TV Sports: Football is a 1988 video game by Cinemaware for Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, and TurboGrafx-16.
| TV Sports: Football | |
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| Developer(s) | Cinemaware |
| Publisher(s) | Cinemaware Mirrorsoft Victor Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, TurboGrafx-16 |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
Gameplay
editTV Sports: Football is the first game released for a series of sports games which featured athletic action like on television.[1]
Reception
editWyatt Lee and J. D. Lambright reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and wrote that "action game fans who want a difficult game may not like this game as well as a strict arcade game like John Elway's Quarterback, but players who want to capture the atmosphere, flow of play, and fast-moving competition of professional football should love it".[2]
In the November 1989 edition of the British magazine Games International (issue 10), Ernesto Williams was not familiar with the American sport of football, but was able to learn the game through this videogame. Although he liked most of the game, including the graphics and audio, he did not admire the appearance of sports announcers from time to time, and pointed out that "mercifully this window dressing can be skipped in most cases, speeding up play considerably". He also noted that the incessant disk swapping slowed the game considerably. He concluded by giving both the game and its graphics above-average ratings of 4 out of 5, saying: "Simple but subtle, American Football is a game that needs time to fully appreciate".[3]
Matt Taylor reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and said that "despite the scattered flags on the play, as a multi-player game the call on TV Sports Football with this official is: 'The kick is up... It's long enough... It's good!'"[4]
In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared TV Sports: Football the 112th-best computer game ever released.[1]
Other reviews
edit- The One #35[5]
- Amiga Computing Vol 1 #9 (February 1989)
- Power Play (March 1989)
- Computer and Video Games (February 1989)[6]
- The One (January 1989)[7]
- Amiga Computing (January 1989)[8]
- ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) (November 1989)[9]
- The Games Machine (March 1989)[10]
- Zzap! (March 1989)[11]
- ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) (March 1989)[12]
- The Games Machine (November 1989)[13]
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (February 1989)[14]
- Computer and Video Games (June 1990)[15]
- Commodore User (February 1989)[16]
- Power Play (1989)[17]
- Your Amiga (June 1989)[18]
- Amiga User International (March 1989)[19]
- ST Format (November 1989)[20]
- Antic's Amiga Plus (November 1989)[21]
- Tilt (July 1991)[22]
- The Video Game Critic (April 2009)[23]
- Amiga World (July 1989)[24]
- Australian Commodore and Amiga Review (April 1989)[25]
References
edit- ^ a b Staff (November 1996). "150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time". Computer Gaming World. No. 148. pp. 63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98.
- ^ Lee, Wyatt; Lambright, J. D. (February 1989), Red Dogs and Hot Dogs: Cinemaware Captures The Gridiron, vol. 1, pp. 30, 49
- ^ Williams, Ernesto (November 1989). "TV Sports: Football". Games International. No. 10. p. 46.
- ^ Taylor, Matt (February 1991). "Live! From NEC -- It's... TV Sports Football for the TurboGrafx-16". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 79. pp. 76–77.
- ^ "TheOne Magazine Issue 35". August 1991.
- ^ "CVG Magazine Issue 088". February 1989.
- ^ "TheOne Magazine Issue 04". January 1989.
- ^ "Amiga Reviews: TV Sports Football".
- ^ "ACE Magazine Issue 26". November 1989.
- ^ "The Games Machine Magazine Issue 16".
- ^ "ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 047". March 1989.
- ^ "ACE Magazine Issue 18". March 1989.
- ^ "The Games Machine Issue 24".
- ^ "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!". www.kultboy.com.
- ^ "CVG Magazine Issue 103". June 1990.
- ^ "Commodore User Magazine Issue 65". February 1989.
- ^ "Kultpower Archiv: Komplettscan Powerplay best of 1989".
- ^ "TV Sports: Football review from Your Amiga (Jun 1989) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
- ^ "TV Sports Football review from AUI Vol 3 No 3 (Mar 1989) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
- ^ "ST Format (Issue 04) - November - 1989: Atari magazine scans, PDF".
- ^ "Antic's AMIGA Plus - Volume 1 Number 4 (1989-08) (Antic Publishing) (US)". August 1989.
- ^ "Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - www.abandonware-magazines.org". www.abandonware-magazines.org.
- ^ "TV Sports Football". Archived from the original on 2010-10-30.
- ^ "Amiga World Magazine (July 1989)". July 1989.
- ^ "Australian Commodore and Amiga Review, the - Volume 6 Issue 4 (1989-04) (Saturday Magazine) (AU)". April 1989.
External links
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