1) New Skinned Interface - Skinning provides a colorful, new interface for the game.
2) Support for Microsoft Vista(tm) Operating System.
3) Game Lobby - *PRO-GAME ONLY, NOT AVAILABLE FOR COLLEGE* This optional add-on is being made available for a FREE ONE-YEAR TRIAL. This feature allows you to hook up with other players to play Netplay games! Now you can hang out in the lobby and chat about Strat Football. Feel like playing a game? Just hook up with someone else in the lobby and start playing! IMPORTANT NOTE: This feature is still experimental, so we cannot fully support it this year - however we do believe it will work for the vast majority of our users.
4) Spectator Mode - Imagine being able to watch your league's Netplay playoff games live as they unfold! Imagine no more! You can now join into a Netplay game as a spectator. Now your entire league can watch your Super Bowl being played live!
5) Improved Netplay - Netplay now requires only one port to be open. And, due to popular demand, either the home or the visiting team can host!
6) Support has been added for the New Blogger format.
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8) 88 new 'Oldtimer" Computer Managers have been added which are suitable for use with the 1957 through 1979 seasons!
9) A Player Picture is now optionally displayed on the field after the play, indicating the key player for that play.
10) A Custom Rules dialog has been added that lets you individually choose whichever rules you wish to use. This detailed dialog lets you control things like where the kickoff is made from, which style goal-posts should be displayed on the field, whether or not to allow 2-point conversions, and many other rules that have changed down through the years.
11) Overtime support has been improved - you can now specify either No Overtime, One Quarter Overtime, or Unlimited Overtimes.
12) A new rule, Variable Field Goal Distances has been added. Please see the "Football Rules.htm" file for more information.
13) Penalty descriptions for roughing penalties have been added, so that readings like "roughing the passer" and "unsportsmanlike conduct", "unnecessary roughness" occur.
14) Pass Interference rules have been improved for College.
15) Penalty Decline Logic has been improved.
16) Support for the 2006, 1969, 1978, and 1992 seasons has been added to the Pro game. Support for the 2006 season has been added to the College game.