Bill Walsh College Football
Bill Walsh College Football is an American football video game released for the Super NES, Genesis, and Sega CD. It is one of the earliest video games to deal with the sport at a college level and is built around the fame of coach Bill Walsh. The game was followed by a sequel, Bill Walsh College Football '95.
Bill Walsh College Football
- Date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Genre
- American football video game
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Bill Walsh College Football is an American football video game released for the Super NES, Genesis, and Sega CD. It is one of the earliest video games to deal with the sport at a college level and is built around the fame of coach Bill Walsh. The game was followed by a sequel, Bill Walsh College Football '95.
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Key facts
• Title — Bill Walsh College Football • Developer — High Score Productions (Sega Genesis & Sega CD) Visual Concepts (SNES) • Publisher — EA Sports • Released — Genesis'Sega CD'Super NESFebruary 1994 • Genre — Sports American football • Modes — Single-player Multiplayer • Platforms — Super NES, Sega Genesis, Sega CD
Summary
Summary
The game features 24 teams from the 1992 season and 24 historical teams. Because EA Sports did not acquire the licensing for the names of the more famous schools, these teams carry the names of the school cities and states rather than the school names.
Teams
Teams
(non licensed college names listed in parentheses) • Arizona • Boston (Boston College) • College Station (Texas A&M) • Colorado • Columbus (Ohio State) • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Kansas • Miami • Michigan • Nebraska • Provo (BYU) • Pullman (Washington State) • Raleigh (NC State) • S.C. (Southern California) • South Bend (Notre Dame) • Syracuse • Stanford • State College (Penn State) • Tallahassee (Florida State) • Tennessee • Washington
Gameplay modes
Gameplay modes
Source: • Exhibition, with play as any team from either the 1992 or historical seasons in a single game • 16-team single elimination playoff with any team from the 1992 season. • 16-team single elimination playoff with any of the all-time teams.
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Reception
Computer Gaming World in 1993 stated that the Genesis version of Bill Walsh College Football "provides the best sports action yet to be seen in a cartridge product". The magazine praised the AI as being "head and shoulders above any other sports game. Simply put, it reacts". Computer Gaming World concluded that while computer-based sports games remained superior, Walsh was an example of those that made purchasing a console "more than worthwhile".
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.EA Sports. Bill Walsh Scripts New College Football Game. Inside Electronic Arts Sports Network. 2. 1. 6–7. June 1993.
- 2.Future plc. Game Review: Bill Walsh College Football. Mega. 47. September 1993.
- 3.IDG. Cart Queries. GamePro. 68. 11. March 1995.
- 4.EA Sports. Bill Walsh College Football Manual. 10. 1993.
- 5.Scott Alan Marriott. Bill Walsh College Football (Super Nintendo) Review. Allgame.
- 6.Sutyak, Jonathan. Bill Walsh College Football (Sega Genesis) Review. Allgame.
- 7.Poulter, Wallace. EA Comes Out With The Walsh. Computer Gaming World. 96, 98. November 1993.
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