Backbreaker Box Art Revealed, Preorders Ship May 18th

[DaveDQ]

Quote: Originally Posted by wEEman33

If this game is Blitz, then what does that make Madden? Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl, perhaps?

My goodness. I can honestly say I have never seen that game. What on earth?

[CreatineKasey]

SEND IN THE TROLL! LMAO!

[Critical Kills]

TOS Alert, heh.

The cover is nice but i'll probably wait for the reviews of this game. I'm not entirely sold on it being a good game as opposed to a technology demo and/or Blitz type game. It would be nice to have a great football game that is fresh and different from Madden though.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by wEEman33

If this game is Blitz, then what does that make Madden? Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl, perhaps?

That game was awesome.

[jyoung]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveDQ

My goodness. I can honestly say I have never seen that game. What on earth?

Back in 1990, it was Midway's first attempt at arcade football.



It came out long before Blitz (1997), but the same year as High Impact Football (1990), which was later ported to the SNES and Genesis as Super High Impact (1993).

The arcade version was simply called "Pigskin 621 A.D."



The Genesis port later that year added the Jerry Glanville endorsement to help add a bit more product recognition and boost sales.

For its time, the game was pretty darn fun.

[CubFan23]

Quote: Originally Posted by elgreazy1

Absolutely amazing cover! Coming from a strong graphic design background I can tell you this one hits on so many levels. I must say the logo is very, very strong; in fact, it reminds me exactly of the NBA logo which conveys the speed & movement of the game yet it's still very balanced. The logo will make the game very easy to market & brand. The name texts are very clean, crips and easy to read as well. The player's pose has a very strong sequential appeal to it -- comic art -- with the layout being in-your-face. On top of that, the player is outfitted in the BB uniform so any potential buyer already has a flash of what to expect. And as other people mentioned, the inclusion of using #52 will immediatly subconsciously draw the football fan to think of current greats: Willis, Lewis, etc and being a LB, gamers will know what to expect: HITS! Seriously, absolutely love this cover. I wish I could find out who the artist is.

I see what is going to be an average football game.

Seriously, pass me some of what you smoking

[TheWatcher]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveDQ

My goodness. I can honestly say I have never seen that game. What on earth?

You can play it online here:

http://www.thesmartass.info/play/gen...skin+Footbrawl

[Pappy Knuckles]

Quote: Originally Posted by CubFan23

I see what is going to be an average football game. Seriously, pass me some of what you smoking

He didn't say one word about the actual game in that post. I tend to agree with his comments about the art. It looks pretty nice.