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**************************************************************** * * * NECESSARY ROUGHNESS V1.0 * * * * (C)1993 Chris Sadler * * * **************************************************************** -----*----- INTRODUCTION. -----*----- American Football has to be classified as one of the best sports ever to be created it is also one of the most complex of sports but once the basic elements are grasped it fast becomes one of the most enjoyable and fun to watch and be involved in. Two teams wage war on each other, their troops split into three platoons - offence, defence and special Teams. Their general, the head coach, calls the plays as they try to advance the ball when they have possession and try to halt stop their opponents from moving the ball. If you are not familiar with the rules I have included a Doc file which will explain all you need to know to play the game. I became dissapointed with the amount of American Football games avalible on the Amiga compared with PC's. I resorted to looking through P.D. librarys to find any type of American Football games that could satisfy my needs during the post-season. I did find some and they did satisfy my needs a bit but none of them had any 'depth' to them. It was then that I decided to attempt to write an American Footbal game that would satisfy me and have an element of depth to it. I would be the first to admit that I don't know a great deal about the game as I have only got into it within the past two years but I have had help from friends and books and with months of work I now present you with Necessary Roughness Version 1.0. I hope you enjoy this game and I hope it quenchs your post-season blues. -----*----- THE GAME IN BRIEF -----*----- Necessary Roughness V1.0 is shareware, not wishing to bore you with registration messages I have put them in a seperate document so I won't mention it from now on. Necessary Roughness V1.0 puts you in charge of a team of your choise and lets you play a computer team, again of your choise. As headcoach you will have to call the plays that you think will be most effective to the game. You will then be able to see the action, followed by a breif summary of what you have just seen. At the end of the game you will be presented with statistics for both your team and your squad members. ------*----- BEGINING THE GAME ------*----- To start the game double click on the NR_v1.0 icon. You will be presented with an introduction before the game loads the gameplan into memory. You will then be asked to insert the NR_DATA disk. please note this disk should be WRITE ENABLED as the program has to save data to it in order for you to play. -----*----- CHOOSING YOUR TEAM -----*----- There are 28 teams for you to choose from. You can use the Joystick or mouse (Left Button=Rotate Left - Right Button=Rotate Right - Space Bar=Select) to rotate through the teams and select your team. I have playtested this game quite a lot and below I have included my summary of all the 28 teams. NAME SUMMARY ___________________________________________________________________ 1). ATLANTA From what I have seen of Atlanta they seem to be the 'Nasty Boys' of Necessary Roughness. They have a good defence which is more than backed up by an explosive offence and good special teams. 2). LOS ANGELES My personal favourite. Adequate defence and average offence and special teams. Altogether nothing special. 3). NEW ORLEANS The offence has got guts and will fight to the end although they don't posess any great tallent. Sadly this is let down by their defence. They have an average special teams. 4). SAN FRANCISCO Good offence and above average defence and special teams make this team a threat to anyone. 5). CHICAGO Excellent special teams and good offence are let down by a slack defence. 6). DETROIT Devistating defence (Sack masters or what?) combined with an offence that can crush teams makes Detroit a threat at the best of times but they never live up to potential. 7). GREEN BAY This team is held together by an above average running game and an average defence. 8). MINNESOTA Fast offence and adequate defence make this a team to look out for. 9). TAMPA BAY I must be honest, I haven't seen much action from this team but I do know that their special teams are sub-standard. 10). DALLAS Good offence and above average defence make Dallas a good team. A bit poor on special teams however. 11). NEW YORK A Above average team altogether and can do well when given the chance. 12). PHIIDELPHIA Quiet offence which can suddenly explode into life and score mixed with a hard hitting defence make this a good team. 13). PHOENIX Above average offence which is usually let down dramaticly by their poor defence. 14). WASHINGTON Good offence and defence, altogeter a good team. 15). DENVER Average team in all areas. Pass offence is a bit slack but team held together by the defence. 16). KANSAS CITY A great offence hogs the limelight from the good defence. The only chink in the armour is the special teams. A true powerhouse of a team. 17). OAKLAND Oakland try their best on defence as their offence isn't half bad. 18). SAN DIEGO They have a game winning set of rushers but whether the defence can hold is anouther question. 19). SEATTLE No wishing to be cruel to the poor souls who like this team but in this game they are naff (Not my doing)! A great quarterback is let down by slow recievers and a rubbish running game. Defence is also below average which make this team a challange to win with. 20). CINCINNATI Average offence with a slow defence make Cincinnati a poor team. 21). CLEVELAND Pretty much a good all-round team. 22). HOUSTON Good potential on offence but fail to use it. An average defence struggles a bit with speed. Sub-average special teams. 23). PITTSBURGH Great offence and stunning plays on defence make Pittsburgh a tough team to mess with. 24). BUFFALO They try their best! Seriously though they are an average team in Necessary Roughness not too much of a handful. 25). INDIANAPOLIS A great defence and the odd explosive play from their offence. Never rule Indianapolis out of a game. 26). MIAMI Great Special teams, let down by poor offence and defence. 27). NEW ENGLAND Above average defence and a good offence make New England a threat in any game. 28). NEW YORK B Average offence and defence. Luck usualy is on the side of New York B. Note:- The above summarys are what I have seen while playtesting the game. Although the games usually run to form however the great thing about Necessary Roughness is that the same thing hardly happens twice. -----*----- THE SQUAD -----*----- Each team has a 45 man squad which consists of the following players - 1 Left Tackle 2 Left Guards 2 Centres 2 Right Guards 1 Right Tackle 4 Wide Receivers 2 Tight Ends 3 Running Backs 2 Full Backs 3 Quarterbacks 2 Left Ends 2 Nose Tackles 2 Right Ends 2 Left Outside Linebackers 2 Left Inside Linebackers 2 Right Inside Linebackers 2 Right Outside Linebackers 2 Left Corners 2 Right Corners 2 Strong Safetys 1 Free Safety Each player in the 45 man squad is named and has attributes in Skill, Speed and Strength which affect them differently in different places and in different situations. For more detail on the positions and how the attributes affect the players see the Doc file provided on positions. -----*----- FORMATIONS -----*----- There are 4 different formations on offence, 9 on defence and 2 on special teams. The formations on offence are as follows - 1). The I Formation This is usualy used to gain short yardage. It has a FB and RB in the backfield.The RB, a WR and a TE run pass routes on pass plays. 2). The Pro Set Formation The Pro Set is a balanced formation with two running backs to the left and right side of the quarterback. 3). The Shotgun Formation This is a pass orientated formation with recievers galore. The quarterback stands some five yards back from the line of scrimmage so he has time to read the play and fire a pass off. 4). The T formation The quarterback has the option of three running back to hand the ball off to. It only has one reciever so chances of passing the ball are poor. The defencive formations are as follows - 1). 4-3-4 Balanced formation. This is used when it is not possible to guess what type of play the offence will call. 2). 3-4-4 Extra linebacker gives a better defence against a run but with only 3 linemen there is not much of a pass rush therefore giving the quarterback more time to pass the ball. 3). 7-3-1 This is used for defending short yardage for instance a goalline situation. Pass receivers are always well marked. 4). 6-3-2 A variation of the 7-3-1 formation which gives more protection against a pass play. 5). 3-3-5 A variation of the 3-4-4 formation but this time giving a better defence against a pass. 6). 3-2-6 This is used when a long pass is certain to be called by the offence. 7). 4-2-5 The Nickle Defence. Like the 3-2-6 formation this protects against a possible pass play. 8). 4-5-2 The Prevent Defence. A more effective pass rush. 9). 7-2-2 A more balanced short yardage formation. Kickoff, and punt are the other formations both of which are special teams. The computer will select your starting quarterback for you and will also allocate members of your squad into the positions in each formation. This is done randomly so even if you pick the same team twice it would be highly unlikely that you would play with exactly the same squad members in exactly the same positions in exactly the same formations twice. -----*----- PICKING WHICH QUARTERS TO PLAY IN -----*----- In Necessary Roughness you do not have to play the whole match if for some reason you don't want to. You can use the mouse or joystick to move the cursor and choose which quarters you wish to play in. The computer will play the remaining quarters for you. NOTE - the computer will use its own gameplan and may or may not make the best decisions for your team.) You can play the whole match, play one half, play one quarter, play in overtime only (if there is any that is!), or just let the computer play the whole game for you. I would recommend that you start off by playing just the first quarter and letting the computer play the rest of the match. This will get you used to the game and the time involved in playing a quarter. From there you can then decide how much of the game you wish to play. -----*----- FLIPPING THE COIN -----*----- You will now be asked to select heads or tails. Use the Joystick or mouse to move the cursor and fire/mouse button to select. If you win the toss you will be asked if you wish to kickoff or receive the ball. The team that kicks off in the first half will receive the ball in the second half. use Left and Right on Joystick/Mouse Buttons to select and press Fire/Space Bar when you are done. You will not see the kickoffs if you are not playing in the First and Third quarters. NOTE - Who kicks off in overtime is decided randomly. -----*----- VIEWING THE ACTION -----*----- You are able to watch every play as the two teams take to the field fully kitted in their own unique kits. The numbers at the sides of the field and the thick lines indicate every 10 yards. The thinner lines between these indicate every 5 yards and each line on the 'Hashmarks' indicates a yard. The ball will be kicked off or the ball 'Hiked' to start the play and then all hell breaks loose. -----*----- DETAILED COVERAGE -----*----- A more detailed explaination as to the chaos you have just witnessed is given by the NRTV commentator George 'From' Idaho. George will tell you who did what, where, how far and anything else important. For Example - Everett receives the snap and drops back. Everett passes to Anderson. Complete. Anderson then runs 21 yards for a touchdown! George also gives the teams scores. The team highlighted in red is the team that has possession of the ball. Pressing the fire button / mouse button / Space bar will allow you to proceed. -----*----- YOUR JOB AS HEADCOACH -----*----- It is your job as Headcoach of your team to choose the play that will best help your team to win the match. To help you with this you will be kept up to date as to the quarter you are in, the time remaining, where the ball is positioned, what down it is and what you need for a first down. If you are on offence then you have easy access to information about your offencive and special teams formations. This information includes players name, position within the formation, skill, speed and strength. You can view your plays on a chalkboard and check up on the match statistics. -----*----- CHOOSING YOUR PLAYS ON OFFENCE -----*----- This is very simple. You will see a 'Play No.' just above the middle of the screen and the name of the play will be show at the bottom of the screen. Along the top part of the screen is a host of options. You select the option you require by moving the cursor, using either mouse or joystick and pressing fire to choose. The options are as follows - 1). NEXT Allows you to move to the next play. There are 34 plays on offence. Play number 33 is always Field Goal and play number 34 is always Punt. 2). PREV Moves you to the previous play. 3). INFO Gives you information on your formation. It will tell you who is playing at what position within the formation along with thier attributes for Skill,Speed and Strength. 4). VIEW Toggles between viewing the play on the chalkboard or not. NOTE - You cannot see Field Goal or Punt on the chalkboard. 5). STATS Gives you the match stats for both teams. The format for this is as follows - SCORE FIRST DOWNS RUN PLAYS ATTEMPTED/YARDS PASS PLAYS ATTEMPTED/COMPLETED PASS YARDS TOTAL YARDS SACKS FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS/COMPLETED EXTRA POINT ATTEMPTS/COMPLETED PUNTS/AVG YARDS 6). PLAY Plays the next down. NOTE - Pressing 'Esc' calls a Timeout, Each team has three timeouts a half. The same applies for the defence. Although you may not notice it on this version of Necessary Roughness there are 7 types of blocking by the offencive line - POWER - Strait Ahead. ANGLE - Linemen slant and block to left or right. WEDGE - Three blockers take out the nose tackle. LEAD - One running back lead blocks for the other. DOUBLE TEAM - Two linemen take out one defender. CROSS BLOCK - Two linemen exchange cross then block. ISOLATION - A defender is left to be hit by a running back. There are 12 pass routes for wide recievers - HITCH SHORT OUT SLANT DRIVE CURL OUT FLY OUT AND FLY IN COMEBACK POST CORNER There are 9 'Holes' for running backs to aim for and there are 9 pass routes for running backs to run on passing plays - FLAT CHECK THRU CIRCLE SLIP SHORT FAN IN OUT RIM All of these may not be used on the gameplan on this version but see the Doc file on version 1.1 for more info. (Does around 270166100000000000 play combinations sound appealing ?) -----*----- CHOOSING YOUR PLAY ON DEFENCE -----*----- There are 540 different combination of plays on defence. You are required to choose your combination by using the left and right mouse buttons or left and right on the joystick to rotate through the options and fire or 'Space Bar' to select. You will have to choose the following in this order - FORMATION SPECIALS SHIFTS COVERAGE BLITZ 1). Formations I have already covered defencive formations in full so go back and read that. Choose the formation that you think will be of most use. 2). Specials There are five different types of 'Specials' you can choose, they are as follows - I). STACK - In a stack a linebacker lines up directly behind a lineman so that the offence does not know which way he is coming, so causing blocking problems. II). STUNT - Two defenders will exchange rushing routes by looping around each other after the ball is snapped. III). SLANT - A planned charge to the left or the right, this upsets the offence. IV). PINCH - The linemen 'Pinch' against an offencive lineman rendering him helpless. V). NONE - No specials. 3). Shifts. In a shift the linemen can shift to the weakside of the offence this is known as 'Undershift'. They can also shift to the strongside of the defence, known as 'Overshift'. They can also stay as they are. 4). Coverage. There are two types of coverage - I). ZONE - A defencive player is resonsible for any receiver entering his zone. II). MAN TO MAN - Each defencive player is given a player on the offence or not. 5). Blitz When the defence choose blitz they increase their pass rush. A blitz can come from a linebacker, cornerback or even a saftey. The combination of what you choose will form how the defence will react on the field. Pressing 'Esc' atany time will call a timeout. -----*----- SCOREBOARD -----*----- After each quarter you will be shown the scoreboard which, surprise surprise, shows you the scores from each quarter and the total score. -----*----- STATISTICS -----*----- After the game you will have the chance to see statistics for both teams and for both sets of players. The statistics are pretty much self explanitory. Sadly there are no statistics for running backs who recieve the ball on a pass play. After this you will go back to the 'Pick Your Team' part of the game. -----*----- CREDITS -----*----- Programming Bits - Chris Sadler Design & Research - Chris Sadler Graphical Bits - Chris Sadler Musical Bits - Lee Pedder Playtesting the game till we dropped dead - Chris Sadler Neil Tyler Scott Wilson David Abbott Back Seat Programmers - Scott Wilson Neil Tyler Assistance - Scott Wilson Neil Tyler Russell Lewis Russell has just set up a P.D. library :- Public P.D. 44 Moreton Rd North, Luton, Beds LU2 9DP. Support P.D -------------------------******---------------------- NECESSARY ROUGHNESS V1.0 (C)1993 Chris Sadler Music (C)1993 Lee Pedder Necessary Roughness V1.0 is shareware. Necessary Roughness V1.0 is freely distributable. A shareware fee of £5 is requested anything more would be a greatly appreciated, shocking surprise !!! Program Written Using AMOS v1.34 Program Compiled Using AMOS COMPILER Graphics Drawn on Delux Paint III Icons Drawn Using Icon Master Music Written in OctaMED. 'Scoreboard' font from Blue Fose Fonts #1 -------------------------******---------------------- -----*----- FACTS AND FIGURES -----*----- I wanted a program with depth. Did I get it? Well we know there are 28 teams and each team has 45 members in its squad and each member has 3 attributes ranging from 3 to 9, a difference of 6. Then any one of those 28 teams can play one of 27 others. They have 34 plays on offence and 540 combinations on defence. I think it's time to do a spot of working out now - 28 teams to choose from 27 teams left to play 45 members in squad 3 attributes each 6 being the range of these 34 plays on offence 540 combinations on defence ___________ 11242930000 combinations altogether! I think you will agree that that is depth for you, but it dosn't end there what about the fact that each formation is filled by different people each time? Or the pass routes, blocking and most of all the random factor involved that makes every play different, every players instincts different every time they go out onto the field! Mind blowing stuff indeed. (Version 1.1 has more!) I'm satisfied with the depth in the game that I wanted and I'm not finished yet! How would the following sound to you if it were released into P.D. - Data Disks with updates of players and teams or teams from seasons gone by (1986-1987 or 1989-1990 players for example) - Draft Day Disk (for version 1.1) - Training Camp (for version 1.1) Mind you I have to fit all of this around my college course! If you have any suggestions, comments, bug spotting, ect then please write to me as I'd like to hear from you.