# Computer Quarterback

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Computer_Quarterback
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Computer_Quarterback.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Quarterback
> Source revision: 1340058576
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|1981 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| collapsible = 
| state = 
| italic title = 
| title = Computer Quarterback
| image = Computer Quarterback.jpg
| alt = 
| caption =
| developer = LDW Software (ports)
| publisher = [Strategic Simulations](/source/Strategic_Simulations)
| designer = [Danielle Bunten Berry](/source/Danielle_Bunten_Berry)
| series =
| platforms = [Apple II](/source/Apple_II), [Atari 8-bit](/source/Atari_8-bit_computers), [Commodore 64](/source/Commodore_64)
| released = '''1981:''' Apple<br />'''1984:''' Atari, C64
| genre = [Sports](/source/Sports_video_game)
| modes = 
}}

'''''Computer Quarterback''''' is an American football simulation video game written for the [Apple II](/source/Apple_II) by [Danielle Bunten Berry](/source/Danielle_Bunten_Berry) (credited as Dan Bunten) and published in 1981 by [Strategic Simulations](/source/Strategic_Simulations). Ports to the [Atari 8-bit computers](/source/Atari_8-bit_computers) and [Commodore 64](/source/Commodore_64) were released in 1984. Add-on disks for new football seasons were also sold by SSI.

==Gameplay==
''Computer Quarterback'' is a game in which a statistics-based football game features both playbooks for both semi-pro and professional American football.<ref name="CGW42"/>

==Development==
Danielle Berry developed ''Computer Quarterback'' originally to play with friends on the computer at their workplace. She later used a [minicomputer](/source/minicomputer) to convert the game's code from [FORTRAN](/source/Fortran) to [BASIC](/source/BASIC) for the Apple II.<ref name="halcyon">{{cite book |editor-last=Hague |editor-first=James |title=Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers |title-link=Halcyon Days (book) |date=March 1997 |chapter=Danielle Berry |access-date=15 September 2025 |publisher=Dadgum Games |chapter-url=https://dadgum.com/halcyon/BOOK/BERRY.HTM| quote = "Computer Quarterback" was written only for myself and friends to play on the computer at work. I later converted it from FORTRAN  to BASIC on an Apple II and sent it to Strategic Simulations.}}</ref> Afterward, Berry sent the game to Strategic Simulations requesting that the company publish it.<ref name="halcyon"/><ref name="retro-gamer-140">{{cite magazine| title = From the Archives: Strategic Simulations Inc| magazine = [Retro Gamer](/source/Retro_Gamer)| publisher = [Imagine Publishing](/source/Imagine_Publishing)| location = Bournemouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom| issue = 140| date = 2015| page = 52| first = Adam| last = Barnes| issn = 1742-3155}}</ref> Berry selected the corporation based on the presentation of its first game, the 1980 ''[Computer Bismarck](/source/Computer_Bismarck)''. The wargame's professional packaging, which differed from the [zipper storage bag](/source/zipper_storage_bag)s commonly used at the time, convinced her of the producers' competency.<ref name="retro-gamer-140"/>

==Reception==
Wyatt Lee reviewed the game for ''[Computer Gaming World](/source/Computer_Gaming_World)'', and stated that "Team Data Disks for individual seasons have been marketed through the company catalog and this is a very playable game."<ref name="CGW42">{{cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Wyatt |title=The Electronic Gridiron |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=December 1987 |volume=1 |issue=42 |pages=52–53}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{moby game|id=/50900}}

{{Dani Bunten}}

Category:1981 video games
Category:American football video games
Category:Apple II games
Category:Atari 8-bit computer games
Category:Commodore 64 games
Category:Real-time strategy video games
Category:Strategic Simulations games
Category:Video games designed by Danielle Bunten Berry
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games set in the United States

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Computer Quarterback](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Quarterback) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Quarterback?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.