYERS. RECVR 1: AND RECVR 2: SET YOUR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RECEIVERS, RESPECTIVELY. MAN IN MOTION SETS A MAN IN MOTION, IF DESIRED POSITION CYCLES THROUGH ALL ELEVEN PLAYERS SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THEM INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTIONS SUCH AS RECEIVER ROUTES, BLOCKING ASSIGNMENTS, ETC. USE THE JOYSTICK TO CYCLE THROUGH THE PLAYERS, AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO SELECT ANY PLAYER WHOSE ASSIGNMENT YOU WANT TO EDIT. USE THE JOYSTICK TO CYCLE THROUGH POSSIBLE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THAT PLAYER, AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO SELECT THE PLAYER'S NEW ASSIGNMENT. THE PLAY EDITOR SCREEN (DEFENSE) DONE:RETURNS THE GAME TO THE PLAYBOOK SCREEN WITH THE NEW PLAY INCLUDED IN THE PLAYBOOK 42 43 ABORT PROMPTS "ABORT WITHOUT SAVING CHANGES?". TYPE Y TO RETURN TO THE PLAYBOOK SCREEN WITHOUT SAVING THE NEW PLAY. NAME HIGHLIGHT THIS OPTION AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO EDIT THE NAME OF THE PLAY YOU ARE CREATING. PRESS BACKSPACE TO ERASES ANY UNWANTED CHARACTERS, AND TYPE ANY NAME YOU WANT UP TO 15 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. FORMATION SETS THE FORMAT FOR YOUR PRESS BUTTON1 TO CYCLE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT FORMATIONS AVAILABLE IN THE GAME. THE HIGHLIGHTED PLAYERS ARE THE ONE AFFECTED BY YOUR SELECTION. REFER TO THE SECTION GAMEPLAY STRATEGY" IN THE PLAYER'S GUIDE FOR A DISCUSSION OF THE AVAILABLE FORMATIONS AND PLAY CONSTRUCTION STRATEGY. FRONT SETS THE FORMATION FOR YOUR LINEBACKERS AND DEFENSIVE LINEMEN. BACK SET THE FORMATION FOR YOUR DEFENSIVE BACKS (SAFETIES AND CORNERBACKS) POSITION CYCLES THROUGH ALL ELEVEN PLAYERS TO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THEM INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTIONS FOR ZONE OR MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE, DOG, OR BLITZ. ("DOS" REFERS TO A BLITZING LINEBACKER.) USE THE JOYSTICK TO CYCLE THROUGH THE PLAYERS, AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO SELECT ANY PLAYER WHOSE ASSIGNMENT YOU WANT TO EDIT. THEN, MOVE THE JOYSTICK TO CYCLE THROUGH POSSIBLE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THAT PLAYER, AND PRESS BUTTON1 TO SELECT THE PLAYERS NEXT ASSIGNMENT. DELETING CUSTOM PLAYS TO DELETE ANY CUSTOM PLAY YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY CREATED AND SAVED, IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING STEPS: 1. SELECT THE GAMEPLAY MODE YOU WANT (EXHIBITION GAME, LEAGUE PLAY, OR RUN/PASS PRACTICE). THE APPROPRIATE OPTIONS SCREEN WILL APPEAR. 43 44 2. SELECT PLAYBOOK FROM THE OPTIONS SCREEN THAT APPEARS 3. SELECT OFFENSE/DEFENSE FROM THE PLAYBOOK SCREEN TO CHOOSE WHICH TYPE OF PLAY YOU WILL DELETE. THEN SELECT EDIT. A SECONDARY PLAYBOOK SCREEN WILL APPEAR OFFERING THREE OPTIONS: VIEW/EDIT PLAYS ADD PLAY DELETE PLAY 4. SELECT DELETE PLAY AND THE PROMPT "SELECT PLAY TO DELETE:" WILL APPEAR. HIGHLIGHT THE PLAY TO DELETE AND PRESS BUTTON1. SAVING A CUSTOM PLAYBOOK 1. SELECT DONE FROM THE PLAY EDITOR SCREEN. THIS RETURNS YOU TO THE SECONDARY PLAYBOOK SCREEN. 2. PRESS BUTTON2. THIS RETURNS THE GAME TO THE MAIN PLAYBOOK SCREEN. 3. HIGHLIGHT SAVE PLAYBOOK AND PRESS BUTTON1 THE SAVE CUSTOM PLAYBOOK WINDOW WILL APPEAR. 4. ENTER A NAME FOR THIS PLAYBOOK AND PRESS ENTER. THE NAME MUST BE A LEGAL DOS FILENAME (8 CHARACTERS OR LESS) INSTANT REPLAY AND GAME HIGHLIGHT INSTANT REPLAY ENABLES YOU TO VIEW THE LAST PLAY RUN. YOU REVIEW THE PLAY FORWARD OR IN REVERSE, AT NORMAL SPEED, IN SLOW OR FRAME BY FRAME. IN ADDITION, YOU CAN FREEZE ANY FRAME TO STUDY MORE CLOSELY. BY SAVING AND COMBINING INSTANT REPLAYS, YOU HIGHLIGHT REEL OF ANY GAME THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PLAYED (NOT SIMULATED BY THE COMPUTER). 44 45 AN INSTANT REPLAY CAN BE ACCESSED IN TWO WAYS: IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PLAY, FROM ON FIELD VIEW FROM THE CURRENT GAME OPTIONS SCREEN FROM THE FIELD WHEN THE PLAY-BY-PLAY WINDOW APPEARS MOVE THE JOYSTICK LEFT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORD "REPLAY" IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER. PRESS BUTTON1. THIS PUTS THE GAME IN REPLAY MODE AND A REPLAY WINDOW APPEARS IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE SCREEN. YOU CANNOT SAVE AN INSTANT REPLAY WHEN VIEWING IT DIRECTLY FROM THE FIELD. FORM THE CURRENT GAME OPTIONS SCREEN. USE THE CURRENT GAME OPTIONS SCREEN TO REVIEW AND SAVE ANY INSTANT REPLAY. WHEN THE PLAY-BY-PLAY WINDOW APPEAR, PRESS BUTTON2 TO GO TO THE CURRENT GAME OPTIONS SCREEN. SELECT GAME HIGHLIGHTS, AND A GAME HIGHLIGHTS WINDOW WILL APPEAR. THIS WINDOW DISPLAYS INSTANT REPLAYS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAVED AND PRESENTS FIVE OPTIONS: SUMMARY VIEW EDIT STORE REMOVE PRESS BUTTON2 TO RETURN TO THE CURRENT GAME OPTIONS SCREEN AND RESUME THE GAME. 45 46 THE GAME HIGHLIGHTS SCREEN SUMMARY:SELECT THIS OPTION TO GO TO THE GAME - SUMMARY WINDOW. THIS WINDOW DISPLAYS STATISTICS AND SCORING FOR THE CURRENT GAME. PRESS BUTTON1 TO RETURN TO THE GAME HIGHLIGHTS SCREEN VIEW : SELECT THIS OPTION TO VIEW AN INSTANT REPLAY HIGHLIGHT VIEW AND PULL THE JOYSTICK RIGHT TO HIGHLIGHT THE LIST OF SAVED INSTANT REPLAYS. TO VIEW THE LAST PLAY PULL THE JOYSTICK RIGHT AGAIN. TO VIEW ANY SAVED INSTANT REPLAY, HIGHLIGHT THAT REPLAY AND PRESS BUTTON1. PRESS BUTTON2 TO STOP THE INSTANT REPLAY. THIS WILL CAUSE THE OPTION NEXT REEL TO APPEAR IN THE PLAY-BY-PLAY BOX. PRESS BUTTON1 TO LOAD THE NEXT SAVED INSTANT REPLAY. PRESS BUTTON2 TO RETURN TO THE GAME HIGHLIGHTS SCREEN. EDIT: SELECT THIS OPTION TO RENAME ANY SAVED INSTANT REPLAY HIGHLIGHT THE INSTANT REPLAY WHOSE NAME YOU WANT TO CHANGE, THEN PRESS BUTTON1. USE BACKSPACE TO ERASE UNWANTED CHARACTERS AND TYPE IN THE NEW NAME. THIS INSTANT REPLAY WILL NOW BE SAVED UNDER THE NEW NAME ONLY. STORE: SELECT THIS OPTION TO SAVE THE LAST PLAY BUTTON1 IS PRESSED, THE PLAY WILL BE AD LIST OF SAVED INSTANT REPLAYS. EDIT THEN PRESS BUTTON1 AGAIN TO SAVE. 46 47 IF THE CURRENT GAME IS BEING PLAYED IN LEAGUE PLAY MODE, THE INSTANT REPLAY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ADDED TO THE HIGHLIGHT REEL FOR THAT GAME. IF THE CURRENT GAME IS BEING PLAYED IN EXHIBITION GAME MODE, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO NAME THE HIGHLIGHT REEL THE FIRST TIME YOU SAVE AN INSTANT REPLAY FROM THAT GAME. REMOVE SELECTION THIS OPTION TO DELETE ANY SAVED INSTANT REPLAY. HIGHLIGHT THE NAME OF THE REPLAY YOU WANT TO DELETE, AND PRESS BUTTON1. THEN TYPE Y IN RESPONSE TO THE PROMPT "REMOVE THIS HIGHLIGHT?" INSTANT REPLAY CONTROLS. MOVE THE JOYSTICK RIGHT TO START THE INSTANT REPLAY. THEN HOLD THE JOYSTICK RIGHT/CENTER/LEFT TO ADVANCE/FREEZE/REWIND. MOVE REPLAY WINDOW UP REWIND FREEZE FORWARD FRAME MOVE REPLAY WINDOW DOWN TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE INSTANT REPLAY, HOLD THE JOYSTICK AS FOLLOWS: REWIND FORWARD NORMAL SLOW FREEZE SLOW NORMAL SPEED MOTION FRAME MOTION SPEED JOYSTICK FAR RIGHT NORMAL SPEED FORWARD JOYSTICK HALF RIGHT SLOW MOTION FORWARD JOYSTICK CENTER FREEZE FRAME JOYSTICK HALF LEFT SLOW MOTION REVERSE JOYSTICK FAR LEFT NORMAL SPEED REVERSE TO RETURN TO GAMEPLAY MODE, PRESS BUTTON2 47 48 FUMBLES, INTERCEPTIONS, AND INJURIES FUMBLES WHEN A BALL CARRIER FUMBLES THE BALL, ALL PLAYERS IN THE AREA WILL GO FOR THE BALL. IF YOU ARE CONTROLLING A PLAYER NEAR THE BALL, YOU CAR. THE BALL BY PRESSING BUTTON2. INTERCEPTIONS ON DEFENSE, IF YOU ARE THE DEFENDER CLOSEST TO THE INTENDED RECEIVER AND YOU ARE COVERING THE RECEIVER VERY CLOSELY, YOU CAN ATTEMPT TO INTERCEPT A PASS BY PRESSING BUTTON2 JUST AS THE BALL ARRIVES. THIS MAKE YOUR DEFENDER JUMP FOR THE BALL. INJURIES JUST AS IN REAL FOOTBALL, INJURIES ARE A PART OF JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL. WHEN A PLAYER IS INJURED, THE GAME STOPS, AND THE INJURED PLAYER CARRIED OFF ON A STRETCHER. THEN THE COMPUTER SUBSTITUTES THE ALTERNATE FOR THAT STARTER FROM THE ROSTER. THIS PLAYER IS AUTOMATICALLY PUT GAME. ALTERNATE PLAYERS CANNOT BE INJURED UNTIL THE CORRESPONDING STARTER HAS RECOVERED. PENALTIES THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES CAN BE CALLED IN JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL DELAY OF THIS PENALTY IS CALLED WHENEVER THE OFFENSIVE GAME FAILS TO MAKE A PLAY SELECTION AND SNAP THE BEFORE THE 30 SECOND CLOCK RUNS DOWN. SAFETY WHENEVER A BALL CARRIER IS TACKLED IN HIS OWN ZONE, A SAFETY IS CALLED. THE OPPOSING TEAM SCORES TWO POINTS AND RECEIVES THE ENSUING KICKOFF. : 48 49 KICKING TEAM MUST KICK FROM ITS OWN 20 YARD LINE, RATHER THAN FROM THE 35 YARD LINE. (ONE EXCEPTION OCCURS WHEN A BALL CARRIER RECEIVES A KICKOFF OR PUNT IN THE END ZONE AND IS TACKLED IN THE END ZONE WITHOUT EVER HAVING CROSSED THE GOAL LINE ONTO THE FIELD. THIS RESULTS IN A TOUCHBACK, AND THE RECEIVING TEAM CARRIER FUMBLES THE BALL, ALL PLAYERS IN THE AREA WILL GO BEGINS ITS OFFENSE FROM ITS OWN 20 YARD LINE. PASS INTERFERENCE THIS PENALTY IS CALLED WHEN A DEFENSIVE PLAYER TACKLES THE INTENDED RECEIVER (BUTTON1) BEFORE THE BALL REACHES THE RECEIVER. THE OFFENSE IS AWARDED A FIRST DOWN, AND THE BALL IS SPOTTED WHERE THE PENALTY OCCURRED. IF THE PENALTY WAS CALLED IN THE END ZONE, THE BALL IS SPOTTED ON THE 1 YARD LINE. 49 51 JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL STRATEGY WHEN I COME OUT OF THE HUDDLE TO TAKE THE SNAP FROM CENTER, MY EYES ARE FOCUSED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE DEFENSE. I'M LOOKING TO SEE IF THE "D" IS IN A STRANGE FORMATION. AT THE SAME TIME I'M LOOKING TO MAKE SURE MY TEAMMATES ARE LINED UP CORRECTLY. THEN I LOOK AT THE DEFENSIVE FROM. MAY TIME THEY'RE LINED UP IN A 3-4 (THREE LINEMEN, FOUR LINEBACKERS) AND I CALL OUT THE DEFENSIVE FRONT. THEN I LOOK OVER THE DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD TO CHECK THEIR COVERAGE. SOME TEAMS TIP THEIR HAND. THIS CALLED "READING", AND IT'S STILL GOING ON WHEN THE BALL IS SNAPPED. MAY TIME A DEFENSIVE BACK WILL TAKE A STEP UP TOWARD OUR OFFENSIVE LINE BEFORE THE SNAP FROM CENTER. THIS COULD MEAN A BIG PLAY FOR THE TEAM. 1..2..3 IN THE TIME IT TAKE TO COUNT TO THREE, JOE MONTANA HAS TAKEN THE SNAP FROM CENTER, DROPPED BACK INTO THE POCKET , READ THE DEFENSIVE COVERAGE, PICKED OUT HIS RECEIVER AND RIFLED THE BALL TO HIM. HE DOES THIS WILE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO SLAM HIM TO THE GROUND. JOE WORKS IN AN OFFENSIVE SYSTEM WHERE HE QUICKLY LOOKS TO ONE, TWO AND EVEN THREE RECEIVERS TO FIND THE OPEN MAN. BUT WHEN THAT SYSTEM FAILS, WHEN ONE ONE IS OPEN, MONTANA HAS THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. IN A FLASH , JOE TAKES THE SNAP FROM CENTER AND TAKES TWO QUICK STEPS BACK. HE IMMEDIATELY CHECKS THE OPPONENT'S SAFETIES AND LINE BACKERS TO SEE IF THERE IS A BLITZ. IF THERE IS HE MAY DUMP THE BALL OFF SHORT TO THE "HOT" RECEIVER. THAT'S THE RECEIVER WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED TO RECEIVE THE BALL IF THE BLITZ IS ON. IF THERE ISN'T A BLITZ, HE LOOKS TO THE SAFETIES TO FIGURE OUT THE COVERAGE. NEXT, HE DROPS BACK INTO THE POCKET. ALL HE SEE ARE HIS RECEIVERS AND THE DEFENDERS COVERING THEM. HE DOESN'T REALLY SEE HIS OWN OFFENSIVE LINE, OR THE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN RUSHING TOWARD HIM. INSTEAD, HE "FEELS THE COLOR." SAYS JOE, 51 52 "FEELING THE COLOR IS HOW I'M ABLE TO TELL WHEN I'M GETTING PRESSURED IN THE POCKET. WHEN THE DEFENSE PUTS I A STRONG RUSH, I SEE THE COLORS. I ONLY SEE COLORS, NOT FACE HELMETS, ARMS OR LEGS. JUST THAT WALL. IF THE GUYS ARE WEARING RED JERSEYS AND OUR OPPONENTS WHITE, MY VISION PICKS UP ANY COLOR CHANGES. IF THE WALL OF COLORS QUICKLY CHANGES FROM RED TO WHITE IN THE FIRST TWO STEPS OF MY DROP BACK, THINGS REGISTER AUTOMATICALLY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR COLOR CHANGES UP THE MIDDLE. I MOVE OUT OF THE POCKET FAST WHEN THAT HAPPENS." ALL THIS TAKES PLACE IN ABOUT THREE SECONDS. IT TAKES YEARS OF PRACTICE AND EXCELLENT INSTINCTS TO BE A QUARTERBACK. AS JOE SAYS, "A GOOD I BACK DAMN WELL BETTER BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE AND THINK FAST OR HE'S IN - AS IN BONE-BREAKING - TROUBLE." USING OFFENSIVE FORMATIONS YOUR PLAY SELECTION IS THE KEY TO WINNING GAMES IN JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL. CHOOSE YOUR PLAYS AND FORMATIONS WELL AND YOU'LL BE ON WAY TO SUPER SUNDAY. BUT IF YOU JUST PICK PLAYS RANDOMLY, YOU'LL PROBABILITY END UP CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STANDINGS AT THE END OF THE SEASON. JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL HAS A PLAYBOOK OF 24 PLAYS. ALL THESE PLAYS (EXCEPT FOR PUNTING AND FIELD GOALS) ARE BASED ON FOUR BASIC FOOTBALL FORMATIONS. YOU CAN PASS OR RUN FROM ANY PLAY FORMATION, BUT EACH HAS DISTINCT ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. FOR EXAMPLE, CERTAIN PLAYS@ ARE BETTER SUITED FOR THE RUN THAN THE PASS. HERE ARE THE FOUR FOR. AND THE PLAYS FROM THE JOE MONTANA PLAYBOOK THAT USE EACH FORMATION. BACKFIELD FORMATIONS 1. THE PROSET FORMATION EXAMPLES OF PROSET FORMATION PLAYS IN THE PLAYBOOK: POWER SWEEP, WS ROLLOUT OUT, XI DEEP CROSS, OFF-TACKLE LEFT. THE PROSET FORMATION PROVIDES A BALANCE BETWEEN THE RUNNING AND THE PASSING GAME. FOR THIS REASON IT IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED FORMATION. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE 52 53 PLAYBOOK USES THREE RUNNING PLAYS AND THREE PASSING PLAYS FROM THE PROSET. IN THIS FORMATION, THE TWO RUNNING BACKS LINE UP BEHIND THE QUARTERBACK AND TO EITHER SIDE OF HIM. THE FULLBACK LINES UP ON THE STRONG SIDE (THE SIDE WITH THE TIGHT END) TO GIVE EXTRA BLOCKING POWER ON THE POWER SWEEP. BECAUSE THE BACKS ARE LINED UP BEHIND THE QUARTER, THEY CAN EITHER TAKE A HAND OFF OR GO OUT FOR A PASS. 2. THE I-FORMATION EXAMPLES OF I-FORMATION PLAYS IN THE PLAYBOOK: TIGHT END CROSSING, HALFBACK TRAP, CORNER BUST BOTH RUNNING BACKS LINE UP IN A STRAIGHT LINE BEHIND THE QUARTERBACK, CREATING THE "I" IN I-FORMATION. THIS FORMATION IS USED MOSTLY WHEN YOU WANT TO RUN THE BALL, BUT SINCE THE DEFENSE WILL BE EXPECTING A RUNG FROM THE "I", IT'S ALSO GOOD TO SURPRISE THEM WITH A QUICK PASS TO THE TIGHT END. ON RUNS, THE BACK WHO TAKES THE HANDOFF FROM THE QUARTERBACK CAN CUT RIGHT, LEFT OR PLOW STRAIGHT AHEAD, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS CREATED "HOLES' FOR HIM. 3 THE SHOTGUN THIS IS A POPULAR PASSING FORMATION. THE QUARTERBACK, INSTEAD OF STANDING DIRECTLY BEHIND THE CENTER, STANDS FIVE YARDS BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. SINCE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DROP BACK TO AVOID THE DEFENSIVE RUSH AFTER RECEIVING THE BALL, THE QUARTERBACK CAN GET HIS PASSES OFF MORE QUICKLY. THE BACKS OFTEN LINE UP AT OR NEAR THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, SO THEY CAN BE OPEN FOR PASSES QUICKLY. WITH THE WIDE RECEIVER AND TIGHT END ALSO GOING OUT FOR PASSES, THE SHOTGUN CAN MAKE FIVE RECEIVERS AVAILABLE. 4 MULTIPLE RECEIVER FORMATIONS (DOUBLE OR TRIPLE WING, SPREAD) MANY PROFESSIONAL TEAMS HAVE TRIED THREE OR EVEN FOUR WIDE RECEIVERS ON PASSING DOWNS OR EVEN CULTIVATED RUNNING BACKS AS PASS RECEIVERS. TODAY, ANYTHING GOES WHEN IT COMES TO OFFENSIVE FORMATIONS. DOUBLE AND TRIPLE-WING FORMATIONS (E.G. TWO OR THREE WIDE RECEIVERS LINING UP ON ONE SIDE OF THE BALL), NO RUNNING BACKS 53 54 IN THE BACKFIELD OR DOUBLE OR TRIPLE TIGHT END FORMATIONS. THESE FORMATIONS CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE BECAUSE MANY RECEIVERS CAN GET "OPEN" VERY QUICKLY. YOU CAN GET UP TO FIVE RECEIVERS INTO THE DEFENSIVE SECONDARY VERY QUICKLY. OF COURSE, YOU NEED AN EXCELLENT QUARTERBACK TO MAKE THIS STRATEGY SUCCESSFUL. HE'S GOT TO BE ABLE TO READ DEFENSES SO HE THROWS THE BALL INTO THE WEAKEST PART OF THE DEFENSE. AND HE'S GOT TO HAVE A QUICK RELEASE, BECAUSE HE'S GOT LITTLE OR NO BLOCKING IN THE BACKFIELD. IF A LINEBACKER BLITZES AGAINST A MULTIPLE RECEIVER SPREAD FORMATION, THE QUARTERBACK MUST IMMEDIATELY BE ABLE TO LOCATE THE "HOT" (UNCOVERED) RECEIVER IN THE SHORT ZONE AREA. HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR OFFENSIVE PLAY SELECTION NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A GOOD OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OFFENSIVE FORMATIONS, HERE ARE A FEW BASIC THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN SELECTING PLAYS: THE MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR OPPONENT, THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL SCOUTING REPORTS TO FIND OUT THE OTHER TEAM'S TENDENCIES. IF YOU'RE IN LEAGUE PLAY, FIND OUT WHAT YOUR OPPONENT DID AGAINST OTHER TEAMS. THEN, EXPLOIT THE OTHER TEAM'S WEAKNESSES. IF YOUR OPPONENT HAS A SAFETY WHO DOESN'T MATCH UP WELL TO YOUR WIDE RECEIVER, THROW THE 1 OFTEN TO THAT RECEIVER. YOU SHOULD SELECT PLAYS SO THAT YOUR TEAM'S STRENGTHS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH THE OTHER GUY'S WEAKNESSES. DURING THE GAME, WATCH YOUR OPPONENT'S DEFENSE CLOSELY. IS THE TEAM STRONGER AGAINST THE RUN OR AGAINST THE PASS? WHICH DEFENSIVE FORMATIONS DO THEY USE MOST OFTEN? WHEN DO THEY BLITZ? ARE THEY BETTER DEFENDING AGAINST RUNS UP THE MIDDLE OR OUTSIDE SWEEPS? WHICH LINEBACKER IS SLOWEST TO REACT TO A RUNNING PLAY? IT'S A LOT TO KEEP TRACK BUT THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE BETTER PLAY SELECTIONS YOU'LL MAKE. ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND WHERE YOU ARE ON THE FIELD, AND THE DOWN DISTANCE NEEDED FOR A FIRST DOWN. IF IT'S FIRST AND TEN YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING( A VERY DIFFERENT GROUP OF PLAYS THAN IF IT'S THIRD AND ONE. THIRD AND USUALLY CALLS FOR A LOW-RISK SHORT YARDAGE PLAY. OF COURSE, THE DEFENSE 54 55 WILL BE EXPECTING SUCH A PLAY, SO OCCASIONALLY YOU MIGHT TRY TO SURPRISE THEM WITH A LONG PASS PLAY IN THEAT SITUATION. USING DEFENSIVE FORMATIONS IN FOOTBALL, THE OFFENSE USUALLY GETS MOST OF THE ATTENTION. BUT THE DEFENSE CAN WIN JUST AS MANY GAMES FOR YOU. IF YOU'VE GOT A POWERHOUSE OFFENSE AND A TOUGH DEFENSE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE UNSTOPPABLE. JOE MONTANA MAY BE THE GREATEST QUARTERBACK WHO EVER PLAYED, BUT HE NEVER WOULD HAVE GONE ANYWHERE IF THE DEFENSE HADN'T BEEN GOOD. JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL GIVES YOU THE DEFENSIVE FORMATIONS YOU'LL NEED TO SHUT DOWN THE OPPOSITION. ON DEFENSE, YOUR BACKS PLAY MAN-TO-MAN, ZONE, OR DOG/BLITZ. MAN-TO-MAN: ON YOUR DEFENSIVE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN, ALL MAN-TO- MAN FORMATIONS ARE MARKED WITH AN M. MAN-TO-MAN MEANS THAT EACH DEFENSIVE BACK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING A PARTICULAR OFFENSIVE RECEIVER, NO MATTER WHERE HE RUNS. IN THIS PASS COVERAGE, THE DEFENDER FOLLOWS THE RECEIVER THROUGH HIS PASS ROUTE. ZONE: ON YOUR DEFENSIVE PLAY SELECTION SCREEN, ALL ZONE DEFENSESARE MARKED WITH AN X IN THE PLAYBOOK. IN A ZONE DEFENSE, THE PASS DEFENDERS, INCLUDING THE LINEBACKERS, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING CERTAIN AREAS OF THE FIELD - THEIR ZONES. THEY PICK UP AND COVER ANY PASS RECEIVERS WHO ENTER THEIR ZONES. DOGS AND BLITZES: DOGS AND BLITZES ARE FULL-FORCE ASSAULTS ON THE QUARTERBACK. AS SOON AS THE BALL IS SNAPPED, NOT ONLY THE LINEMEN, BUT SOME OF THE DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD, CHARGE THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND TRY TO SACK THE QUARTERBACK. IF ONLY THE LINEBACKERS CHARGE IN, IT'S CALLED A DOG. IF THE CORNERBACKS AND SAFETIES ATTACK, IT'S A BLITZ. IN BOTH DOGS AND BLITZES, THE GOAL IS TO SACK THE QUARTERBACK BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BEFORE HE CAN PASS THE BALL. 55 56 WHEN THE BLITZ WORKS, THE QUARTERBACK WILL HAVE TO HURRY HIS THROW, EVEN IF HE ISN'T SACKED. THIS INCREASES THE CHANCES FOR AN INTERCEPTION OR INCOMPLETE PASS. ALSO, A BLITZ CAN BE EFFECTIVE IF THE OFFENSE HAS CALLED RUN UP THE MIDDLE, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE EXTRA CHARGING DEFENDERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. IT'S TEMPTING TO CALL A BLITZ OFTEN BECAUSE WHEN THEY WORK, THEY'RE GREAT. HOWEVER, WHEN THEY DON'T WORK YOU CAN GET BURNED BADLY. IF THE QUARTERBACK CAN GET OFF A GOOD PASS BEFORE BEING HIT, HIS WIDE RECEIVERS WILL BE COMPLETELY OPEN FOR SHORT OR MEDIUM PASSES. AND ONCE A RECEIVER CATCHES THE BALL, THERE ARE FEW, IF ANY, DEFENDERS IN THE BACKFIELD. THE DEFENSIVE FORMATIONS 1. THE 4-3 EXAMPLES OF DEFENSIVE PLAYS FROM THE 4-3: 4-3 ZONE, 4-3 MAN-TO- MAN, 4-3 DOG, 4-3 BLITZ, FLEX ZONE. THE 4-3 GETS ITS NAME FROM THE NUMBER OF LINEMEN (4) AND LINEBACKERS (3) IN THE FORMATION. THERE ARE TWO ENDS AND TWO TACKLES ON THE LINE AND A MIDDLE AND TWO OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS BEHIND THE LINE. THE 4-3 IS A GOOD, BALANCED DEFENSIVE FORMATION. IT IS MOST EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE RUN, BUT STILL PROVIDES DECENT SHORT AND MEDIUM PASS COVERAGE. HOWEVER IT IS NOT THE BEST DEFENSE AGAINST THE LONG PASS. THE FLEX ZONE WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE YOU FLEXIBILITY. IT IS WHAT'S CALLED A "READING" DEFENSE AS OPPOSED TO A "PENETRATING" DEFENSE. IN A FLEX ZONE, THE DEFENDERS ARE SUPPOSED K "READ" THE PLAY FIRST, THEN REACT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE FIELD. WITH A "PENETRATING" DEFENSE, THE DEFENDERS RUSH THE PASSER AS SOON AS THE BALL IS SNAPPED. THE FLEX ZONE WAS DESIGNED TO STOP THE RUN, BECAUSE THE DEFENDERS CAN CLOSE ALL THE HOLES IN THE LINE. HOWEVER, IT IS WEAK AGAINST THE PASS, BECAUSE THE LINEMEN ARE NOT GETTING TO THE QUARTERBACK AS QUICKLY, WHICH GIVES HIM MORE TIME TO FIND AN OPEN MAN DOWNFIELD. 2. THE 3-4 EXAMPLES OF DEFENSIVE PLAYS FROM THE 3-4: 3-4 MAN-TO-MAN 3-4 BLITZ, 3-4 DOG 56 57 THIS IS A GREAT ALIGNMENT AGAINST THE PASS, BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY 3 DEFENSIVE PLAYERS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, BUT BEHIND THEM ARE 4 LINEBACKERS, AND BEHIND THE LINEBACKERS ARE 2 CORNERBACKS AND 2 SAFETIES. THE 3-4 IS GOOD ON OBVIOUS PASSING DOWNS. IF IT'S THIRD DOWN AND 8, THE OFFENSE IS PROBABLY GOING TO PASS. THIS FORMATION IS ALSO COMMON IN WHAT'S CALLED A PREVENT DEFENSE. YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP SHORT YARDAGE, TO PREVENT THE BIG PLAY THAT COULD YIELD A TD. THE 3-4 IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE PASS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DEFENDERS IN THE BACKFIELD TO COVER RECEIVERS. BUT DON'T FORGET THAT YOU ONLY HAVE 3 MEN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, AND ARE VULNERABLE TO THE RUN. YOU SHOULD REALLY ONLY CALL THIS FORMATION WHEN YOU FEEL CONFIDENT IT'S GOING TO BE A PASS PLAY. 3. DIME PREVENT THE DIME PREVENT IS ALSO AN EXCELLENT FORMATION AGAINST OBVIOUS PASSING SITUATIONS. IN THIS FORMATION, YOU ADD EXTRA MEN IN COVERAGE TO COVER A THIRD AND FOURTH WIDE RECEIVER. BUT AGAIN, THIS FORMATION IS VERY VULNERABLE TO THE RUN. 4. GOAL LINE THIS FORMATION GIVES YOU EXTRA MEN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. HOWEVER, THE GOAL LINE DEFENSE MAY BE VULNERABLE TO A PASS. BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE RUN, RECEIVERS, MAY SNEAK INTO THE END ZONE AND BE WIDE OPEN FOR A TOUCHDOWN PASS. HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR DEFENSIVE PLAY SELECTION GET SCOUTING REPORTS ON THE TEAM. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT IF THEY'RE BASICALLY A TEAM THAT LIKES TO RUN OR PASS MORE, OR IF THEY'VE GOT A BALANCED ATTACK. AS YOU PLAY THE TEAM, ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS: DOES THEIR QUARTERBACK RUN THE BALL WELL, OR IS HE STRICTLY A PASSER? DOE THE OFFENSE 57 58 RUN THE SAME PLAY IN CERTAIN CRITICAL SITUATIONS? WHO IS THE QUARTERBACK'S FAVORITE RECEIVER AND WHAT ARE HIS FAVORITE PASS ROUTES? WHAT DOES THE TEAM DO NEAR THE GOAL LINE? WHO IS THEIR BEST RUNNER? DOES THE QUARTERBACK HAVE A GOOD ARM FOR LONG PASSES, OR IS HE MOSTLY A SHORT AND MEDIUM PASSER? THE MORE ANSWERS YOU HAVE TO THESE QUESTIONS,K THE BETTER YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SELECT THE BEST DEFENSIVE FORMATIONS THROUGHOUT THE GAME. 58 59 A SHORT FOOTBALL GLOSSARY AUDIBLE CHANGING THE PLAY AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. ALL TEAMS COME TO THE LINE WITH A PRE-DETERMINED PLAY. ONE THE QUARTER BACK LOOKS OVER THE DEFENSE, HE MAY DECIDE A DIFFERENT PLAY WOULD BE BETTER. HE THEN CHANGES THE PLAY (CALLS AN AUDIBLE), USUALLY BY CALLING OUT NUMBERS OR LETTERS BEFORE RECEIVING THE SNAP FROM CENTER. BACKFIELD THIS REFERS BOTH TO THE AREA BEHIND THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND TO THE PLAYERS WHO LINE UP IN THAT AREA. ON OFFENSE, THE BACKFIELD INCLUDES THE QUARTERBACK AND RUNNING BACKS. BLITZ A DEFENSIVE ATTACK ON THE QUARTERBACK. SOME OR ALL OF THE DEFENSIVE BACKS(SAFETIES AND CORNERBACKS) RUSH ACROSS THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE WHEN THE BALL IS SNAPPED. AT THE GOAL IS TO TACKLE, OR "SACK", THE QUARTERBACK BEFORE HE CAN THROW THE BALL. COMPLETION A LEGAL PASS CAUGHT BY ANY ELIGIBLE RECEIVERS. ALSO CALLED A RECEPTION. CORNERBACK A DEFENSIVE BACK WHOSE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO COVER WIDE RECEIVERS AND PASSES TOWARD THE SIDELINES. DEFENSE THE TEAM THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE BALL. THE DEFENSE IS TRYING TOO PREVENT THE OFFENSE FROM SCORING. DEFENSIVE LINE THE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS (TYPICALLY 3 OR 4) WHO LINE UP OPPOSITE THE OFFENSIVE LINE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THE DEFENSIVE LINE'S PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO RUSH THE QUARTERBACK ON PASSING PLAYS AND STOP RUNNING PLAYS UP THE MIDDLE. INCLUDES THE NOSE TACKLE (OR 2 TACKLES) AND RIGHT AND LEFT DEFENSIVE ENDS. DOG A BLITZ BY A LINEBACKER. 59 60 ELIGIBLE RECEIVER ANY RECEIVER OR RUNNING BACK (INCLUDING THE BACK IF HE HAS HANDED OFF THE BALL) IS ELIGIBLE TO CATCH A PASS. END ZONE THERE ARE TWO END ZONES, ONE AT EACH END OF THE FIELD. EACH END ZONE CONTAINS 10 YARDS OF FIELD AREA BETWEEN THE GOAL LINE AND THE GOAL POSTS. EITHER SCORES A TOUCHDOWN WHEN IT RUNS OR PASSES INTO THE OPPONENT'S END ZONE. EXTRA POINT AFTER EVERY TOUCHDOWN, THE SCORING TEAM ATTEMPTS TO KICK THE FOOTBALL BETWEEN THE GOAL POSTS. IF THE KICK IS SUCCESSFUL, THE TEAM SCORES ONE EXTRA POINT FIELD GOAL ON FOURTH DOWN OR WHEN THERE IS ONLY TIME TO RUN ONE MORE PLAY IN THE HALF, THE OFFENSE MAY ATTEMPT A FIELD GOAL. LIKE AN EXTRA POINT, A FIELD GOAL IS SUCCESSFUL IF THE FOOTBALL IS KICKED THROUGH THE GOAL POSTS. ALTHOUGH A FIELD GOAL CAN BE KICKED LOCATION ON THE FIELD, IT IS GENERALLY ONLY ATTEMPTED FROM WITHIN THE DEFENSE'S 40 YARD LINE. (THE BALL IS SPOTTED 7 YARDS BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND THE GOAL POST IS 10 YARDS DEEP IN THE END ZONE ADDING 17 YARDS TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO THE END ZONE.) A FIELD GOAL IS WORTH 3 POINTS. FIRST DOWN THE FIRST OF UP TO FOUR OFFENSIVE PLAYS, CALLED DOWNS, DURING WHICH THE OFFENSE TRIES TO MOVE THE BALL AT LEAST 10 YARDS (OR SCORE A TOUCHDOWN, IF THE BALL IS WITHIN THE DEFENSE'S 10 YARD LINE ON FIRST DOWN). WHENEVER THE OFFENSE ADVANCES AT LEAST 10 YARDS WITHIN FOUR OR FEWER DOWNS, A NEW FIRST DOWN IS EARNED. GOAL LINE THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE PLAYING FIELD AND EACH END ZONE. THERE IS A GOAL LINE AT EITHER END O;F THE FIELD. IF THE FOOTBALL CROSSES THE GOAL LINE WHILE IN THE POSSESSION OF ANY PLAYER, THAT PLAYER'S TEAM SCORES A TOUCHDOWN. GOAL POST A STRUCTURE OF TWO VERTICAL POSTS, CONNECTED BY HORIZONTAL CROSSBAR, LOCATED IN THE BACK OF EACH END ZONE. A TEAM KICKS TO "SPLIT THE UPRIGHTS" BALL BETWEEN THE POSTS AND ABOVE THE CROSSBAR) SCORE FIELD GOALS AND EXTRA POINTS. 60 61 INTERCEPTION ANY PASS CAUGHT BY A DEFENSIVE PLAYER IS CALLED AN INTERCEPTION. INCOMPLETE PASS ANY PASS THAT IS NOT CAUGHT. KICKOFF A KICKOFF BEGINS EACH HALF OF AT THE GAME. AFTER EVERY TOUCHDOWN,FIELD GOAL OR SAFETY, THE SCORING TEAM ALSO KICKS OFF TO THE OPPOSING TEAM. LINE OF SCRIMMAGE THE YARD LINE FROM WHICH THE BALL IS SNAPPED TO BEGIN ANY PLAY. THE OFFENSE AND DEFENSE LINE UP ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. LINEBACKER A DEFENSIVE PLAYER WHO LINES UP BEHIND THE DEFENSIVE LINE, WHOSE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO READ THE PLAY AND REACT QUICKLY. THIS INCLUDES RESPONDING TO RUNNING PLAYS AND COVERING TIGHT ENDS AND RUNNING BACKS OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. OFFENSIVE LINE THE PLAYERS (TYPICALLY 5) WHO LINE UP IN FRONT OF THE QUARTERBACK, AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. INCLUDES THE CENTER, RIGHT AND LEFT GUARDS, AND RIGHT AND LEFT TACKLES. OFFENSIVE LINEMEN ARE NOT ELIGIBLE RECEIVERS. OUT OF BOUNDS THE AREA OUTSIDE THE PLAYING FIELD AND END ZONES. PASS ROUTE THE DESIGNATED PATTERN RUN BY ANY ELIGIBLE RECEIVER. IN THE JOE MONTANA FOOTBALL PLAYBOOK, EACH RECEIVER'S ROUTE IS SHOWN WITH LINES AND ARROWS. POSSESSION THE TEAM CURRENTLY ON OFFENSE HAS POSSESSION OF THE BALL. PUNT ON FOURTH DOWN AND WHEN A FIELD GOAL IS IMPRACTICAL, THE OFFENSE MAY ELECT TO KICK THE BALL AWAY TO THE OPPOSING TEAM.. UNLIKE A KICKOFF, AA PUNT IS NOT KICKED FROM OFF; THE AGROUND. RATHER, THE BALL IS HIKED TO THE KICKER WHO KICKS IT FROM HIS HANDS. RUNNING BACK (RB) ANY OFFENSIVE PLAYER THAT LINES UP BEHIND THE QUARTERBACK PRIOR TO THE SNAP. RUNNING BACKS COMING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD ARE ELIGIBLE RECEIVERS. FULLBACKS AND HALFBACKS ARE COMMON EXAMPLES OF RUNNING BACKS 61 62 SACK WHENEVER THE QUARTERBACK IS TACKLED BEHIND THE LINE SCRIMMAGE. SAFETY (1) IF AN OFFENSIVE BALL CARRIER IS TACKLED IN HIS OWN ZONE, THE TEAM ON DEFENSE SCORES 2 POINTS, CALLED SAFETY. TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, THE TEAM SCORED UPON MUST KICK OFF TO THE SCORING TEAM. SAFETY (2) A DEFENSIVE BACK WHOSE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO HELP COVER WIDE RECEIVERS AND DEFEND AGAINST LONG PASSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. SNAP SNAPPING THE BALL IS HIKING THE BALL. THE CENTER SNAPS THE BALL TO THE QUARTERBACK (OR PUNTER OR PLACE HOLDER) TO BEGIN EACH OFFENSIVE PLAY FROM THE LINE SCRIMMAGE. TIGHT END (TE) AN ELIGIBLE RECEIVER WHO LINES UP ON EITHER END OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE. TOUCHDOWN WHENEVER A TEAM CROSSES ITS OPPONENT'S GOAL LINE WITH THE FOOTBALL. A TD IS WORTH SIX POINTS. TURNOVER ANY CHANGE OF POSSESSION RESULTING FROM A FUMBLE OR INTERCEPTION. WIDE RECEIVER (WR) AN ELIGIBLE RECEIVER WHO LINES UP AT OR JUST BEHIND LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BUT TOWARD EITHER SIDELINE. 62 THAT'S IT - COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION FROM "THE JET" LOOK FOR GREAT THINGS FROM INC IN 1991