Mike Ditka Ultimate Football

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Developer(s) Accolade
Publisher(s) Accolade
Platform(s) IBM, [1] Sega Genesis [1] [2]
Release1991

Mike Ditka Ultimate Football is a 1991 video game published by Accolade.

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Gameplay

Mike Ditka Ultimate Football is a game in which the player can choose from all the available 28 professional teams, and can play one game at a time, or play through the full season, or just the playoffs. [3]

Reception

Wallace Poulter reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "Mike Ditka Ultimate Football is a "Smash Mouth" entrant into the field. Its blend of quality graphics, playability and fun combines to form a superior product." [3]

Clayton Walnum for Compute! praised the graphics, animation, sounds, and gameplay, proclaiming "Mike Ditka Ultimate Football scores a touchdown". [6]

Patrick McCarthy for Zero complimented the replay facility and concluded that "It's right up there with Joe Montana - maybe even a bit better." [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Carter, Jonathan (December 27, 1991). "24-bit Neo Geo sets up an arcade system in your home". Chicago Tribune . p. 116. Retrieved March 12, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Software". Chicago Tribune . December 27, 1991. p. 117. Retrieved March 12, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 Poulter, Wallace (May 1992). "Go for It: Accolade's Mike Ditka Ultimate Football". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 94. pp. 38–39.
  4. "Aktueller Software Markt - Ausgabe 1992/03". March 1992.
  5. 1 2 "Zero 27 (January 1992) Page scans - Amiga Magazine Rack".
  6. "Compute! Magazine Issue 151". April 1993.
  7. http://www.meanmachinesmag.co.uk/review/188/mike-ditkas-power-football.php [ dead link ]
  8. "Consolemania 004". January 1992.