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Dartmouth Championship Football

An early computer simulation of American Football, written in BASIC. Players have a choice of offensive plays, and the game also incorporates many official rules, including penalties and the safety rule…

31 December 1965

Dartmouth Championship Football is a simulator, released 31 December 1965 on PDP-10.

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What Dartmouth Championship Football is

Dartmouth Championship Football was released in 1965. It was published by Digital Equipment Corporation. It is available on PDP-10 only. It runs on BASIC.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An early computer simulation of American Football, written in BASIC. Players have a choice of offensive plays, and the game also incorporates many official rules, including penalties and the safety rule. Sometimes a dog will run on the field, interrupting play.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Dartmouth Championship Football come out?
Dartmouth Championship Football was released on 31 December 1965 for PDP-10.

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