NFL Football

NFL Football
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Developer(s)	Enteractive, Inc.[1]
Publisher(s)	LJN, Ltd.[1][2]
Series	National Football League
Platform(s)	NES[2]
Release date(s)	NA September 1989[2][3]
Genre(s)	Traditional football simulation[2][3]
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer (up to two players[4])
Media/distribution	NES cartridge (Physical)

NFL Football is a 1989 football video game, developed by Enteractive and published by LJN exclusively for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Gameplay modes

This game was the first to get an official National Football League license. Intending to loosely represent the 1988-89 season of the National Football League, the game uses the teams and play formations of that particular era while avoiding usage of the players' names.^[1][4]

The player could play one of four options, either Interconference, AFC and NFC game or the Super Bowl (specifically Super Bowl XXIII). Along with the option to choose a package to play during the game, players can directly control the entire team at once. This game was one of the first NFL video games on a gaming system.^[1] The game employs a side-scrolling system for the actual gameplay and allows players to assign handicaps to a human opponent that is not equally skilled as they are.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Game overview". MobyGames. http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/nfl. Retrieved 2011-01-19. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Release information". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/587483.html. Retrieved 2008-08-14. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Release information". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/nes/sports/nflfootball/index.html. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Game overview (second reference)". IGN. http://cheats.ign.com/objects/007/007133.html. Retrieved 2011-10-14.