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NFL Football

NFL Football is a football game based on the American NFL. The player can only participate in exhibition matches and has the choice between 28 teams which differ slightly in speed. Before a play, the player…

31 December 1990

NFL Football is a sport developed by Konami, released 31 December 1990 on Game Boy.

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What NFL Football is

NFL Football is a sport game developed by Konami and released in 1990. It is available on Game Boy only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

NFL Football is a football game based on the American NFL. The player can only participate in exhibition matches and has the choice between 28 teams which differ slightly in speed. Before a play, the player has the option between several tactical approaches (six in offense, seven in defense) and then the player directly controls the active athlete who is marked with an arrow. After a ball throw the control switches to the receiving athlete and the player has to catch it. Punts and kickoffs are automated.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the NFL series

NFL Football is the sixth of 208 entries we hold in the NFL series. It arrived 12 months after NFL Football. The next entry was Tecmo Super Bowl in 1991.

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What it launched against

NFL Football launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train and The Amazing Spider-Man.

Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, The Amazing Spider-Man.

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When did NFL Football come out?
NFL Football was released on 31 December 1990 for Game Boy.

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