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Pigskin
Developer(s)J. Laurence
R. Sothen
W. Gavenda [1]
Publisher(s)Acorn Software Products
Platform(s) TRS-80
Release 1979
Genre(s) Sports game
Mode(s) Single-player, Two-player multiplayer

Pigskin is a 1979 video game by Acorn Software Products for the TRS-80 Model I Level II.

Plot summary

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. [2] In single-player mode there are five levels of difficulty. [1]

Reception

J. Mishcon reviewed Pigskin in The Space Gamer No. 30. [2] 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." [2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Acorn Software Products ad". Personal Computing: 5. December 1980.
  2. ^ a b c Mishcon, J. (August 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (30). Steve Jackson Games: 29.