Computer Quarterback

Computer Quarterback
Computer Quarterback
Developer(s)	LDW Software (Atari, C64)
Publisher(s)	Strategic Simulations
Designer(s)	Danielle Bunten Berry
Platform(s)	Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Release	1981: Apple; 1984: Atari, C64
Genre(s)	Sports

Short description: 1981 sports video game

Computer Quarterback is an American football simulation video game written for the Apple II by Danielle Bunten Berry (credited as Dan Bunten) and published in 1981 by Strategic Simulations. Ports to the Atari 8-bit family and Commodore 64 were released in 1984. Add-on disks for new football seasons were also sold by SSI.

Gameplay

Computer Quarterback is a game in which a statistics-based football game features both playbooks for both semi-pro and professional American football.^[1]

Development

In a 1997 interview, Danielle Berry talked about the history of the game:

"Computer Quarterback" was written only for myself and friends to play on the computer at work. I later converted it from FORTRAN on a mini-computer to BASIC on an Apple II and sent it to Strategic Simulations.^[2]

Reception

Wyatt Lee reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Team Data Disks for individual seasons have been marketed through the company catalog and this is a very playable game."^[1]

Reviews

Tilt - Jun, 1987^[3]
Current Notes^[4]
Atari Computer Enthusiasts (ACE)^[5]
Peelings^[6]
Expo Review^[7]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lee, Wyatt (December 1987). "The Electronic Gridiron". Computer Gaming World 1 (42): 52–53.
↑ Hague, James (1997). Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers. Dadgum Games. https://dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/BERRY.HTM.
↑ http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero043/TILT%20043%20-%20page057.JPG ^{[bare URL image file]}
↑ "Current Notes 1985 09". https://archive.org/details/Current_Notes_1985-09/page/n9/mode/2up.
↑ "Atari Computer Enthusiasts (ACE) of Eugene, Oregon, 1985-1986". 1985. https://archive.org/details/AtariComputerEnthusiastsACEEugeneORJune1985/Atari_Computer_Enthusiasts_ACE_Eugene_OR_September_1985/page/n11/mode/2up.
↑ "Peelings II v2n1 ocr". https://archive.org/details/Peelings_II_v2n1_ocr/page/n29/mode/2up.
↑ "Hardcopy Newsletter, April, 1987". April 1987. https://archive.org/details/hardcopy-april-1987/page/n13/mode/2up.

External links

Review in Softalk (as "Real-Time Football")
Article in Softalk about computer football games
Review in Current Notes
Article in Commodore Power/Play
Article in Electronic Games
Review in Peelings II
Entry in The Guide to Computer Living

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[CGW42-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lee, Wyatt (December 1987). "The Electronic Gridiron". Computer Gaming World 1 (42): 52–53.

[2] Hague, James (1997). Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers. Dadgum Games. https://dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/BERRY.HTM.

[3] ttp://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero043/TILT%20043%20-%20page057.JPG ^{[bare URL image file]}

[4] "Current Notes 1985 09". https://archive.org/details/Current_Notes_1985-09/page/n9/mode/2up.

[5] "Atari Computer Enthusiasts (ACE) of Eugene, Oregon, 1985-1986". 1985. https://archive.org/details/AtariComputerEnthusiastsACEEugeneORJune1985/Atari_Computer_Enthusiasts_ACE_Eugene_OR_September_1985/page/n11/mode/2up.

[6] "Peelings II v2n1 ocr". https://archive.org/details/Peelings_II_v2n1_ocr/page/n29/mode/2up.

[7] "Hardcopy Newsletter, April, 1987". April 1987. https://archive.org/details/hardcopy-april-1987/page/n13/mode/2up.

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