NASL Soccer

NASL Soccer is a 1980 Intellivision two-player game based on the North American Soccer League (1968–1984). Mattel released an Atari 2600 version of the game under its M Network label as International Soccer in 1982.^[3]

NASL Soccer
Intellivision box art by Jerrol Richardson[1]
Developer(s)	APh Technological Consulting[1]
Publisher(s)	Mattel
Programmer(s)	Kevin Miller[1]
Platform(s)	Intellivision, Atari 2600
Release	Intellivision NA: September 4, 1980[1] 2600 NA: November 1982[2]
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Reception

Video magazine's "1982 Guide to Electronic Games" found the game gameplay and implementation (its three-quarter perspective and scrolling playfield) "fascinating even to those who don't care for the real sport".^[4]: 53 NASL Soccer won the 1981 Arcade Awards (1980) for Best Sport Game.