Played as part of Atari 50.
I'm glad I vaguely know enough about American Football through playing 30 minutes of Madden maybe once a year at random friends' houses growing up and by reading gay furry romance novels (shoutouts Kyell Gold) to know that this isn't a very good one. Sports games are a big blind spot for me that I've wanted to fill in for a while but even from my limited experience, this has to compromise such a ridiculous amount of football's complexities to fit on a 2600 cart that it's hardly even worth the effort. The play setup system is woefully simplified, it's nigh impossible to run the ball any distance since you're trying to coordinate with un-planned 1982-era CPUs, and the single button control scheme severely limits what you can actually do when you're playing. Still a novelty but certainly not worth more than a cursory look.
I'm glad I vaguely know enough about American Football through playing 30 minutes of Madden maybe once a year at random friends' houses growing up and by reading gay furry romance novels (shoutouts Kyell Gold) to know that this isn't a very good one. Sports games are a big blind spot for me that I've wanted to fill in for a while but even from my limited experience, this has to compromise such a ridiculous amount of football's complexities to fit on a 2600 cart that it's hardly even worth the effort. The play setup system is woefully simplified, it's nigh impossible to run the ball any distance since you're trying to coordinate with un-planned 1982-era CPUs, and the single button control scheme severely limits what you can actually do when you're playing. Still a novelty but certainly not worth more than a cursory look.