NFL (video game)

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NFL
File:NFL Football 1988 NES cover.jpg
Cover art
Developer(s) Atlus
Publisher(s) LJN[1][2]
Composer(s) Hirohiko Takayama[3]
Series National Football League
Platforms NES[2]
Release date(s)
    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

    File:NFLvideogameDramaticSituation.png
    The game features a side 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 side-scrolling system for the actual gameplay and allows players to assign handicaps to a human opponent that is not equally skilled as they are.

    Reception

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

    References

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