NASL Soccer explained

NASL Soccer
Developer:Mattel
Publisher:Mattel
Released:September 4, 1980[1]
Genre:Traditional soccer
Modes:Multiplayer
Platforms:Intellivision
Atari 2600

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.[2]

Reception

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".[3] NASL Soccer won the 1981 Arcade Awards (1980) for Best Sport Game.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NASL® Soccer.
  2. Goodman . Danny . Danny Goodman . Spring 1983 . Home Video Games: Video Games Update . Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games . 32.
  3. Kunkel . Bill . Bill Kunkel (gaming). Katz . Arnie . Arnie Katz. November 1982 . Video's Guide to Electronic Games . Video. Reese Communications. 6. 8. 47–56, 108. 0147-8907.