TV Sports: Football

TV Sports: Football is a 1988 video game by Cinemaware for Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, and TurboGrafx-16.

TV Sports: Football
Developer(s)	Cinemaware
Publisher(s)	Cinemaware Mirrorsoft Victor Entertainment
Platform(s)	Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, TurboGrafx-16
Release	NA: 1988 EU: 1989 JP: 1991
Genre(s)	Sports

Gameplay

TV Sports: Football is the first game released for a series of sports games which featured athletic action like on television.^[1]

Reception

Wyatt Lee and J. D. Lambright reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and wrote that "action game fans who want a difficult game may not like this game as well as a strict arcade game like John Elway's Quarterback, but players who want to capture the atmosphere, flow of play, and fast-moving competition of professional football should love it".^[2]

In the November 1989 edition of the British magazine Games International (issue 10), Ernesto Williams was not familiar with the American sport of football, but was able to learn about it through this video game. Although he liked most of the game, including the graphics and audio, he did not admire the appearance of sports announcers from time to time, and pointed out "mercifully this window dressing can be skipped in most cases, speeding up play considerably". He also noted that the incessant disk swapping slowed the game considerably. He concluded by giving both the game and its graphics above-average ratings of 4 out of 5, saying: "Simple but subtle, American Football is a game that needs time to fully appreciate".^[3]

Matt Taylor reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and said that "despite the scattered flags on the play, as a multi-player game the call on TV Sports Football with this official is: 'The kick is up... It's long enough... It's good!'"^[4]

In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared TV Sports: Football the 112th-best computer game ever released.^[1]

Other reviews

• The One #35^[5]
• Amiga Computing Vol 1 #9 (February 1989)
• Power Play (March 1989)
• Computer and Video Games (February 1989)^[6]
• The One (January 1989)^[7]
• Amiga Computing (January 1989)^[8]
• ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) (November 1989)^[9]
• The Games Machine (March 1989)^[10]
• Zzap! (March 1989)^[11]
• ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) (March 1989)^[12]
• The Games Machine (November 1989)^[13]
• ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (February 1989)^[14]
• Computer and Video Games (June 1990)^[15]
• Commodore User (February 1989)^[16]
• Power Play (1989)^[17]
• Your Amiga (June 1989)^[18]
• Amiga User International (March 1989)^[19]
• ST Format (November 1989)^[20]
• Antic's Amiga Plus (November 1989)^[21]
• Tilt (July 1991)^[22]
• The Video Game Critic (April 2009)^[23]
• Amiga World (July 1989)^[24]
• Australian Commodore and Amiga Review (April 1989)^[25]