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                       Bo Jackson: 2 Games in 1 FAQ
                            For the Game Boy
                     Version 1.0 (Created 10/27/2010)
                             By Devin Morgan

     This file is Copyright (c)2010 Devin Morgan. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

1. What's New
2. Introduction
3. Controls
4. Overview
5. Copyright Notice

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Version 1.0 (10/27/10): The first version.

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As you can see, Bo Jackson apparently sponsored a two-game cartridge
featuring baseball and football. Both games are extremely basic as you would
expect given the era. It is more of a pick up and play type of game, despite
the fact that the controls are rather slow and quite clunky overall. There
are better baseball and football games on the Game Boy, so I would skip this
one to be honest.

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General
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Control Pad: Move cursor

Start: Begin game, make selection on menus


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Baseball
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Control Pad: Move player

Select: Choose different pitch type (defense)

A: Swing bat (offense; hold button), bunt (offense; tap button), pitch
  (defense), run to base when holding ball (defense)

B: Throw when holding ball (defense; use Control Pad to choose base)


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Football
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Control Pad: Move player, move cursor on playbook screen

Start: Hike the ball (offense), advance to the next screen

Select: Call a timeout

A: Pass (offense)

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Baseball
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When you start this game, you will be able to choose the number of innings
you would like to play (1-9). Next, you can choose if your team pitches first
as the home team (defense) or bats first as the visiting team (offense).
After that, you can pick from seven teams; they are all pretty much the same
so there is no need to really differentiate between them. The game will then
begin.

If you are pitching, you will be able to choose the type of pitch that the
catcher is requesting. Press A to see the pitcher, who you can move from side
to side to line up a pitch. Then, press A twice to pitch the ball. You can go
back to the catcher's signs by pressing Select, or view the field by pressing
B (useful when attempting to pick off a base runner). When fielding, move the
players toward the ball to try and catch it, then throw with B or run towards
a base with A. If you are running, you can attempt to make a diving catch by
holding a direction and pressing B.

When you are at bat, you can move the batter with the Control Pad. Swing by
pressing/holding A to swing all the way through. Tap A to hold the bat out
and attempt to bunt. If you get on base, you can hold B and tap a direction
while waiting for a pitch to attempt to steal. If you hit the ball far, you
can continue running the bases by holding the next base's direction and
pressing B.

As usual, there are four balls for a walk, three strikes to make an out, and
three outs in an inning. You score by sending a runner around all of the
bases or by hitting a home run into the far seats. When the specified number
of innings is complete, the game is over. If it is a tie, you continue
playing until the end of the inning when a tie is broken.


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Football
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When you choose this game mode, you will first be asked to choose the game
length. Once you do that, you can choose to play a Practice game or a regular
Competition game. After that, you can choose Heads or Tails for the coin toss
before the referee throws the coin. If you win (it's random), you can choose
to kick off or receive the ball to start the game.

When the actual game begins, you will only be able to see the field length-
wise in 15 yard increments. There is no seeing what's ahead of you, only what
is currently on the screen. The player you control has a circle around them.
If you are on defense, you can press A when near the player with the ball
(also circled) to try and tackle them. This seems to have random results as
well. When you are on the offense, you press Start to hike the ball and A to
pass to the pre-designated target. This can be very tough since you won't be
able to see what is ahead of you or near your target, so a successful pass
seems to happen entirely by chance.

In between each play, you will see a screen with the score, time, timeouts
remaining. It also contains other pertinent data such as the current down,
how many yards to get first down again, and the yard line you are on. Press
Start to go to the playbook, where you can choose the next play. Use Left and
Right to move the cursor on the drawing to determine which player you will
control at the snap.

If you are playing on offense, you will see a timer at the bottom-right of
the screen. You must hike the ball before the timer counts down or you will
be penalized. Speaking of which, penalties can happen at random as well. When
you are on offense, do not move or press anything for at least a full second
after all players are in position, or you will be given a 5-yard penalty.

Also at the bottom of the screen, you will see the score on each side, as
well as the current down/yards to go, and time left in the quarter. When a
quarter ends, you simply press Start to continue playing. At half time, you
may have to kick off the ball to your opponent, otherwise play continues as
it did prior to the end of the last quarter.

You score by reaching the opposite end of the field, thus making a touchdown
(6 points). You will then get a chance to kick a field goal, which seems to
happen automatically as well for an extra point. You then have to kick the
ball off to the opponent and play continues.

No players have statistics in the football game; Player 1 is the East (white)
Team and the computer is the West (black) Team. When the game is over, that
is it.

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