List of American football video games

This is a sortable list of American football sports video games.

## Franchises

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* Arena Football
* Backyard Football
* Joe Montana Football
* Madden NFL
* EA Sports College Football
* NCAA Gamebreaker
* NFL 2K
* NFL Blitz
* NFL Fever
* NFL GameDay
* NFL Quarterback Club
* NFL Street
* Tecmo Bowl

## Games

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Title  | Release date  | Console(s)  | Developer  | Publisher

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10-Yard Fight | 1983  | Arcade
NES | Nintendo | Nintendo
FTBALL[1][2] | 1965[3] | DTSS | John G. Kemeny | Dartmouth College
4th & Inches | 1987 | Amiga
Commodore 64
Apple II, Apple IIGS
PC (DOS)  |  |
TV Sports: Football | 1988 | PC (DOS)
Amiga
TurboGrafx-16
Atari ST
Commodore 64 | Cinemaware | Cinemaware
ABC Monday Night Football | 1989 | PC (DOS)
Amiga
Commodore 64
Super NES |  |
All American Football | 1989 | Arcade | Leland | Leland
All-Pro Football 2K8 | 2007 | PlayStation 3
Xbox 360 | Visual Concepts | 2K Sports
Arena Football | 1988 | Commodore 64 | Chris R. Bickford III  | C159 Production
Arena Football | 2006 | PlayStation 2
Xbox | EA Sports |
Arena Football: Road to Glory | 2007 | PlayStation 2 | EA Tiburon
Budcat Creations | EA Sports
Axis Football 2016 | 2016 | PC, Android | Axis Games  |
Axis Football 17 | 2017 | PC, Android | Axis Games  |
Axis Football 18 | 2018 | PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android | Axis Games  |
Backbreaker | 2010 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Android | NaturalMotion | 505 Games
Backyard Football | 1999 | Macintosh, Microsoft Windows |  |
Backyard Football 2002 | 2001 | Macintosh, Microsoft Windows |  |
Backyard Football | 2002 | Game Boy Advance, GameCube |  |
Backyard Football 2004 | 2003 | Microsoft Windows |  |
Backyard Football 2006 | 2005 | Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows |  |
Backyard Sports Football 2007 | 2006 | Game Boy Advance |  |
Backyard Football '08 | 2007 | Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii, Microsoft Windows |  |
Backyard Football '09 | 2008 | Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii, Microsoft Windows |  |
Backyard Football '10 | 2009 | PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360 |  |
Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush | 2010 | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360 |  |
Bill Walsh College Football | 1993 | Super NES
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Sega [Mega-]CD | Electronic Arts
Visual Concepts | Electronic Arts
Bill Walsh College Football 95 | 1994 | Sega Genesis | High Score Productions  | EA Sports
Blitz: The League | 2005 | PlayStation 2
Xbox
Xbox 360
PlayStation Portable | Midway Games | Midway Games
Blitz: The League II | 2008 | PlayStation 3
Xbox 360 | Midway Games | Midway Games
Black College Football: BCFX: The Xperience | 2009 | Xbox 360
Microsoft Windows | Nerjyzed Entertainment | Aspyr Media
Brutal Sports Football | 1993 | Amiga
Jaguar | Millennium Interactive Ltd.  | Gremlin Graphics
Capcom's MVP Football | 1993 | Super NES | Equilibrium  | Capcom
College Football USA 96 | 1995 | Sega Genesis | High Score Productions  | EA Sports
College Football USA 97 | 1997 | Super NES
Sega Genesis | High Score Productions  | EA Sports
Cyberball | 1988 | Arcade
NES
Mega Drive/Genesis
Atari ST
Atari Lynx
Amiga
Commodore 64
Amstrad CPC
ZX Spectrum
Xbox 360 (XBLA)  | Atari Games | Atari Games
Emmitt Smith Football | 1995 | Super NES | NCM Entertainment  | JVC
NFL 2K | 1999 | Dreamcast | Visual Concepts | Sega and ESPN
NFL 2K1 | 2000 | Dreamcast | Visual Concepts | Sega and ESPN
NFL 2K2 | 2001 | Dreamcast
PS2
Xbox | Visual Concepts | Sega and ESPN
NFL 2K3 | 2002 | PS2
Xbox
GameCube | Visual Concepts | Sega and ESPN
ESPN NFL Football | 2003 | PS2
Xbox | Visual Concepts | Sega and ESPN
ESPN NFL 2K5 | 2004 | PS2
Xbox | Visual Concepts | Sega and ESPN
ESPN Sunday Night NFL | 1994 | SNES, Sega Genesis | Absolute Entertainment | Sony Imagesoft
Football Frenzy | 1992 | Arcade
Neo Geo | SNK | SNK
Front Page Sports Football | 1992 | PC (DOS)  | Sierra Entertainment | Sierra Entertainment
Grave Yardage  | 1989 | PC (DOS)  | Incredible Technologies, Inc.  | Activision
Great Football  | 1987 | Master System | Sega | Sega
Head Coach v3 | 1988 | Atari ST | CS Adams  | Coda Software
High Impact Football[4][5][6] | 1991 | Arcade | Williams/Midway  |
Joe Montana Football | 1990 | Sega Genesis, Master System, MS-DOS | Electronic Arts | Sega
Montana VR | 2017 | iOS, Android | Superstar Games |
John Elway's Quarterback | 1987 | Arcade | Leland Corporation | Virgin Games
John Madden Football | 1988 | Commodore 64/Commodore 128, Apple II, MS-DOS | Robin Antonick, John Friedman (MS-DOS), Rob Johnson (Commodore), and Bethesda Softworks | Electronic Arts
John Madden Football | 1990 | Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga | Park Place Productions | EA Sports
John Madden Football II | 1991 | PC | D.C. True, Ltd.  | EA Sports
John Madden Football '92 | 1991 | Sega Genesis | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts
Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed | 2000 | PS1 |  |
Legend Bowl  | 2020 | PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 | Level Ready  | Level Ready
Madden NFL '94 | 1993 | Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Visual Concepts
High Score Productions  | Electronic Arts
Madden NFL '95 | 1994 | Game Boy, Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Visual Concepts
Halestorm
High Score Productions
Tiertex | EA Sports
Malibu Interactive
THQ
Madden NFL '96 | 1995 | Game Boy, Game Gear, Microsoft Windows, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Visual Concepts
High Score Productions  | EA Sports
Madden NFL 97 | 1996 | Game Boy, Sega Genesis, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Super Nintendo Entertainment System | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden Football 64 | 1997 | Nintendo 64 | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 98 | 1997 | PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 99 | 1998 | PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Microsoft Windows | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 2000 | 1999 | PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 2001 | 2000 | PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows | EA Tiburon
3d6 Games | EA Sports
Electronic Arts Square
Madden NFL 2002 | 2001 | PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance | EA Tiburon
Budcat Creations | EA Sports
Electronic Arts Square
Madden NFL 2003 | 2002 | Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox | EA Tiburon
Budcat Creations | EA Sports
Madden NFL 2004 | 2003 | Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox | EA Tiburon
Budcat | EA Sports
Madden NFL 2005 | 2004 | GameCube, PlayStation 2, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, Tapwave Zodiac | EA Tiburon
Budcat
Exient Entertainment | EA Sports
Madden NFL 06 | 2005 | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Mobile phone | EA Tiburon
Budcat Creations
Exient Entertainment | EA Sports
Madden NFL 07 | 2006 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, Wii, GameCube | EA Tiburon
EA Canada
HB Studios
Exient Entertainment | EA Sports
Madden NFL 08 | 2007 | GameCube, Microsoft Windows, Mobile phone, Nintendo DS, OS X, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360 | EA Tiburon
Exient Entertainment | EA Sports
Madden NFL 09 | 2008 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, iOS, BlackBerry | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 10 | 2009 | Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Nintendo DS, Mobile phone | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 11 | 2010 | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360, iOS, PlayStation Portable, BlackBerry | EA Tiburon
EA Canada | EA Sports
Madden NFL Football | 2011 | Nintendo 3DS | EA Sports | EA Sports
Madden NFL 12 | 2011 | Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, iOS, Android, BlackBerry PlayBook | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 13 | 2012 | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360 | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 25 | 2013 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 15 | 2014 | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL Mobile | 2014 | Android, iOS | EA Mobile | EA Sports
Madden NFL 16 | 2015 | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 17 | 2016 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 18 | 2017 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Madden NFL 19 | 2018 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
Maximum Football | 2006 | PC (Windows)  | Wintervalley Software  | Matrix Games
Maximum Football 2018 | 2018 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Canuck Play Inc.  | Spear Interactive
Doug Flutie's Maximum Football 2019 | 2019 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Canuck Play Inc.  | Spear Interactive
Doug Fluties Maximum Football 2020 | 2020 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Canuck Play Inc.  | Spear Interactive
MicroLeague Football: The Coach's Challenge | 1990 | PC (DOS)  | MicroLeague Sports Association  | MicroLeague Sports Association
Mutant League Football | 1993 | Mega Drive | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts
NCAA College Football 2K3 | 2002 | GameCube
Xbox
PS2 | Visual Concepts | Sega
NCAA Football 06 | 2005 | PS2
Xbox | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
NCAA Football 07 | 2006 | Xbox
Xbox 360
PS2
PS3 | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
NCAA Football 08 | 2007 | PS2
Xbox
Xbox 360
PSP | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
NCAA Football 2000 | 1999 | PS1 | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
NCAA Football 2001 | 2000 | PS1 | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
NCAA Football 2002 | 2001 | PS2 | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
NCAA Football 2003 | 2002 | PS2
GameCube
Xbox | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
NCAA Football 2004 | 2003 | Xbox
PS2
GameCube
N-Gage | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
NCAA Football 2005 | 2004 | PS2
Xbox
GameCube | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
NCAA Football 98 | 1997 | PS1, PC | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
NCAA Football 99 | 1998 | PS1
PC | EA Tiburon | EA Sports
NES Play Action Football | 1990 | NES
Virtual Console | Nintendo | Nintendo
NFL Football | 1979 | Mattel Intellivision | Mattel | Mattel
NFL Football | 1993  | SNES | Park Place Productions | Konami
NFL Challenge | 1985  | PC (DOS)  | XOR Software  |
NFL '95 | 1994 | Sega Genesis | FarSight Studios/Blue Sky Software | Sega
NFL '97 | 1996 | Sega Saturn |  |
NFL 2009 | 2008 | Nintendo DS | Gameloft | Gameloft
NFL 2010 (HD) | 2009 | iOS
Mobile
Palm Pre | Gameloft | Gameloft
NFL 2011 HD | 2010 | iOS | Gameloft | Gameloft
NFL Pro 2012 | 2011 | iOS | Gameloft | Gameloft
NFL Blitz '99 | 1998 | Game Boy
Arcade |  |
NFL Challenge | 1989 | Arcade | LJN | Nintendo
NFL | 1989 | Nintendo Entertainment System | Enteractive, Inc. | LJN
NFL Fever 2002 | 2001 | Xbox | Microsoft Game Studios | Microsoft Game Studios
NFL Fever 2003 | 2002 | Xbox | Microsoft Game Studios | Microsoft Game Studios
NFL Fever 2004 | 2003 | Xbox | Microsoft Game Studios | Microsoft Game Studios
NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana | 1993 | Sega Genesis |  |
NFL Quarterback Club 96 | 1995 | SNES
Sega Genesis
Game Boy
Sega Game Gear
Sega Saturn
DOS | Iguana Entertainment
Condor Inc. | Acclaim
NFL Quarterback Club 97 | 1996 | Sega Saturn
PS1
DOS
PC | Iguana Entertainment | Acclaim
NFL Quarterback Club 98 | 1997 | Nintendo 64
PS1
SNES
Sega Genesis | Iguana Entertainment | Acclaim
NFL Quarterback Club 99 | 1998 | Nintendo 64 |  |
NFL Quarterback Club 2000 | 1999 | Nintendo 64, Dreamcast | Iguana Entertainment | Acclaim
NFL Quarterback Club 2001 | 2000 | Nintendo 64, Dreamcast | High Voltage Software | Acclaim
NFL Quarterback Club 2002 | 2001 | GameCube, PS2 | Acclaim | Acclaim
NFL Sports Talk Football '93 | 1992 | Sega Genesis |  |
NFL Tour | 2008 | PS3, Xbox 360 | EA Tiburon | EA Games
PlayMaker Football | 1989 | Mac OS |  |
Pro Football Simulation | 1989 | Amiga | John Saxon  | MicroSearch
Quarterback | 1987 | Arcade |  |
Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka | 1995 | PC (DOS)
Sega Saturn
3DO | Digital Pictures |
Realsports Football | 1982 | Atari 2600, 5200 | Atari | Atari
Retro Bowl | 2020 | Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch | New Star Games | New Star Games
Sterling Sharpe: End 2 End | 1995 | Super NES |  |
Sunday Rivals | 2020 | PC | 26k | 26k
Super Play Action Football | 1992 | Super NES | Nintendo | Nintendo
Super High Impact Football | 1992 | SNES, Sega Genesis | Arena Entertainment/Midway Games |
Tecmo Bowl | 1987 | Arcade
NES
Game Boy
Mobile Phone
Virtual Console | Tecmo | Tecmo
Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff | 2008 | Nintendo DS, Virtual Console | Tecmo | Tecmo
Tecmo Super Bowl | 1991 | NES
SNES, Sega Genesis
PS1 | Tecmo | Tecmo
Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition | 1994 | SNES, Sega Genesis | Tecmo | Tecmo
Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition | 1995 | SNES, Sega Genesis | Tecmo | Tecmo
Troy Aikman NFL Football | 1994 | Super NES
Sega Genesis
Jaguar | Tradewest | Tradewest
Football | 1972 | Magnavox Odyssey | Magnavox | Magnavox
Super Action Football (US only, not the same as Super Action Football in Europe, which is based on soccer)  | 1984 | Colecovision | Coleco | Coleco
Football | 1978 | Bally Astrocade | Bally | Bally
NFL GameDay | 1995 | PlayStation | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
NFL GameDay '97 | 1996 | PlayStation | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
NFL GameDay '98 | 1997 | PlayStation | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
NFL GameDay '99 | 1998 | PlayStation, PC | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
NFL GameDay 2000 | 1999 | PlayStation | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
NFL GameDay 2001 | 2000 | PlayStation, PlayStation 2 | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
NFL GameDay 2002 | 2001 | PlayStation, PlayStation 2 | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
NFL GameDay 2003 | 2002 | PlayStation, PlayStation 2 | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
NFL GameDay 2004 | 2003 | PlayStation, PlayStation 2 | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
NFL GameDay 2005 | 2004 | PlayStation | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
NFL Xtreme | 1998 | PlayStation | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
NFL Xtreme 2 | 1999 | PlayStation | 989 Sports | 989 Sports
Quick Hit Football | 2010 | Web Browser | Quick Hit Football | Quick Hit Football
NCAA Football | 1994 | SNES | Software Toolworks | Mindscape

## References

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