The Video Game Project
A Closer Look At The Prototypes That Became Your Favourite Games!
American Football
Football was developed and published by Magnavox in 1982 for the Odyssey 2. The game has five players on each side playing a three minutes game. A number on the top of the field displays the number of downs and serves as a yardage marker. A touchdown scores 7 points while a field goal scores 3 points.
The offense has 6 different running/passing option plays available. Additionally, there's a field goal-play option (play #7) and a punt-play option (play #8). The defense has a selection of plays to neutralize the offense's action. The plays are selected using the directional stick to the "right" position.
After selecting their respective plays, the offense player hikes the ball to the quarterback with the action button. The quarterback has a running or passing option in all plays except for the plays mentioned earlier, the field goal-play option (play #7) and punt-play option (play #8). The direction of pass is controlled by the directional stick and efensive players will follow the ball automatically.
The game has two options of speed levels: Collegiate level (selected by pressing "1") and Pro level (selected by pressing "2").
