Front Page Sports: Football Pro '98

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Front Page Sports: Football Pro 98
Front Page Sports Football Pro 98 video game cover.jpg
Developer Synergistic Software
Publisher Sierra On-Line
Platform Windows
ReleaseNovember 1997 [1]

Front Page Sports: Football Pro 98 is a 1997 video game from Sierra On-Line. The game features Dan Marino as the star athlete on the box. [2]

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Gameplay

The gameplay in Front Page Sports: Football Pro '98 builds on this series, and retains the simulation features from earlier entries like detailed coaching profiles, robust play design tools, and the ability to guide a team across seasons through drafts, trades, and free agency. League and team management menus are streamlined with a revamped interface. Internet play is expanded, with improved chat and arcade-style options, plus utilities like a schedule maker to recreate real NFL seasons. Players in the action mode have only two joystick buttons. New rosters, logos, stadium artwork, and weather details are included. [3]

Reception

GameSpot gave the game a score of 5.9 out of 10' stating: "For gamers who revel in the challenges of play design, draft and trade decisions, game plans, and even practice-camp priorities, FPS: FP '98 is still the only game in town. Whether or not a slightly improved version of "the only game in town" is worth $25 or $30, though, is up to you." [3]

The game was the 8th best-selling football game from the January to October 1997 period according to the Hartford Courant . [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Press Release". MultiPlayer Online Gaming. November 3, 1997. Archived from the original on September 1, 1999. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  2. ↑ Hedstrom, Kate (August 15, 1997). "FPS: Football 98 To Feature Dan Marino". GameSpot . Archived from the original on February 20, 1999. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Poole, Stephen. "Front Page Sports: Football Pro '98". GameSpot . Archived from the original on January 21, 1998. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  4. ↑ Coleman, Terry (March 1998). "Rebuilding Year" (PDF). Computer Gaming World . p. 216. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  5. ↑ Falcon, Jonah (February 22, 1998). "Front Pages Sports Football Pro '98". Computer Games Magazine . Archived from the original on July 4, 2003. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  6. ↑ Brante, Alex (January 1998). "DSF Football Pro 98". PC Player (in German). p. 150. Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  7. ↑ "DSF Football 98". PC Games (in German). September 1998. Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Top-selling football games". Hartford Courant . January 16, 1998. p. 161. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.