Simple, but incredibly satisfying football game which does not overstay its welcome. Played it first on a browser as a kid, nowadays I come back to it every now and then when I don't have access to my PC, and even though a single match will last no longer than three minutes on speedup, it consumes time like no other. The player training stuff is definitely the least exciting part, but by season 3 it all becomes a non-factor, and you can instead enjoy tricking your new manager into giving you 50% more with a game of higher or lower or gamble a fortune with your teammates. One of my favorite time-wasters.

Childhood game. Tried to beat it many times but never got past level 2 as a kid. Tried a bunch though because the sound effects are nice and made my brain happy. Returning over a decade later, I was able to beat the game, but I think I'd have more fun just running around the first few stages. One positive: the idea that after losing all lives you can go to hell to collect extra souls until they run out as well is pretty cool.

Featuring:
-Screen crunch that adds nothing to the challenge other than leaps of faith
-Damaging items in boxes
-Input delay
-Sound effects playing faster than the animations
-Unclear hitboxes on characters and platforms with no ledge grabs
-Enemies that move significantly faster than you (only an issue due to the input delay)
-Terrible feeling jump
-Awful final boss
-Password system for a game with less than 10 levels
-Mind-numbing music

Terribly frustrating and unrewarding, but short. Happy to tick another childhood game off the bucket list.