''Pigskin'' is a 1979 video game by Acorn Software Products for the

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Model I Level II.

Plot summary

''Pigskin'' is a

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game with ten offensive plays and six defensive plays, and a player can either play against the computer opponent or another human opponent. In single-player mode there are five levels of difficulty.

Reception

J. Mishcon reviewed ''Pigskin'' in ''

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'' No. 30. 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."

References

1979 video games American football video games Multiplayer and single-player video games TRS-80 games TRS-80-only games Video games developed in the United States {{Amfoot-videogame-stub