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title Atari Football (revision 1)
set name atarifb1
manufacturer Atari
year 1978
genre Sports (hof)
category Sports / Football Amer. (hof)
driver status good
driver source atarifb.c
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rating

71.8% after 18 votes
 
parent Atari Football (revision 2)
other clones Atari Football (4 players)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 12
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 304x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls trackball
buttons 1
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu M6502 @ 0.75MHz
audio Discrete
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data
version added .035b01
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
03302601.m1  2048  f8ce7ed8  atarifb1    54520d7d31c6c8f9028b7253a33aba3b2c35ae7c 
03302801.p1  2048  a79c79ca  atarifb    7791b431e9aadb09fd286ae56699c4beda54830a 
03302701.n1  2048  7740be51  atarifb1    3f610061f081eb5589b00a496877bc58f6e0f09f 
033029.n7  1024  12f43dca  atarifb    a463f5068d5522ddf74052429aa6da23e5475844 
033030.c5  512  eac9ef90  atarifb    0e6284392852695ab7323be82105d32f57ad00f1 
033031.d5  512  89d619b8  atarifb    0af5d1f4e6f9a377dc2d49a8039866b1857af01f 
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cabinet art
cabinet atarifb.png atarifb.png
marquee atarifb.png
control panel atarifb.png
flyer atarifb1.png
PCB atarifb.png
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additional information
info 0.35b1 [Mike Balfour, Patrick Lawrence, Brad Oliver]

WIP:
  • 0.123u3: RansAckeR added DIP locations to Atari Football and clone (4 players). Changed 'Unknown' dipswitch to 'Unused'.
  • 0.121u1: Changed palettesize from 4 to 12 colors.
  • 0.107u4: Aaron Giles added built-in layouts for Turbo, Subroc 3D, Buck Rogers, Atari Football, Atari Baseball and Super Speed Racer using the new primitives. Changed visible area to 304x240.
  • 0.106u10: Aaron Giles updated Atari Football to support the new artwork system.
  • 0.90: Derrick Renaud and Frank Palazzolo properly emulated the DISC_OP_AMP_FILTER_IS_BAND_PASS_1M type filter and re-wrote Atari Football and Atari Baseball to use component value only code and the new filter.
  • 0.80: Derrick Renaud made minor changes in Atari Football to work with new code.
  • 0.68: Replaced 3x DAC sound with Discrete.
  • 0.61: Changed visible area to 304x248.
  • 0.36RC1: Nicola Salmoria fixed controls in Atari Football (4 players).
  • 0.36b11: Changed palettesize from 3 to 4 colors.
  • 0.36b5: Changed VSync to 60Hz.
  • 0.36b4: Changed VSync to 57Hz.
- 0.35b1: Added Atari Football (revision 2) (Atari 1978) and clones (revision 1) and (4 players). TODO: The code comments and variables are named such that player 1 is drawn on the right side of the screen, yet the player 1 trackball controls the left-side player, who also is on offense when the game starts. The naming convention is according to the schematics. Will the real player 1 please stand up? The down marker sprite is multiplexed so that it will be drawn at the top and bottom of the screen. We fake this feature. Additionally, we draw it at a different location which seems to make more sense. The play which is chosen is drawn in text at the top of the screen; no backdrop/overlay is supported yet. High quality artwork would be appreciated. The sound is ripped for the most part from the Basketball driver and is missing the kick, hit and whistle tones. I don't know if the noise is entirely accurate either. I'm not good at reading the schematics, so I'm unsure about the exact vblank duration. I'm pretty sure it is one of two values though. The 4-player variation is slightly broken. I'm unsure of the sign bits for the trackballs as well as the LED multiplexing.
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Field Goal

Romset: 8 kb / 6 files / 6.06 zip
history Atari Football [2-Player model] (c) 1978 Atari.


An old black and white American football game where the player characters are represented as X's and O's. Players select either offensive or defensive plays and then control one of the characters on each team by rolling a trackball.


- TECHNICAL -


Dimensions :

31inch (78cm) high

53inch (134cm) wide

29,5inch (74,5cm) deep.

Monitor : 23inch B/W


Game ID : 033xxx


Main CPU : M6502 (@ 750 Khz)

Sound Chips : Discrete circuitry


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 304 x 248 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 4


Players : 2

Control : trackball

Buttons : 1


- TRIVIA -


Released in October 1978.


2 versions were released; this 2-Player model and another for 4 players as "Atari Football [4-Player model]".


Atari Football was first created in 1974 by Steve Bristow and originally called 'X's and O's'. It was shelved when Bristow started on "Tank", then resurrected 3 years later. This game was the first true video sports game and also the first Atari game to utilize a trackball controller.


Approximately 14,000 '2-player' versions were produced.


An Atari Football unit appears in the 1980 movie 'Midnight Madness', and 2 Atari Football units (2 and 4 players) appear in the 1982 movie 'Tron'.


An Atari Football machine was shown at the 2003 classic arcade games show 'California Extreme' in San Jose, California.


- SCORING -


Touchdown : 6 points.

Field goal : 3 points.

Safety : 2 points.

Conversion (run or pass) : 2 points.

Kicked conversion : 1 point.


- STAFF -
  • Designed and partially programmed by : Steve Bristow
  • Finished by : Ed Logg, Lyle Rains, Dave Stubbens
  • Some works by : Mike Albaugh
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=atari-football-2-player-model&page=detail&id=139&o=2
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