New since 1.0.9 - - Conferences and competitions have all been updated for 2025. New careers will automatically begin with these updates. Older careers receive the option to update when a season is complete, unless you are accepting a new Job Offer. - Fix for 2pt conversion chance not triggering for 2nd team in Human V Human Exhibition. 1.0.10 has an additional fix to remove some debugging readouts which had been introduced in 1.0.9.

- Conferences and competitions have all been updated for 2025. New careers will automatically begin with these updates. Older careers receive the option to update when a season is complete, unless you are accepting a new Job Offer. - Fix for 2pt conversion chance not triggering for 2nd team in Human V Human Exhibition.

Removed debugging readouts which were appearing during Overtime.

- Fix for a crash in Exhibition Mode when trying to use copied career teams which originated from two different league arrangements. - Additional fixes for gameplay progression issues with overtime.

- Gameplay progression issues with overtime should be fixed. If you are still experiencing issues then please contact support@newstargames.com - Fix for the crash when trying to access the Football History menu. - Fix for the crash when copying team data from older saves into Exhibition Mode.

Please note that this version does have some gameplay progression issues with Overtime. These will be remedied in an upcoming update. Fixes in v1.0.1: • Fix for the crash when choosing to Punt. • Fix for the recorded ranks of Top 25 opposition teams being out by 1 in the Season Review and League/Restarts screens. • Ranks of Top 25 opposition teams hidden in the default display for Season Review. • Fix for the OF/DF strengths being incorrectly recorded in the League/Restarts screen when opponents are from the other Subdivision. • College Conference names in Exhibition now use the edited names when these are copied in. • Removed a non-functional back arrow in the Exhibition Mode team picker. • Fix for the highlighted tab not updating in the Exhibition Mode team picker for Pro teams.

Thank you to all the Retro Bowl and Retro Bowl College fans for the amazing feedback you have given us so far which has helped us to improve and balance the game. This new version 1.0 adds in some of the most requested features from the original Retro Bowl such as - SIM game and SIM interrupt options. - Exhibition Mode: Set the "Strength Baseline" option to MINOR to keep Major teams strong, or set it to MAJOR to keep Minor teams weak. Or pit your College team against a Pro team for an Extreme-style challenge. - Football History section in the Yearbook shows previous winners of the main three postseason conclusions up to 2022 and will update along with your College career (new careers only). - League/Restarts screen is active and includes College information such as top-25-ranked opponents, conference record, and Fund cap. Other changes include - Editor enhancements: Edit Pro Team information and your changes will show up in player Epilogues and in Exhibition mode. - Graphical fix to the players on the sidelines. - A fix for routes where the inner WR was crossing the outer WR when both were on the same side.

Fix & Balancing update 0.9.26 is now available! FIXES - Fixes to the incorrect routes caused by the introduction of the wider hashmarks. - Fix for being able to go for 1pt in 2OT. - Fix for conversions being playable in OT even though the winner is already decided. - Drive Direction alternation with the BOTH setting now follows College rules. - Fix for issues with the Head Coach's PLAYED GAMES statistic during Year 1. - Fix for disappearing text when scrolling the history box in Head Coach menu. - Kick Returns option (available with the Unlimited Version) is now saved per career. BALANCING - Traditionally stronger teams will keep their high strength ratings for longer (drift will still happen over time on long careers). - Player GPA management made slightly more difficult at NORMAL training settings. - Further reduced chances of OLs winning season awards. OTHER CHANGES - One new Coach face added for our community competition winner.

- Fix for recruitment class quality resetting immediately after a data upgrade. - Fix for edited names needing to be reconfirmed or not appearing until after a save was reloaded. - Fix for a problem where performing the data upgrade could create a blank record for the previous year's OVR history stats. - Fix for the incorrect year displaying for January games on the pre-game screen. - Improvements to the scheduling. - Fix for problems with the newly added teams when copying editor data from an old-style league setup to a new-style league setup.

Conferences and competitions have all been updated for 2024, including the 12-team playoff in the Major subdivision. New careers will automatically begin with these updates. Older careers receive the option to update when a season is complete, unless you are accepting a new Job Offer. Other fixes - - Fix for the missing Taunt animation. - Fix for the X-to-close button not working. - Fix for an issue where skipping the Postseason menus could cause a Bowl game to be skipped which you were eligible to play in. - Fix for a rare bug where your TE could appear twice on the field. - Postseason games now added to the OVR games count in the YOUR HISTORY line which displays your subdivision ranking. - Fixes for discrepancies in the Year readout for some of the January games. - Various crash fixes and stability improvements.

- Fix for the issue introduced in 0.9.5 where the ball would be tipped multiple times instead of caught. - Fix for the wrong player receiving the Excessive Celebration dilemma after a game.

BALANCING •Change to player interest in the Admissions Draft: The best players are attracted to higher-ranked Colleges. The weakest players are attracted to medium-ranked Colleges. •New positive Study news story possible for players with high GPA. •Small chance of positive news stories for any player even with low GPA or Morale •Tiny increase to weekly GPA reduction. GAMEPLAY/VISUALS •Field hashmarks widened. •Other fixes to the field. •Spike celebration now has consequences. FIXES •Fix for sacks counting as incompletions •Fix for interceptions not counting in the End Zone. MENUS •Pre-game screen now shows game names during the Postseason. •Season review now shows the Scholarship Funds earned during the Pro Draft. •Entries in the Postseason Schedule which happen after December are now stamped with the next year. •Entries in a player's C. Vitae which happened after December are now stamped with the next year.

- Fix for older versions of iOS such as 12.5.7 - Fix for a crash when cutting a player via a dilemma

- Fix for an issue where being the #1 ranked team could reduce the Head Coach rating. - Fix for an issue where the message explaining that there is no postseason for the 'Academic' conference could be shown repeatedly. - Introduced a way to continue playing on a career where Editor data had become irretrievably corrupted.

BALANCING - GPA •GPA now increases more quickly when players are Benched, Injured, or Suspended. •GPA-boosting meetings with the Academic Tutor are now more effective. •GPA-boosting Dilemma choices are now more effective. •No need to bench players during a Bye Week - all players will be boosted as if they were Benched. •Players' GPA increases slightly during the off-season. •Slight reduction in how quickly GPA decreases when Hard Training is active. •Resolved an issue where players could still be suspended but the Academic Tutor would refuse to help them. BALANCING - RANKINGS •Changes to the Rankings Poll to reduce cases where your team's ranking could drop severely during the off-season. •Fix for an issue where the Rankings for your previous team could be applied to your new team after taking a new coaching job. •Changes to the Rankings Poll to stop Bye Weeks causing large swings. •Various other changes to improve the Rankings Poll. •Postgame Rankings summary now shows the previous week's Ranking. BALANCING - OTHER •The OF/DF strengths of all MINOR teams are reduced when you are playing as a MAJOR team. •The OF/DF strengths of all MAJOR teams are increased when you are playing as a MINOR team. •Dynamic Difficulty levels 12 to 16 are now unlocked if you win the MAJOR or MINOR championship games. •Resolved issues where the Head Coach rating was not being increased - this should lead to an increase in the frequency of Job Offers at the end of a season. •Reduced the likelihood of Offensive Linemen winning the Outstanding College Player of the Year award. •Made it slightly less likely overall that player cut/rescue dilemmas will occur. BUG FIXES •Fix for purple colors appearing in the crowd. •Fix for Suspended / Benched players picking up game day injuries. •YOUR HISTORY tracker no longer records "conference finish" stats for Independent teams. •Resolved an issue where you could start a career without having created proper data for the Y1 season. •Improved allocation of Home/Away teams during the MINOR Playoffs.

- Fix for a bug where the Achievements total percentage did not reach 100% - Fix for a bug in Overtime where you could choose to go for 1 point when it shouldn't be possible. - New improved regular season schedule - this eliminates games against the same team during the same season, eliminates triple bye weeks, and improves the likelihood of games against traditional rivals. You may need to conclude active seasons for this to take effect. - Fix for a the rankings being offset by one in the "Highest Rank" stats in YOUR HISTORY. - Fix for the Major/Minor label being incorrect in the YOUR HISTORY area when changing teams and subdivision (errors may remain in older entries). - Fix for a bug where athletes could end up in an impossible "contract expired" situation where they needed to be re-signed using Scholarship funds. - The post-game Rankings summary now reflects the changes after the games which have just been completed, instead of being the same as before the game. - Rankings are updated again for the end of the season after the Postseason 5 games have concluded. - Independent team Kennesaw can now participate in the MINOR playoffs. You may need to conclude active seasons for this to take effect. - Game type labels added to the pre-game screen. - Higher ranked teams are now always placed on the right-hand side for neutral site games. - "Neutral site" settings can now be deactivated in the Editor so that Postseason games can be Home/Away games. - Clicking the post-game conference panel now does the same thing as VIEW again, rather than the same thing as CONTINUE. - Added a counter to show CC winnings from prestigious games being added. - Fix for a bug where you could use CC to boost players' GPA higher than the personal limitations. - Debugging information removed from the message confirming that a Walk-on player has joined the team. - Fix for error messages with codes 024C, 024M, 025C, 025M, 028C, 028M.

• 1-point conversions are now taken from the correct yard line. • Fix for the "Perfect regular season" achievement not unlocking. • Fix for flickering colors on player uniforms on the side of the field. • Fix for the YOUR HISTORY conference placements and Rankings being offset by 1 (e.g. "0th" instead of "1st"). • Head Coach statistics no longer start with 10 games already played. • Fix for completion stat being over 100% • Fix for players' season/career stats mismatch. • Edited Conference acronyms can now be 4 characters long instead of 3. • Fix for a crash when entering the Rankings menu using a controller. • Fix for the Head Coach name not appearing correctly in some Epilogues. • Fix for the Awards not being formatted correctly in player CVs. • Fix for incorrect links back to the Conference name editor when editing the "Atlantic Championship". • Edited competition names no longer persist when re-using a deleted career slot. • Fix for uniform related crashes in the pre-match screen. • Fix for keyboard controls on MacBook (where available)

• Fix for a crash which could occur at the end of the season when finishing the Pro Draft. • Fix for a crash which could occur after winning a notable game and which would persist over a 'Loading' message when reloading that save. • Fix for a crash which could occur when accessing the Yearbook. (History data may be corrupted; this is being investigated) • Fix for a crash which could occur when pressing the Head Coach card. (History data may be corrupted; this is being investigated) • Fix for a crash which could occur when scrolling the Rankings.

• 12-man roster is now working properly. • Boosting GPA above the Lift Suspension threshold with a Meeting makes the player available for the next game instead of the subsequent week's game. • GPA no longer reduces in the same week if boosted from a Bye Week dilemma. • Overtime possession order is now more realistic. • Overtime periods are now numbered. • Revoking scholarships during the Admissions process no longer reduces the morale of newly recruited Freshmen. • VIEW button added to the main menu so that OVR stats can be checked. • Arrows added to Conference screens for additional quick navigation. • Postseason competition names are now shown in the game strip in the main menu. • Teams qualifying for semifinal Bowls are now highlighted in the in the Major rankings. • 15th team is no longer missing from the Conference table for Minor conference "LITTORAL". • Unused Bowl names have been removed from the Editor. • "Major" and "Minor" in the player profile are no longer affected by Editor entries. • Fix for a crash when restoring recent backup saves. • Performance optimisations for load times in the menus. • "Loading" message added to longer loading instances.