GFL Championship Football
{{Short description|1986 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
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| title = GFL Championship Football
| image = GFL Championship Football cover.jpg
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| publisher = Activision
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| platforms = Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, DOS, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
| released = 1986
| genre = Sports
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GFL Championship Football is a 1986 video game published by Activision. An exclusive sequel, GFL Championship Football II, was released for the TRS-80 Color Computer 3 in 1988.{{Cite AV media notes |title=GFL Championship Football II (manual) |title-link= |last= |first= |url=https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Games/GFL%20Championship%20Football%20II%20(Tandy).pdf |date=1988-01-01 |access-date=2023-10-01 |publisher=Activision}}
Gameplay
Reception
Wyatt Lee reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Whatever one's feelings about the game, when the plus yardage and minus yardage is added together, this action/strategy game is a watershed design."{{cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Wyatt |title=The Electronic Gridiron |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=December 1987 |volume=1 |issue=42 |pages=16}} The magazine said that the game's unique perspective helped players understand the difficult job of running backs and quarterbacks.{{cite magazine | title=Christmas Buyers Guide | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=November 1987 | pages=20 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_41/page/n19/mode/2up |issue=41}}
Reviews
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/1988-08-anticmagazine/page/n53/mode/2up Review] in Antic
- [https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-61/page/n63/mode/2up Review] in ANALOG Computing
- [https://archive.org/details/family-computing-47/page/n55/mode/2up Review] in Family Computing
- [https://archive.org/details/ahoy-magazine-44/page/n51/mode/2up Review] in Ahoy!
- [https://archive.org/details/Crash_No._44_1987-09_Newsfield_GB/page/n105/mode/2up Review] in Crash
- [https://archive.org/details/YourComputer_198711/page/n49/mode/2up Review] in Your Computer
- [https://archive.org/details/Current_Notes_1987-10/page/n65/mode/2up Review] in Current Notes
- [https://archive.org/details/inCider_89-11/page/n51/mode/2up Article] in InCider
- [https://archive.org/details/zzap-italia-13/page/n15/mode/2up Review] in Zzap!
- [https://archive.org/details/06-commodore-magazine/page/n39/mode/2up Review] in Commodore Magazine
- [https://archive.org/details/computes.gazette/Compute_Gazette_Issue_69_1889_Mar/page/26/mode/2up Review] in Compute!'s Gazette
Category:American football video games
Category:First-person video games
Category:Video games developed in the United States