NFL (video game)

NFL
Developer(s)	Atlus
Publisher(s)	LJN[3][1]
Composer(s)	Hirohiko Takayama[4]
Series	National Football League
Platform(s)	NES[1]
Release	NA: September 1989[1][2]
Genre(s)	Traditional football simulation[1][2]
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.^[3][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.^[3] 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. "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
2. "Release information". GameSpot. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
3. "Game overview". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
4. "Composer information". NES Music Authors List v3.8. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
5. "Game overview (second reference)". IGN. Archived from the original on February 24, 2004. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
6. "Rating information for NFL Football". allgame. Retrieved 2012-10-25.