American Football
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American Football
(1982 on
Arcadia 2001)
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American Football
(1985 on
ZX Spectrum, 1988 on
Commodore 64,
BBC Micro)
Description
Here's your chance to play the sport of American football against the computer or a friend. After choosing team names and picking heads or tails, it's onto the game. The game is a top down view of the whole pitch. After the kick off and the receiver has been tackled or scored a touchdown you can select your play by typing in the first two letters. For defence you have a choice of four including pass, run or blitz. For offense you have a choice of ten plays including bomb, shotgun, Punt or kick. Then you watch the action until the play is over.
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Reviews
Critics
Average score: 75% (based on 4 ratings)
Players
Average score: 1.2 out of 5 (based on 5 ratings with 1 reviews)
It all seemed so exotic at the time
The Good
As an introduction to American Football, this game of the same name does a good job - giving complete novices an overview of some of the more common tactical plays and an idea of what can be a very confusing game if you haven't grown up with it.
While the two letter code system is confusing to begin with, the inclusion of an in-game help page is most welcome.
The Bad
The presentation was dated at the time and time hasn't been kind to it - stickman graphics are far from inspiring. The fact that the game is effectively just a one on one exhibition with no league or tournament setting is disappointing.
The Bottom Line
It's not going to win any awards for realism and it has clearly been surpassed by many, many other games devoted to America's most lucrative sport but American Football is still a nostalgic curio that fulfills its brief of assuming the player knows nothing about the sport when they first pick up the game.
Amstrad CPC · by Ritchardo (2920) · 2023
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Game added July 30, 2012. Last modified February 22, 2023.