Product Features
Platform: Atari
Region: Global
Console Versions: Atari
Format: Physical
US Rating: E (Everyone)
Key Features
Console Version
Atari
Specifications
Format
Physical
Multiplayer
Yes
Requirements
Minimum Processor Requirements
Atari 2600
Other
Game Mode
Offline
Region
Global
Refurbished Condition
Good
Football (also known as Atari Football) is a 1978 American football video game developed and released by Atari, Inc. for arcade machines. Players are represented by X and O. Although it predates Sega's World Cup, Football is credited with popularizing the trackball controller and is also the first non-racing vertical scrolling video game. It was distributed in Japan by Namco in 1979.
Football was the second highest-grossing arcade game of 1979 in the United States. That same year, Atari released a more challenging four-player version of the arcade game, programmed by Dave Theurer, who later created Missile Command and Tempest.
