Pigskin
Pigskin is a 1979 video game by Acorn Software Products for the TRS-80 Model I Level II.
Pigskin
- Date
- 1979
- Genre
- American football video game
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Pigskin is a 1979 video game by Acorn Software Products for the TRS-80 Model I Level II.
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• Title — Pigskin • Developer — J. Laurence R. Sothen W. Gavenda • Publisher — Acorn Software Products • Platforms — TRS-80 • Released — 1979 • Genre — Sports game • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
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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. In single-player mode there are five levels of difficulty.
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J. Mishcon reviewed Pigskin in The Space Gamer No. 30. 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."
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