| MicroLeague Football: The Coach's Challenge | |
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| Developer(s) | MicroLeague Sports Association |
| Publisher(s) | MicroLeague Sports Association |
| Platform(s) | DOS |
| Release | 1990 |
| Genre(s) | Sports management |
MicroLeague Football: The Coach's Challenge is a 1990 video game published by MicroLeague Sports Association.
MicroLeague Football: The Coach's Challenge is a game in which football strategy is simulated. [1]
Win Rogers reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "Despite the relatively high sticker prices, these are actually economy cars offering dependable family transportation. They are for the serious no-nonsense sports fan — not for the thrill-seeker in the market for a sexy sports model." [1]
Peter Scisco for Compute! praised the game's simplicity and described it as "Straightforward, basic, well-designed, and fun". [2]
Game Player's PC Strategy Guide declared that the best part of the game is "its ability to let you play out gridiron fantasies and might-have-been super matches." [3]
In rating the best games of 1991, VideoGames & Computer Entertainment gave the game an Honorable Mention and called it "the state-of-the-art pigskin simulation" for players who are looking for "full-screen animated graphics as well as accurate mathematical modeling of simulated players". [4]
HardBall! is a baseball video game published by Accolade. Initially released for the Commodore 64 in 1985, it was ported to other computers over the next several years. A Sega Genesis cartridge was published in 1991. HardBall! was followed by sequels HardBall II, HardBall III, HardBall IV, HardBall 5, and HardBall 6.
Earl Weaver Baseball is a baseball video game (1987) designed by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower and published by Electronic Arts. The artificial intelligence for the computer manager was provided by Baseball Hall of Fame member Earl Weaver, then manager of the Baltimore Orioles. EWB was a major hit, and along with John Madden Football helped pave the way for the EA Sports brand, which launched in 1992. A Sega Genesis version was planned but cancelled.
NFL Challenge is a video game for MS-DOS released in 1985 by XOR Software. It uses statistical models for not only the NFL season, but also the outcome of a single football game.
The Prisoner 2 1982 computer game by Edu-Ware is a remake of the 1980 game The Prisoner.
Blood Bowl is the turn-based strategy video game adaptation of the Games Workshop miniatures game, originally developed for MS-DOS computers by Destiny Software Productions and published by MicroLeague.
Earl Weaver Baseball II is a sports video game for MS-DOS compatible operating systems published by Electronic Arts in 1991. It is the sequel to the 1987 game Earl Weaver Baseball.
Microsoft Flight Simulator, commonly known as Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0 or FS3, is a flight simulator video game. It was released in mid-1988 for the MS-DOS.
Addictive Games was a UK video game publisher in the 1980s and early 1990s. It is best known for the Football Manager series of games created by company founder Kevin Toms. The company was originally based in Milton Keynes, England and later relocated to Bournemouth, in southern England.
Computer Football Strategy is a 1983 computer game that simulates the National Football League from a strategic point of view. It was developed for the Commodore 64 and the Atari 8-bit family/ Many retired professional football players have been noted to be content while recapturing their former heroics on this computer game.
Videoball is a minimalist sports video game by Action Button Entertainment. Up to six human and computer-controlled players form two teams. Each uses an analog stick and a single button to control triangles that shoot charged projectiles at a ball and other players. The objective is to knock the ball into the opposing team's goal. Apart from exhibition matches, the game has a scenario challenge-based Arcade mode, and supports online team and ranked multiplayer matchmaking. Videoball has a simple visual style with bright colors, basic shapes, and many customization options.
Gridiron! is a football game by Bethesda Softworks.
Front Page Sports Football Pro is a DOS video game developed and published by Dynamix and released in 1993, and is part of the Front Page Sports Football video game series.
Jack Nicklaus is a series of golf video games named after golfer Jack Nicklaus. The first game, Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf, was developed by Sculptured Software and published by Accolade. It was released for various platforms beginning in 1988. Accolade would publish subsequent games in the series for the next decade, before selling the rights to Activision in 1998. Activision published a sixth game in the series, Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge, in 1999, but chose not to publish a sequel due to poor sales. The next game in the series, Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf, was released by a new company in 2016.
Links: The Challenge of Golf is a golf video game developed by Access Software. It was published for MS-DOS in 1990, followed by the Amiga in 1992. A Sega CD version, developed by Papyrus Design Group, was released in 1994. It is the first game in the Links series, and was followed by Links 386 Pro (1992). A Microsoft Windows version, titled Microsoft Golf, was released in 1992 as the first game in the Microsoft Golf series.
Microsoft Golf is a video game spin-off of the Links series.
3 in 1 College & Pro Football is a sports video game published by Lance Haffner Games for the Apple II in 1984. It was ported to the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.
MicroLeague Baseball: The Manager's Challenge is a 1991 video game published by MicroLeague Sports Association.
Amarillo Slim Dealer's Choice is a 1991 video game published by Villa Crespo Software, bearing the name of poker player Amarillo Slim.
Are We There Yet? is a 1991 puzzle video game developed by Manley & Associates for IBM PC compatibles and published by Electronic Arts.