Computer Football Strategy

Developer(s)| Microcomputer Games
Publisher(s)| Avalon Hill[1]
Platform(s)| Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, CP/M, TRS-80
Release| Commodore 64:

* NA: 1983[1]
* EU: 1983[1]

Genre(s)| Sports (football)[1]
Mode(s)| Single-player[2]
Multiplayer[2]

Computer Football Strategy (also known as Football Strategy[2]) is a 1983 computer game that simulates the National Football League from a strategic point of view. It was developed for the Commodore 64[2] and the Atari 8-bit family/[3] Many retired professional football players have been noted to be content while recapturing their former heroics on this computer game.[4]

## Gameplay

The basic choice of teams span from the 1966 Green Bay Packers (the winners of Super Bowl I) to the 1982 Washington Redskins (the winners of Super Bowl XVII - the most recent Super Bowl as of the game's release). The game uses a top-down perspective in order to properly simulate the football field. The game shows the football field as a small, thin strip divided into ten-yard lines.[5] Four basic graphics (the blue players playing the role as the defense and the black players playing the role as the offense) are considered to be "simulated American football players.[5]" A notable criticism of the game is that having X's and O's would have been more realistic (because coaches use these in real-life football to write playbooks for the team players).[5]

Twenty different plays can be called from the line of scrimmage with ten different outcomes depending on the defensive alignment.[5] The display shows a minimal coverage of the action; with no movement by either the quarterback or the wide receivers.[5] A complete lack of "hurry-up" offences means that each pass takes 15 seconds of game time to complete.[5]

## Reception

Football Strategy was a runner up in the category of "Best Computer Sports Game" at the 4th annual Arkie Awards.[6]: 33

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Release information". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/c64/916936-football-strategy/data.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "# of players/alternative title information". GB64.com. http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=2857&d=36.
3. ↑ "Computer Football Strategy". http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-computer-football-strategy_1293.html.
4. ↑ "Advanced overview". Eli Tomlinson. http://elitomlinson.com/index.php?title=Sports_Illustrated_Computer_Football_Strategy_(C64,_5_1/4"_Disk)_Avalon_Hill_-_1983_USA,_Canada_Release.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Brown, Dale F. (July 1984). "Two Games of Strategy". Compute! (49): 72. http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue49/384_1_REVIEWS_Two_Games_Of_Strategy.php.
6. ↑ Kunkel, Bill; Katz, Arnie (March 1983). "Arcade Alley: The Best Computer Games". Video (Reese Communications) 6 (12): 32–33. ISSN 0147-8907.

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