| NFL | |
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| Developer(s) | Atlus |
| Publisher(s) | LJN |
| Composer(s) | Hirohiko Takayama |
| Series | National Football League |
| Platform(s) | NES |
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| Genre(s) | Traditional football simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer (up to two players) |
NFL is a 1989 football video game, developed by Atlus and published by LJN exclusively for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Gameplay modes
This game was the first since NFL Football - released in 1979 for the Intellivision - 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, due to a lack of an NFLPA license, which was given to Tecmo's Tecmo Bowl.
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. The game employs a Top-Down system for the actual gameplay and allows players to assign handicaps to a human opponent that is not as skilled as they are.
Reception
Allgame gave the game a 2.5 out of 5 rating in their overview.
References
- ^ "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ^ "Release information". GameSpot. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ "Game overview". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- "Composer information". NES Music Authors List v3.8. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ^ "Game overview (second reference)". IGN. Archived from the original on February 24, 2004. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- "Rating information for NFL Football". allgame. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
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- 1989 video games
- Atlus games
- LJN games
- Multiplayer and single-player video games
- National Football League video games
- Nintendo Entertainment System games
- Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
- North America-exclusive video games
- Professional American football video games set in the United States
- Top-down video games
- Video games developed in Japan
- Video games scored by Hirohiko Takayama
- Video games set in 1988
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