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Complete 2024 Action! PC Football Game package plus the following seasons:
1940 Pro Football Season
1956 Pro Football Season
1978 Pro Football Season
1988 Pro Football Season
1996 Pro Football Season
2023 Pro Football Season
Great Pro Teams Collection
Six divisions of 4 teams each with a 14-game schedule. Play with teams as a league or import them to your own leagues!
1960s: 1961 Green Bay, 1963 San Diego, 1964 Cleveland, 1968 New York (A)
1970s: 1970 Baltimore, 1973 Miami, 1977 Dallas, 1979 Pittsburgh
1980s: 1981 San Francisco, 1983 Los Angeles (A), 1987 Washington, 1988 San Francisco
1990s: 1990 New York (N), 1992 Dallas, 1994 San Francisco, 1998 Denver
2000s: 2003 New England, 2006 Indianapolis, 2007 New England, 2008 Pittsburgh
2010s: 2012 Baltimore, 2014 New England, 2015 Denver, 2017 Philadelphia
Action! PC Football
Published and updated annually since 1992, Action! PC Football is the ultimate real-life stats and strategy football game! Play results are determined by your play calls, player ratings, and real-life stats. Detailed play-by-play and our popular video chalkboard bring the game to life! Play with real pro and college teams from 1920 to present or create your own leagues and teams. You’re the coach and GM! Draft and trade players. Play against the computer or head-to-head online. It feels like real football!
Game Play
Games: Play exhibition or league games against the computer, head-to-head over the internet, or let the computer sim games or full seasons. Relive past seasons as the coach and GM of your favorite team; draft teams and play games in a league; let the computer coach all the teams and watch the results; or set your coaching preferences for a specific team or teams and let the computer play the season.
Offense: Loads of play calling options are available!
Formations: All the standard formations are available, Pro Set, 3-Wide, 4-Wide, 5-Wide, double, and triple tight ends, etc. We’ve even included vintage formations like the old single wing, and Notre Dame box.
Offensive Play Calls: Running plays include left and right runs (traps, sweeps, pitches, etc.), dives, draws, reverses, bootlegs, etc. Pass plays include screens, short, medium passes, longs, and bombs. Pass patterns include passes slants, outs, hitches, fly’s, posts, fades, etc. We also include a fun selection of trick plays, double reverse, flea flicker, statue of liberty, hook & ladder, and so much more!
Ballcarriers and Receivers: Choose your ballcarrier and intended receiver or let the computer make the selection.
Options: Shotgun, pistol, play action, counter runs, wildcat, audibles, and so much more!
Defense: Customize defensive play calls with formations, coverages, blitzes, and other options.
Formations: All the standard formations are available, 3-4, 4-3, 5-2, nickels, dime, etc. Even the old diamond formation is available!
Defensive Play Call Options: On any play, a coach can choose blitzers, key ‘or double specific offensive players, set pass coverage style (man or zone) or pass coverage depth (tight man, deep zone, etc.), adjust the defensive line alignment, move a safety ‘into the box, or select from many other options. The defense can even use deception tactics, such as showing or delaying a blitz to guard against audibles, or to lure the offense ‘into bad audibles.
Special Teams: On kickoffs, choose to kick deep, kick away from the primary returner, squib kick, or onside kick. On punts, choose to punt deep, angle the punt, pooch punt, or fake. The return team may try to block the punt, return the punt, call for a fair catch, let the punt roll, or guard against fakes.
Play-by-play: Action! PC Football features rich and varied play-by-play with many rare plays. Customizable options include adjusting font size, play-by-play speed, or adding play-by-play bias for the home team.
Video: The popular video chalkboard displays the full play in a traditional X and O chalkboard display.
Sound: Sound effect options include game action, crowd reaction, ambient crowd noise, and more. Select to use the Microsoft Narrator for an audio play synopsis or a full play-by-play.
Game Display: Easily customize your game screen. Select different locations and sizes for many display items including the play-by-box, team lineups, player displays (ratings, positions, or uniform number), logos, photos, stat boxes, and more.
Player Ratings: Action! PC Football makes use of every published statistic, as well as subjective ratings and specialty statistics, to accurately portray each player. For example:
Rushing: Based on attempts, yards, average, long runs, touchdowns, fumble frequency, breakaway ability, short-yardage ability, rushing style, and durability.
Receiving: Based on catches, drops, yards, average, long catches, touchdowns, fumble frequency, run after catch, and durability.
Passing: Based on completions, interceptions, touchdowns, passer rating, yardage, times sacked, scrambling, bad passes, durability, ability under pressure, and audible ability.
Blocking: Run and pass block ratings are given to all offensive players.
Defense: Defensive players are rated for pass rush, run defense, and pass defense, as well as tackles, forced fumbles, interceptions, stuffs, deflections, hurries, penalties, and durability.
Kickers: Rated for accuracy, long kicks, kick off distance, and return average.
Punters: Rated for distance, touchbacks, kicks inside the 20, blocks, and returns average.
Internet Play: Join one of the many internet leagues with Action fans from around the world. Host or join a game session on the internet with other Action users.
Past Seasons: Over 120 past seasons are available to add to your game including every pro season from 1920 to present, many college seasons, and an impressive selection of great team collections! Every year we also produce a projection file featuring players on their new teams with stats and ratings estimated for the new season. The staff at Dave Koch Sports is continually adding to its lineup of past seasons for all Action! PC sports games.
Organizing
League Rosters Dashboard Screen: Access team rosters and perform other league functions. View, create, import, move, or delete teams.
League Utilities: Our games offer everything you need to run a league with multiple Action fans! Tools are included for exporting and importing coach profiles, and games played on other computers.
Team Roster Screen: View and access players on a team’s roster and perform coach and general manager functions. Create, trade, release, import, or draft players, and edit stats and player ratings. Set team coaching preferences, including team lineups, depth charts, and much more!
Player Form: View individual player cards, including real and replay stats, player ratings, and set player usage preferences for replay seasons.
Coach Preferences: Go in-depth to set computer coach strategies and situational player usage. Establish preferences for offensive, defensive, and special teams strategies based on down and distance situations.
Modify Team: Edit team colors, home parks, logos, uniforms, fonts, and other team information.
Create New League: Import teams and players from any purchased seasons to create a custom league of your own! Use an existing season to draft players onto new teams via human or computer general managers or create a league full of your favorite teams of the past.
Draft League Functions: Build a draft league using an existing season file. Draft players onto teams, create teams, and perform trades and other general manager functions. Have the computer generate a schedule or build your own, customize rules, and zip league files easily to send to other league members.
Reports
Database: Analyze league data with this powerful tool. Choose from many standard reports or create a custom report. Filter and sort your report in any way imaginable including all players in the league who meet your report qualifications.
Box scores: Comprehensive box scores are viewable during or after a game, as well as for every completed game played during a replay season. Each box score contains player and team stats, a scoring summary, drive summary, play-by-play results, starting lineups, full play-by-play, and more.
Game Recaps: Create a report featuring recaps of completed games for a single team or for the entire league. Build a report featuring a recap of each game on a single day, every game that week, or for every game of the season. Recaps include a line score, scoring plays, and top individual performances for the selected games.
Encyclopedia: Archive and view real or replay stats from previous seasons. View and sort individual and team stats, player and team records, and career leaders based on seasons added to the encyclopedia. Great for archiving and accessing stats and history for leagues.
Leader Boards: View league leaders on offense, defense, and special teams for real or replay seasons. Sort leaders by multiple categories or create your own custom leaderboard report.
Team Reports: View, sort, and build team reports based on real or replay stats. Build customizable reports including player stats, team stats, roster, depth charts, offense analysis, formation analysis, and more.
It Feels Like Real Football!
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