Bill Walsh College Football
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{{Short description|1993 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Bill Walsh College Football
|image = Bill Walsh College Football Coverart.png
|caption = Cover art
|developer = High Score Productions (Sega Genesis & Sega CD)
Visual Concepts (SNES)
|publisher = EA Sports
|released =Genesis{{vgrelease|NA|August 1993{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/be59de0b-321b-4e0a-b747-8199576c7b3b|title=Bill Walsh Scripts New College Football Game|magazine=Inside Electronic Arts Sports Network|volume=2|issue=1|publisher=EA Sports|date=June 1993|pages=6-7}}|EU|September 1993{{cite web|title=Game Review: Bill Walsh College Football|url=https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/19b34799-3029-4eb7-872f-f56089c314ec|work=Mega|publisher=Future plc|accessdate=24 September 2024|date=September 1993|page=47}}}}Sega CD{{vgrelease|NA|December 1993|EU|March 1994}}Super NES{{vgrelease|NA|February 1994}}
|genre = Sports
American football
|modes = Single-player
Multiplayer
|platforms = Super NES, Sega Genesis, Sega CD
}}
Bill Walsh College Football is an American football video game released for the Super NES, Genesis, and Sega CD. It is one of the earliest video games to deal with the sport at a college level and is built around the fame of coach Bill Walsh. The game was followed by a sequel, Bill Walsh College Football '95.
Summary
The game features 24 teams from the 1992 season and 24 historical teams. Because EA Sports did not acquire the licensing for the names of the more famous schools, these teams carry the names of the school cities and states rather than the school names.{{cite magazine|title=Cart Queries|magazine=GamePro|issue=68|publisher=IDG|date=March 1995|page=11}}
1992 Teams
(non licensed college names listed in parentheses)
{{collist|
- Arizona
- Boston (Boston College)
- College Station (Texas A&M)
- Colorado
- Columbus (Ohio State)
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Kansas
- Miami
- Michigan
- Nebraska
- Provo (BYU)
- Pullman (Washington State)
- Raleigh (NC State)
- S.C. (USC)
- South Bend (Notre Dame)
- Syracuse
- Stanford
- State College (Penn State)
- Tallahassee (Florida State)
- Tennessee
- Washington
}}
=Gameplay modes =
- Exhibition where you can play as any team from either the 1992 or historical seasons in a single game
- 16-team single elimination playoff with any team from the 1992 season.
- 16-team single elimination playoff with any of the all-time teams.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| Allgame = {{rating|3.5|5}} (SNES){{Cite web |last=Scott Alan Marriott |title=Bill Walsh College Football (Super Nintendo) Review |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12149&tab=review |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115192359/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12149&tab=review |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |website=Allgame}}
{{rating|3|5}} (GEN){{Cite web |last=Sutyak |first=Jonathan |title=Bill Walsh College Football (Sega Genesis) Review |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12020&tab=review |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115192237/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12020&tab=review |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |website=Allgame}}
}}
Computer Gaming World in 1993 stated that the Genesis version of Bill Walsh College Football "provides the best sports action yet to be seen in a cartridge product". The magazine praised the AI as being "head and shoulders above any other sports game. Simply put, it reacts". Computer Gaming World concluded that while computer-based sports games remained superior, Walsh was an example of those that made purchasing a console "more than worthwhile".{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=112 | title=EA Comes Out With The Walsh | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=November 1993 | accessdate=28 March 2016 | author=Poulter, Wallace | pages=96, 98}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/data/586062.html Bill Walsh College Football (Sega Genesis at GameFAQs]
- [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/segacd/data/922256.html Bill Walsh College Football (Sega CD) at GameFAQs]
- [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/data/588220.html Bill Walsh College Football (Super NES) at GameFAQs]
{{NCAA Football games}}
Category:College football video games
Category:EA Sports College Football
Category:Electronic Arts franchises
Category:High Score Productions games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Category:Video games based on real people
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games scored by Brian L. Schmidt
Category:Video games scored by Russell Lieblich
Category:Visual Concepts games
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