Football (1978 video game)
| Football | |
|---|---|
Arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Atari, Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Designer(s) | Steve Bristow |
| Programmer(s) | Michael Albaugh |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Atari 2600 |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Football (also known as Atari Football) is a 1978 American football video game developed and released by Atari, Inc. for arcades. Players are represented by X's and O's. While predated by Sega's World Cup, Football is credited with popularizing the trackball controller and is also the first non-racing vertically scrolling video game. It was distributed in Japan by Namco in 1979.
Football was the second highest-earning arcade video game of 1979 in the United States. That year Atari released a more challenging four-player version of the arcade game programmed by Dave Theurer, who later created Missile Command and Tempest.