game
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title Atari Football (4 players)
set name atarifb4
manufacturer Atari
year 1979
genre Sports (hof)
category Sports / Football Amer. (hof)
driver status good
driver source atarifb.c
snapshots PS: in game | title | parent / MW: in game | parent / CT: in game | title | parent / Mr. Do: parent
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rating

66.2% after 29 votes
 
parent Atari Football (revision 2)
other clones Atari Football (revision 1)
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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 4
nplayers 4P sim
controls trackball
buttons 1
coin slots 3
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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
34889.m1  1024  5c63974a  atarifb4    e91f318be80d985a09ff92f4db5792290a06dc0f 
34891.m2  1024  9d03baa1  atarifb4    1b57f39fa4d43e3f3d22f2d9a5478b5f5e4d0cb1 
34890.n1  1024  2deb5844  atarifb4    abc7cc80d5fcac13f50f6cc550ea7a8f322434c9 
34892.n2  1024  ad212d2d  atarifb4    df77ed3d59b497d0f4fe7b275f1cce6c4a5aa0b2 
34885.k1  1024  fdd272a1  atarifb4    619c7b1ced1e397a4aa5fcaf0afe84c2b39ba5fd 
34887.k2  1024  fa2b8b52  atarifb4    aff26efcf70fe63819a80977853e8f58c17cb32b 
34886.l1  1024  be912ccb  atarifb4    6ed05d011a1fe06831883fdbdf7153b0ec624de9 
34888.l2  1024  3f8e96c1  atarifb4    c188eb39a00943d9eb62b8a70ad3bd108fc768e9 
34877.e1  1024  fd8832fa  atarifb4    83f874d5c178846bdfb7609c2738c03e3369743b 
34879.e2  1024  7053ffbc  atarifb4    cec5efb005833da448f67b9811719099d6980dcd 
34878.f1  1024  329eb720  atarifb4    fa9e8c25c9e20fea72d1314297b77ffe599a5a74 
34880.f2  1024  e0c9b4c2  atarifb4    1cc0900bb62c672a870fc465f5691039bb487571 
34881.h1  1024  d9055541  atarifb4    ffbf86c5cc325587d89e17da0560518244d3d8e9 
34883.h2  1024  8a912448  atarifb4    1756874964eedb75e066a4d6dccecf16a652f6bb 
34882.j1  1024  060c9cdb  atarifb4    3c6d04c535195dfa8f8405ff8e80f4693844d1a1 
34884.j2  1024  aa699a3a  atarifb4    2c13eb9cda3fe9cfd348ef5cf309625f77c75056 
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 atarifb4.png atarifb4.png
marquee atarifb.png
control panel atarifb4.png
flyer atarifb4.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 [4-Player model] (c) 1979 Atari, Inc.


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 -


Game ID : 034754


Dimensions :

31inch (78cm) high.

53inch (134cm) wide.

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

Monitor : 23inch B/W


- TRIVIA -


Released in April 1979.


Released one year earlier as "Atari Football [2-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 three years later. This game was the first true video sports game and also the first Atari game to utilize a trackball controller.


Approximately 900 '4-player' versions were produced.


2 Atari Football units (2- and 4-player model) appear in the 1982 movie 'Tron'.


- 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-4-player-model&page=detail&id=21192&o=2
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