{{Short description|1986 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = GFL Championship Football | image = GFL Championship Football cover.jpg | alt = | caption = | developer = | publisher = Activision | series = | engine = | platforms = Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | released = '''1986:''' C64<br>'''1987:''' CPC, ST, Spectrum<br>'''1988:''' Amiga | genre = Sports | modes = }}
'''''GFL Championship Football''''' is a sports video game published in 1986 by Activision for the Commodore 64. It was converted to the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, and Amiga. A sequel, ''GFL Championship Football II'', was released for the TRS-80 Color Computer 3 in 1988.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=GFL Championship Football II (manual) |title-link= |last= |first= |url=https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Games/GFL%20Championship%20Football%20II%20(Tandy).pdf |date=1988-01-01 |access-date=2023-10-01 |publisher=Activision}}</ref>
==Gameplay== ''GFL Championship Football'' is a game in which the player receives a view from inside the helmet.<ref name="CGW42"/>
==Reception== Wyatt Lee reviewed the game for ''Computer Gaming World'', and stated that "Whatever one's feelings about the game, when the plus yardage and minus yardage is added together, this action/strategy game is a watershed design."<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=16}}</ref> The magazine said that the game's unique perspective helped players understand the difficult job of running backs and quarterbacks.<ref name="cgw198711">{{cite magazine | title=Christmas Buyers Guide | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=November 1987 | pages=20 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_41/page/n19/mode/2up |issue=41}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{moby game|id=/26354}}
Category:1986 video games Category:Activision games Category:American football video games Category:Amiga games Category:Amstrad CPC games Category:Atari ST games Category:Commodore 64 games Category:DOS games Category:First-person video games Category:Video games developed in the United States Category:Video games set in the United States Category:ZX Spectrum games