Football
| Football | |
|---|---|
 Football (Front Cover) | |
| Publisher(s) | Texas Instruments (TI) |
| Original Retail Price | $29.95 (USD) [1] [2] |
| Programmer(s) | David Coons |
| Part# | PHM 3009 |
| Format(s) | Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module |
| Release | 1979 (2nd Quarter) [3] [4] |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
Football was a Sports title created by Texas Instruments (TI) for the TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A home computer system. It was released during the 2nd quarter of 1979 and retailed originally for $29.95 (USD). It was programmed by David Coons and distributed on Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module.
Gameplay
Football for the TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A was a two-player game. The game starts off like any football game with the coin toss to decide which team kicks off and which team receives to start the game. The players choose the play they want to run each play, and the computer does the rest.
Fun Fact
According to the programmer, David Coons, one summer a student programmer went into the office during the weekend, and instead of typing IN (INstall Volume, the hard disk cartridge on which all of the project's code was located) typed INV(INitialize Volume) which formatted the disk, destroying all the code for the Football. There were no backups of the program code, so the programmers spent the next week retyping the code from old printouts they had created. Moral of the story: Always, Always Backup!! [5] }}
Downloads
1979 Football Cartridge (black label on black cartridge)
1982 Football Cartridge (red label on black cartridge)
1983 Football Cartridge (red label on beige cartridge)
Football Manual Front Cover
Early Learning Fun Manual Complete (pdf format)
Football MAME/MESS Rom (rpk format)
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