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Introduction Dialing Directory...........................................21 Game Features Game Features ................................................3 Make the Connection ....................................24 Introduction Here are some of the features you’ll find in How to Use This Manual.. ...............................4 League setup Practice is over! You’ve played the com- All-American College Football: Getting Started Setting Up Your League ................................26 petition; now it's time to bang heads with . College teams, with full rosters made up System Requirements.....................................,5 Schedule Editor.. ...........................................27 the big boys! Welcome to All-American Installing All-American College Football ...... ...5 Managing Your League .................................29 College Football-the most comprehensive of actual college players. Defining ‘Select’ .............................................,5 Running a Game Plan League .......................30 simulation of college football ever created! . The ability to manage four The General Manager Menu.. .........................,7 Participating in a Head Up League................31 separate leagues. Printing Playbooks..........................................7 Seasonal Simulations.. ..................................34 Coach your favorite college team through a Game Setup Remote League Data.. ....................................34 full schedule of hard-hiting action. Play . Auto Play mode for rapid simulation Using the Game Setup Screen.........................8 Updating League Files...................................35 head-to-head match-ups either locally or via of scheduled games. Modem Play Options .....................................10 Team Editor.. ................................................,36 modem. Create a league and play scheduled The Options Menu .........................................11 Editing/Adding a Team ..................................37 games in either head-up or Micro Sports’ l True modem play, Starting the Game..........................................12 Editing Team Rosters.....................................38 exclusive Game Plan mode. Whatever your . Two play styles-Head Up or Game Playing All-American College Football League Leaders preference, A//-American College Football Plan mode. Playing a Head UpGame ..............................13 Viewing and Printing Leaders .......................39 can deliver! What’s more, each play is Game Setup Selections .................................13 State Keeper tracked by the Stats Keeper module, which l Stunning graphics. The Head Up Screen .....................................13 Viewing and Printing Statistics ....................,41 provides pages of the most complete stalisti- l Play-by-play commentary. Play Calling ..................................................15 Glossary of Terms.. ....................................... .44 cal reports found in anycomputer game! Player Substitution.. ......................................17 Play Calling Codes.. ....................................... .57 Playing a Game Plan Game.. .........................18 Game Setup Selections .................................18 Game Options ...............................................19 ModemPlay ..................................................2 0 Equipment Needed ........................................20 Pregame Setup.............................................,20 2 3 How to Use This Manual Get in the Game! Installing All-American Your owner's manual contains five main sec- To get the most out of All-American College 1 Getting Started College Football System Re irements tions and a glossary: Football, play it with a friend, either at the Follow this procedure to install All-American keyboard or via modem. If you can’t find an Here’s what you need to play All-American Getting Started-Includes the hardware College Football: College football into your hard drive: requirements for All-American College opponent locally, you can always find worthy competition on commercial bulletin board 1. Insert the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM Football as well as how to install and load l DOS 6.0 services. What’s more, these services drive and type the drive identifier followed the program. l 486/25 MHz IBM or 100% compatible PC frequently sponsor leagues, with online sec- (486/33 MHz recommended) by a colon (e.g., D:). Press <ENTER>. Playing All-American College Football- tion leaders acting as league commissioners. l 8MBRAM 2. Type INSTALL and press <ENTER>. Contains chapters that describe the Game So, what are you waiting for? Get online and l VGA Setup Screen, tell how to play the Head Up get in the game! l 24 MB free hard disk space 3. Follow the on-screen prompts. game, or the Game Plan; and lead you l CD-ROM drive (double speed) 4. After the install program is finished, it dis- through your first modem play connection. l Mouse plays menus to configure your sound and Game Utilities-A series of seven chap- l AdLib, Sound Blaster” or 100% compati- print options. Choose your sound and ters, each devoted to one of the utilities ble sound card print options from these menus. found in All-American College Football, Optional Equipment Defining "Select” Glossary of Terms-Your resource for l Hayes-compatible modem You will see the term ‘Select’ used in most football terminology and game strategies. l A printer that supports 132-column sections of this game manual. There are two printing ways to select an item: 1. Using your keyboards direction arrow keys, move the dotted highlight box to the item you want to choose. Press <ENTER> to select the item. 4 5 2. Using your mouse, move the mouse The <ESC> Key General Manager Features Choose Diagram to print graphical represen- pointer over the item you want to choose. You can use <ESC> to clear dialog boxes The top of the screen houses three pull-down tations of the predefined plays. You can Click the left mouse button to select the from the screen and cancel selections in menus: print them in any formation (using a laser process. printer only). Item. He/p-Provides a list of hot keys and a description of each on-screen selection. The game asks you to select an offensive HINT: It is much easier to select items The <ESC> key also serves as a quick-exit key from all programs within All-American formation, defensive formation, printer type, using the mouse. File-Allows you to view game credits and play types to print. This is the list of College Football. You will, however, be and exit the game. Selecting Pull-Down Menus prompted to confirm your exit when you play types: Nearly every screen has a bar at the top with press the <ESC> key to perform a quick exit. Utility- Gives you the option of printing a l Offensive Run Plays (01-30) two or more pull-down menus. To select a game plan form or the predesigned plays. loading the Game l Offensive Run Plays (31-44) menu, click on its title with the left mouse See Printing Playbooks for more information l Offensive Pass Plays (45-74) button. To load All-American College Football, about printing predesigned plays. It also l Offensive Pass Plays (75-94) change to the drive and directory where you allows you to access the remote league l Run Defense Plays (01-30) When you select a pull-down menu, a list of installed the game (e.g., C:\ACF95). Type data module. menu items appears. If you are using a ACF95 and press <ENTER>. The General l Run Defense Plays (31-46) mouse, click on the menu item you want to Manager menu appears. The bottom of the screen is filled with but- l Pass Defense Plays (47-76) execute. If you are using the keyboard, use tons corresponding to the different modules l Pass Defense Plays (77-94) The General Manager Menu the up and down direction arrows to high- l All Plays (Offense and Defense) General Manager provides you with an easy- in All-American College Football. Each is light the item you want to select. Press discussed in detail later in this manual. After your selection has printed, the play <ENTER> to make your choice. to-use interface and a few extra features that make playing All-American College Football Printing Playbooks selection menu reappears. To clear a drop-down menu without making a as easy as possible. This is the General Press <F8> or choose Print Playbook from Choose another set of plays to print or select selection click the left mouse button outside Manager Menu screen: the Print menu to print the playbook Form or Exit Playbook Printing to return to the the menu. Diagram. The Form is a coded listing of each General Manager screen. predefined offensive, defensive, and special teams play. 7 Play Method Tie Resolution a year from the subsequent menu. Repeat Game Setup This sets the type of game you are going to This determines how the game will continue this process to select the opposing team. The Game Setup menu is the launch pad for play. The choices are Head Up and Game if there is a tie score at the end of regulation. League Games: The game displays the all All-American College Football action. Plan. In a Head Up game, you call each play Overtime means the teams will play one appropriate league schedule (based on the This is where you set all game parameters, and make all coaching decisions in real time. overtime period. The first team to score in such as the teams that are playing, the type A Game Plan game requires you to fill out a league selected in the League to Use box). that overtime period wins the game. Sudden Select a game from the schedule.