GFL Championship Football

1986 video game

1986 video game

GFL Championship Football

Publisher(s)| Activision
Platform(s)| Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, DOS, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release| 1986
Genre(s)| Sports

GFL Championship Football is a 1986 video game published by Activision. An exclusive sequel, GFL Championship Football II, was released for the TRS-80 Color Computer 3 in 1988.[1]

## Gameplay

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GFL Championship Football is a game in which the player receives a view from inside the helmet.[2]

## Reception

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Wyatt Lee reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Whatever one's feelings about the game, when the plus yardage and minus yardage is added together, this action/strategy game is a watershed design."[2] The magazine said that the game's unique perspective helped players understand the difficult job of running backs and quarterbacks.[3]

## Reviews

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* Computer and Video Games \- Jul, 1987[4]

## References

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1. ^ GFL Championship Football II (manual) (PDF) (Media notes). Activision. 1988-01-01. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
2. ^ a b Lee, Wyatt (December 1987). "The Electronic Gridiron". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 42\. p. 16.
3. ^ "Christmas Buyers Guide". Computer Gaming World. No. 41\. November 1987. p. 20.
4. ^ "Computer_And_Video_Games_Issue_069_Jul_87".

## External links

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* Review in Antic
* Review in ANALOG Computing
* Review in Family Computing
* Review in Ahoy!
* Review in Crash
* Review in Your Computer
* Review in Current Notes
* Article in InCider
* Review in Zzap!
* Review in Commodore Magazine
* Review in Compute!'s Gazette