Arcade1Up, the staff behind the upcoming Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 arcade cupboard we lately performed at EVO 2022, has introduced NFL Blitz Legends, a brand new at-home cupboard that options remasters of three video games from the favored franchise.
These three video games are NFL Blitz (first launched in 1997), NFL Blitz ‘99 (launched in 1998), and NFL Blitz 2000: Gold Version (initially launched in 1999), and every can be simply playable within the NFL Blitz Legends cupboard from Arcade1Up, which contains a $599 price ticket.
“We couldn’t be extra excited to convey NFL Blitz Legends to followers who’ve been ready years for the return of this iconic sport,” Arcade1Up CEO writes in a press launch. “Our staff spent the higher a part of the final two years ensuring we each honored the video games’ previous whereas bringing it as much as at present’s trendy requirements with AAA improvement efforts in partnership with the NFL and FGA, and I believe we’ve achieved that in an unbelievable feat of enjoyable, thrilling, action-packed gameplay whereas reengineering the unique sport.”
Arcade1Up partnered with the NFL and the Soccer Greats Alliance to “make sure that a whole lot of the sport’s legends are featured together with Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins), Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers), Deion Sanders (Denver Broncos), Brett Farve (Inexperienced Bay Packers), Jerome Bettis (Pittsburgh Steelers), Terrell Davis (Denver Broncos), and Cris Carter (Minnesota Vikings).”
In remastering these three Blitz video games, Arcade1Up needed to tweak among the tackles and after-the-whistle hits within the video games “to assist the NFL’s present Participant Well being & Security initiatives,” together with edits to those strikes or outright elimination of some. This at-home cupboard will embody native multiplayer, after all, however it’s going to additionally give gamers the flexibility to compete on-line with Wi-Fi multiplayer and leaderboards.
“Construct to resemble the enduring NFL Blitz discovered at retro arcades, NFL Blitz Legends is a five-foot-tall arcade machine that includes NFL legends on the perimeters of the cupboard,” the press launch reads. “The paintings and gameplay additionally characteristic retro staff logos and uniforms, including to the authenticity of the gaming expertise. Along with Wi-Fi multiplayer and leaderboard, the arcade machine has a 49-way joystick and 17-inch display screen with a light-up marquee, and a branded riser.”
You possibly can pre-order the machine beginning at present for $599.99 and branded stools representing each staff within the NFL at present can be found for $79.99. The primary 1000 customers to pre-order the machine from Arcade1Up.com will obtain a limited-edition NFL Blitz Legends hat as a present with the acquisition.
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