NASL Soccer
NASL Soccer is a 1980 Intellivision two-player game based on the North American Soccer League (1968–1984). Mattel released an Atari 2600 version of the game under its M Network label as International Soccer in 1982.
NASL Soccer
- Date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Mattel Electronics
- Genre
- association football video game
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NASL Soccer is a 1980 Intellivision two-player game based on the North American Soccer League (1968–1984). Mattel released an Atari 2600 version of the game under its M Network label as International Soccer in 1982.
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• Title — NASL Soccer • Developer — APh Technological Consulting • Publisher — Mattel Electronics • Programmer — Kevin Miller • Platforms — Intellivision, Atari 2600 • Released — IntellivisionSeptember 4, 1980 2600November 1982 • Genre — Sports (soccer) • Modes — Multiplayer
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NASL Soccer published.
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- United States
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NASL Soccer is associated with United States.
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Video magazine's "1982 Guide to Electronic Games" found the game gameplay and implementation (its three-quarter perspective and scrolling playfield) "fascinating even to those who don't care for the real sport". NASL Soccer won the 1981 Arcade Awards (1980) for Best Sport Game.
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The circumstances in which NASL Soccer stands. Developed by APh Technological Consulting. Published by Mattel Electronics. Issued for Intellivision. Recorded as video game. Issued for Atari 2600. Classed in the genre association football video game. Associated with United States.
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- “NASL Soccer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3869390: NASL Soccer
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- 1.NASL® Soccer. Blue Sky Rangers.
- 2.Atari VCS game release dates. Atari Archive.
- 3.Goodman, Danny. Home Video Games: Video Games Update. Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games. 32. Spring 1983.
- 4.Kunkel, Bill. Video's Guide to Electronic Games. Video. Reese Communications. 6. 8. 47–56, 108. November 1982. 0147-8907.
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