Software:NFL (video game)

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NFL
NFL Football 1988 NES cover.jpg
Cover art
Developer(s)Atlus
Publisher(s)LJN[1][2]
Composer(s)Hirohiko Takayama[3]
SeriesNational Football League
Platform(s)NES[2]
Release
Genre(s)Traditional football simulation[2][4]
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer (up to two players[5])

NFL is a 1989 football video game, developed by Atlus and published by LJN exclusively for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Gameplay modes

The game features an overhead view of the on-field action.

This game was the first since NFL Football - released in 1979 for the Intellivision - to get an official National Football League license. Intending to loosely represent the 1988-89 season of the National Football League, the game uses the teams and play formations of that particular era while avoiding usage of the players' names, due to a lack of an NFLPA license, which was given to Tecmo's Tecmo Bowl.[1][5]

The player could play one of four options, either Interconference, AFC and NFC game or the Super Bowl (specifically Super Bowl XXIII). Along with the option to choose a package to play during the game, players can directly control the entire team at once. This game was one of the first NFL video games on a gaming system.[1] The game employs a Top-Down system for the actual gameplay and allows players to assign handicaps to a human opponent that is not as skilled as they are.

Reception

Allgame gave the game a 2.5 out of 5 rating in their overview.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Game overview". MobyGames. http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/nfl. Retrieved 2011-01-19. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Release information". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/587483.html. Retrieved 2008-08-14. 
  3. ↑ "Composer information". NES Music Authors List v3.8. http://nesdev.com/authors.htm. Retrieved 2012-10-26. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Release information". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/nes/sports/nflfootball/index.html. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Game overview (second reference)". IGN. http://cheats.ign.com/objects/007/007133.html. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  6. ↑ "Rating information for NFL Football". allgame. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14115. Retrieved 2012-10-25. 




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