Computer Quarterback
{{Short description|1981 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
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| title = Computer Quarterback
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| developer = LDW Software (ports)
| publisher = Strategic Simulations
| designer = Danielle Bunten Berry
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| platforms = Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
| released = 1981: Apple
1984: Atari, C64
| genre = Sports
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Computer Quarterback is an American football simulation video game written for the Apple II by Danielle Bunten Berry (credited as Dan Bunten) and published in 1981 by Strategic Simulations. Ports to the Atari 8-bit computers and Commodore 64 were released in 1984. Add-on disks for new football seasons were also sold by SSI.
Gameplay
Development
In a 1997 interview, Danielle Berry talked about the history of the game:{{blockquote|"Computer Quarterback" was written only for myself and friends to play on the computer at work. I later converted it from FORTRAN on a mini-computer to BASIC on an Apple II and sent it to Strategic Simulations.{{cite book |last1=Hague |first1=James |title=Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers |date=1997 |publisher=Dadgum Games |url=https://dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/BERRY.HTM}}}}
Reception
Wyatt Lee reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Team Data Disks for individual seasons have been marketed through the company catalog and this is a very playable game."{{cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Wyatt |title=The Electronic Gridiron |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=December 1987 |volume=1 |issue=42 |pages=52–53}}
Reviews
- Tilt - Jun, 1987http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero043/TILT%20043%20-%20page057.JPG {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}
- Current Notes{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/Current_Notes_1985-09/page/n9/mode/2up | title=Current Notes 1985 09 }}
- Atari Computer Enthusiasts (ACE){{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/AtariComputerEnthusiastsACEEugeneORJune1985/Atari_Computer_Enthusiasts_ACE_Eugene_OR_September_1985/page/n11/mode/2up | title=Atari Computer Enthusiasts (ACE) of Eugene, Oregon, 1985-1986 | year=1985 }}
- Peelings{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/Peelings_II_v2n1_ocr/page/n29/mode/2up | title=Peelings II v2n1 ocr }}
- Expo Review{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/hardcopy-april-1987/page/n13/mode/2up | title=Hardcopy Newsletter, April, 1987 | date=April 1987 }}
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n01sep1980/page/12/mode/2up Review] in Softalk (as "Real-Time Football")
- [https://archive.org/details/softalkv2n11jul1982/page/128/mode/2up Article] in Softalk about computer football games
- [https://archive.org/details/Current_Notes_1985-09/page/n9/mode/2up Review] in Current Notes
- [https://archive.org/details/commodore-power-play-14/page/n75/mode/2up Article] in Commodore Power/Play
- [https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_08_1982-10_Reese_Communications_US/page/n45/mode/2up Article] in Electronic Games
- [https://archive.org/details/Peelings_II_v2n1_ocr/page/n29/mode/2up Review] in Peelings II
- [https://archive.org/details/Guide_to_Computer_Living_The_Vol._No._3_Issue_No._1_1986-04_Aquarian_Communications_US/page/n13/mode/2up Entry] in The Guide to Computer Living
{{Dani Bunten}}
Category:American football video games
Category:Atari 8-bit computer games
Category:Real-time strategy video games
Category:Strategic Simulations games
Category:Video games designed by Danielle Bunten Berry