1987 · SNK · American football · Sports

Touchdown Fever

Nintendo console exclusive

A close-up overhead-view football game with an energetic soundtrack. The CPU can be configured to operate as a two-player upright or as a four player stand-up cocktail.

Released: 1987
Platforms: Arcade NES
Genres: American football Sports
Developers: SNK
Publishers: SNK
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Country: Japan

About

Touchdown Fever is a 1987 American football video game developed and published by SNK for arcades. It was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System and was released in Japan by K. Amusement Leasing on November 11, 1988 and in North America by SNK in February 1991. A sequel, Touchdown Fever II, was released in 1988.

Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, as well as their Arcade Archives 2 series for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in January 2026.

Keywords

soccer
football

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

At first glance, it resembles Irem's 1983 arcade game 10-Yard Fight, but with rotating joysticks that were previously used in SNK's Ikari Warriors. Most of the official rules are in effect as well as most major running and passing plays. Field goals and punts are also included, but, players cannot make horse collar tackles.