Football Frenzy is an arcade American football game for the Neo Geo from 1992. The Neo Geo was exceptional in that the same hardware sat inside both the cabinet and the home console, so a player at home got exactly what the arcades ran, which was far from usual at the time.

American football lends itself well to arcade treatment. The sport splits naturally into short plays with a strategic choice between them, and each play lasts a few seconds. That gave the cabinet a rhythm suited to a place where time costs money: quick decision, short action, immediate result. The rules are simplified so the game can be understood without knowing the sport, with a short and legible list of plays to choose from.

The record lists a single player and a side view, meaning the field is watched from the sideline with the camera following the attacking team. Neo Geo graphics were remarkable in their day, and large, strongly animated players on a colourful field ranked among the best sights of 1992.

The publisher field names HAMSTER, which points to the modern line of re-releases of old arcade games. That programme is the reason many Neo Geo titles reached new players decades after their original run. Neo Geo cartridges cost so much that few could afford the home console, and most players knew these games only from arcades.

Year, platform and pictures from the field are what this record keeps — the game does not start on the page itself.