Retro Bowl

New Star Games Ltd

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About this game

Retro Bowl is the perfect game for the armchair quarterback to finally prove a point. Presented in a glorious retro style, the game has simple roster management, including press duties and the handling of fragile egos, while on the field you get to call the shots. Can you pass the grade and take your team all the way to the ultimate prize? Can you win the Retro Bowl?

Ratings and reviews

It's decently fun but suffers from several issues imo: 1) Rushing is almost always worse than passing, making the gameplay loop very samey. 2) Atleast for me, the difficulty is very wacky; easy is too easy and medium and above are too hard. Even dynamic got to the point of being impossible for some reason. 3) Fan rating grows too slowly and, when lost, you always lose tons of rating even if it was close. 4) Throwing interceptions is WAY too easy on higher difficulties.

After putting a lot of hours into this game, it's overall a great experience with a few minor quirks they would address. A rb with full speed stat is slower than a wr with full speed stat, which isn't too bad, but I'd really wish they would overhaul teammate blocking. If the opponents can tackle you from the side, your teammates should be able to block from the side. Most times your teammates will just shoot past the defender and then become completely useless for that play.

Came back to this game from a long break, was pleased to find new updates! However, the difficulty has been jacked up considerably, almost to the point of it not being fun. Particularly kick returning, in which all of the blockers for the returner get pancaked almost every time. If the difficulty is medium or above, defensive players can jump sixteen feet in the air to intercept passes. And what's with only gaining 3% of fans for winning a game decidedly, and losing 15%+ for losing at all?

What’s new

- Fixed a crash in the Hall of Fame.
- Fixed a bug where you could activate Trucking for an opposition player if they intercepted the ball. (Fixed for real this time!)
- Added Kick Return stats for relevant players to the League/Restarts screen in the format KR:Touchdowns(Yards)
- Added the original unedited team acronym to the top of the League/Restarts screen.