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Quarterback (arcade game)
Encyclopedia
Quarterback is a 2-player American football
arcade game
released by Leland
in 1987
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"QUARTERBACK" is a One-Player or Two-Player interactive football game with all the exciting sounds and hard-hitting action of the real thing.
On Offensive, the player must choose his strategy by selecting a play with maneuvering his quarterback through the right hole or leading his intended receiver with the passing target to complete that perfect pass.
On Defensive, The object is to outwit your opponent by choosing an alignment that will stop the offense while positioning your linebacker to fill the gap, sack the quarterback, or pick off that pass.
When Kicking or Punting, the wind is always a factor and the game clock comes into play near the end of each half.
Another interesting feature of "QUARTERBACK" is the ability to keep track of over 15 categories of game play statistics and the fact that each player's salary reflects his/her overall performance in these areas. Players compete for the top salary.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
arcade game
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
released by Leland
Leland
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in 1987
1987 in video gaming
-Notable releases:* January 14, Nintendo releases Zelda II: The Adventure of Link in January for the Famicom Disk System in Japan only. The game would go unreleased in America for nearly two years afterwards.* February 20, Konami releases Contra...
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"QUARTERBACK" is a One-Player or Two-Player interactive football game with all the exciting sounds and hard-hitting action of the real thing.
On Offensive, the player must choose his strategy by selecting a play with maneuvering his quarterback through the right hole or leading his intended receiver with the passing target to complete that perfect pass.
On Defensive, The object is to outwit your opponent by choosing an alignment that will stop the offense while positioning your linebacker to fill the gap, sack the quarterback, or pick off that pass.
When Kicking or Punting, the wind is always a factor and the game clock comes into play near the end of each half.
Another interesting feature of "QUARTERBACK" is the ability to keep track of over 15 categories of game play statistics and the fact that each player's salary reflects his/her overall performance in these areas. Players compete for the top salary.
Series
- 1. Quarterback (1987)
- 2. John Elway's Team Quarterback (1988)
- 3. All American FootballAll American FootballAll American Football is a 4-player American football arcade game released by Leland in 1989. One of the main differences between it, and its predecessor, John Elway's Team Quarterback is that it was the first All American Football is a 4-player American football arcade game released by Leland in...
(1989)