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==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
The game plays a simplified version of American football with three offensive players and either six or seven computer-controlled defensive players depending on the player-selected difficulty. As implied by the game's name, the focus is on running and passing; gameplay proceeds essentially without punts or kickoffs. Kickoffs typically result in a touchback, with the following drive starting at the 20-yard line; however, according to the game's instruction manual,<ref>{{Citation | title = Handheld Game Manual: Electronic Quarterback (Coleco) at the Internet Archive | url=https://archive.org/details/manuals-handheld-games-Coleco-ElectronicQuarterback | access-date = 14 September 2016}}</ref> occasionally the game allows a kickoff to be run back.
The game plays a simplified version of American football with three offensive players and either six or seven computer-controlled defensive players depending on the player-selected difficulty. As implied by the game's name, the focus is on running and passing; gameplay proceeds essentially without punts or kickoffs. Kickoffs typically result in a touchback, with the following drive starting at the 20-yard line, according to the game's instruction manual,<ref>{{Citation | title = Handheld Game Manual: Electronic Quarterback (Coleco) at the Internet Archive | url=https://archive.org/details/manuals-handheld-games-Coleco-ElectronicQuarterback | access-date = 14 September 2016}}</ref> occasionally the game allows a kickoff to be run back.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 12:10, 11 June 2024

Electronic Quarterback
Developer(s)Coleco Industries
Publisher(s)Coleco Industries
Platform(s)Handheld
Release1978
Genre(s)Sports

Electronic Quarterback is a handheld electronic game made by Coleco in 1978. It is powered by a 9-volt battery or an AC adaptor, and it differentiated itself from the other similar handheld electronic American football games of the era, notably Mattel Electronics' version, by having two blockers and giving the quarterback the ability to pass.

Like many electronic games in the late 1970s, it was also released by Sears under their own brand and the name Electronic Touchdown.[1]

Gameplay[edit]

The game plays a simplified version of American football with three offensive players and either six or seven computer-controlled defensive players depending on the player-selected difficulty. As implied by the game's name, the focus is on running and passing; gameplay proceeds essentially without punts or kickoffs. Kickoffs typically result in a touchback, with the following drive starting at the 20-yard line, but according to the game's instruction manual,[2] occasionally the game allows a kickoff to be run back.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sears Electronic Touchdown".
  2. ^ Handheld Game Manual: Electronic Quarterback (Coleco) at the Internet Archive, retrieved 14 September 2016