Pigskin (video game)

Pigskin
DevelopersJ. Laurence[1]
R. Sothen
W. Gavenda[2]
PublisherAcorn Software Products[3]
PlatformTRS-80
Release1979
GenreSports game
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Pigskin is a 1979 video game by Acorn Software Products for the TRS-80 Model I Level II.

Plot summary

Pigskin is a football game with ten offensive plays and six defensive plays, and a player can either play against the computer opponent or another human opponent.[4] In single-player mode there are five levels of difficulty.[2]

Reception

J. Mishcon reviewed Pigskin in The Space Gamer No. 30.[4] Mishcon commented that "A super game for kids who will love plenty of scoring but probably not the answer for a real lover of football."[4]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.willus.com/trs80/
  2. 1 2 "Acorn Software Products ad". Personal Computing: 5. December 1980.
  3. ↑ "80-U.S. - Volume III Number 6 (1980-11)(80-Northwest Publishing)(US)". November 1980.
  4. 1 2 3 Mishcon, J. (August 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (30). Steve Jackson Games: 29.