NFL Blitz Is Back In New Arcade1Up Cabinet Releasing This Fall
gamespot.comNFL Blitz, the beloved over-the-top football game that was a staple in the late '90s, is returning this fall as a home arcade cabinet from Arcade1Up. The new cabinet is dubbed NFL Blitz Legends and includes remastered versions of the first three games in the series: NFL Blitz, NFL Blitz '99, and NFL Blitz 2000: Gold Edition. NFL Blitz Legends is available to preorder now for $600 ahead of its early October release.
NFL Blitz Legends was made in partnership with the NFL, and Arcade1Up also worked with the Field Greats Association (FGA) to get real NFL legends in the games like they were originally. While it's unclear at this time if all of the players who appeared in the original games will be present in the cabinet versions, Arcade1Up provided a list of some of the stars who are on board:
The cabinet artwork and design are based on the original cabinets that you may have seen in arcades more than 20 years ago. Like a lot of other Arcade1Up cabinets, it has a 17-inch LCD display, a light-up marquee, and is five feet tall. You can pair your NFL Blitz Legends cabinet with an $80 team-branded stool featuring the logo and color scheme of any of the 32 current NFL teams.
NFL Blitz Legends supports local and online multiplayer. Along with a set of buttons for each player in local multiplayer, the cabinet has two 49-way joysticks, which means they will operate in a similar manner to modern analog sticks on controllers when it comes to precision. Online multiplayer can be played over Wi-Fi against other players with the cabinet, and there will even be a leaderboard feature to see how you stack up against other players on the gridiron.
Games featured in Arcade1Up cabinets typically aren't remastered versions; they are ports of the
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