NFL (video game)

NFL
Developer(s)	Atlus
Publisher(s)	LJN [1] [2]
Composer(s)	Hirohiko Takayama [3]
Series	National Football League
Platform(s)	NES [2]
Release	NA: September 1989 [2] [4]
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

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. ^{[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 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. "Game overview". MobyGames . Retrieved 2011-01-19.
2. "Release information". GameFAQs . Retrieved 2008-08-14.
3. "Composer information". NES Music Authors List v3.8. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
4. "Release information". GameSpot . Retrieved 2011-10-14.
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.