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− | {{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ミュータントリーグ・ フットボール) is | + | {{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ミュータントリーグ・ フットボール) is a [[Sega Mega Drive]] comedy horror [[wikipedia:American football|American football]] game developed by [[Mutant Productions]] and published by [[Electronic Arts]]. First released in the United States in June 1993, the game is most notable for its tongue-in-cheek horror theme, and for being built on the gameplay engine used in the company's previous ''Madden'' series. During development it possibly had a working title of "Blood & Guts Football".{{magref|egm|41|138}} |
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+ | ==Gameplay== | ||
+ | ===Teams=== | ||
+ | {{multicol| | ||
+ | *Darkstar Dragons | ||
+ | *Deathskin Razors | ||
+ | *Icebay Bashers | ||
+ | *Galaxy Aces | ||
+ | *Killer Konvicts | ||
+ | *Maniac All-Stars | ||
+ | *Midway Monsters | ||
+ | *Misfit Demons | ||
+ | *Psycho Slashers | ||
+ | *Rad Rockers | ||
+ | *Robot Warriors | ||
+ | *Screaming Evils | ||
+ | *Sixty Whiners | ||
+ | *Slaycity Slayers | ||
+ | *Terminator Trolz | ||
+ | *Toxic All-Pros | ||
+ | *Turbo Techies | ||
+ | *Vile Vulgars | ||
+ | *War Slammers | ||
+ | |cols=3}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
+ | ===Legacy=== | ||
+ | This game was followed by ''[[Mutant League Hockey]]''. Because of their unique premises, both games have become among the few [[Electronic Arts]] games for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] to demand high prices on the resale aftermarket. | ||
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+ | These games were also used as the basis for an animated series called ''[[wikipedia:Mutant League|Mutant League]]'', which aired from 1994 to 1996. Two other games, ''[[Mutant League Basketball]]'' and ''[[Mutant Speed Demons]]'', were planned but never released. | ||
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+ | The game re-released for the [[PlayStation Portable]] as part of the compilation ''EA Replay'' in 2006. | ||
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+ | A spiritual successor called ''Mutant Football League'' was developed by Digital Dreams Entertainment for the [[Xbox One]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[Nintendo Switch]], and [[PC]]. Development was led by [[Michael Mendheim]], the original creator and lead designer of the Mutant League series. | ||
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===Comic adaptation=== | ===Comic adaptation=== | ||
''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' included "Mutant League" comics strips, based off ''Mutant League Football''. The single story arc was called "Bring Me The Head of Coach Brikka" (issue #31 to issue #36). It's one of the few comic strips in ''Sonic the Comic'' that is based off 3rd party game. | ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' included "Mutant League" comics strips, based off ''Mutant League Football''. The single story arc was called "Bring Me The Head of Coach Brikka" (issue #31 to issue #36). It's one of the few comic strips in ''Sonic the Comic'' that is based off 3rd party game. | ||
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+ | ==Production credits== | ||
+ | {{multicol| | ||
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+ | *'''Created by:''' [[Michael Mendheim]] | ||
+ | *'''Design:''' Michael Mendheim, Alan Martin | ||
+ | *'''Lead Artist:''' Art Koch | ||
+ | *'''Graphics:''' Jeff Fennel, Roseann Mitchell, Armand Cabrera | ||
+ | *'''Animation:''' Jeff Fennel, Michael Mendheim, Peggy Brennan, Peter Traugot, Steve Suhy | ||
+ | *'''Music & Sound Effects:''' [[Brian Schmidt]] | ||
+ | *'''Lead Programmer:''' Gil Colgate | ||
+ | *'''Programmers:''' Gil Colgate, Ian Clarke | ||
+ | *'''Producer:''' Sam Nelson | ||
+ | *'''Associate Producer:''' Keith Orr | ||
+ | *'''Assistant Producer:''' Tony Iuppa | ||
+ | *'''Technical Director:''' Edwin Reich | ||
+ | *'''Product Testing:''' Kevin Hogan, Alan Martin, Eric Newhouse | ||
+ | *'''Product Manager:''' Dave Neubecker | ||
+ | *'''Art Direction:''' Nancy Waisanen | ||
+ | *'''Package Design:''' Michael Osborne | ||
+ | *'''Game Text & Documentation:''' Michael Humes | ||
+ | *'''Documentation Layout:''' Corey Higgins | ||
+ | *'''Documentation Illustrations:''' Frank Cirocco | ||
+ | *'''Quality Assurance:''' Walter Ianneo, Ted Fitzgerald | ||
+ | *'''Thanks to:''' Baron Samhadi,, H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe | ||
+ | *'''Special Thanks to:''' Valerie Hennigan, [[Richard Robbins]] | ||
+ | :Produced by [[Mutant Productions]]™. | ||
+ | | source=US manual | ||
+ | | pdf=Mutant League Football MD US Manual.pdf | ||
+ | | pdfpage=46 | ||
+ | | console=MD | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{creditstable| | ||
+ | *'''Programmer:''' Yuichi Yamaguchi | ||
+ | *'''Producer:''' Kenichi Igarashi | ||
+ | *'''Assistant Producers:''' Leland Madren, Mayako Maekawa, Ryutaro Hayase | ||
+ | *'''Quality Assurance:''' Yasuhiro Suzuki | ||
+ | *'''Package Design:''' Seiichi Mitani | ||
+ | *'''Manual:''' Toshimasa Irie (ABE) | ||
+ | *'''Executive Producer:''' Masato Mizushima | ||
+ | | source=JP manual | ||
+ | | pdf=MutantLeagueFootball MD jp manual.pdf | ||
+ | | pdfpage=37 | ||
+ | | console=MD | ||
+ | }} | ||
==Magazine articles== | ==Magazine articles== | ||
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Genre: Sports[1][2] (American football) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mutant League Football (ミュータントリーグ・ フットボール) is a Sega Mega Drive comedy horror American football game developed by Mutant Productions and published by Electronic Arts. First released in the United States in June 1993, the game is most notable for its tongue-in-cheek horror theme, and for being built on the gameplay engine used in the company's previous Madden series. During development it possibly had a working title of "Blood & Guts Football".[8]
Contents
Gameplay
Teams
- Darkstar Dragons
- Deathskin Razors
- Icebay Bashers
- Galaxy Aces
- Killer Konvicts
- Maniac All-Stars
- Midway Monsters
- Misfit Demons
- Psycho Slashers
- Rad Rockers
- Robot Warriors
- Screaming Evils
- Sixty Whiners
- Slaycity Slayers
- Terminator Trolz
- Toxic All-Pros
- Turbo Techies
- Vile Vulgars
- War Slammers
History
Legacy
This game was followed by Mutant League Hockey. Because of their unique premises, both games have become among the few Electronic Arts games for the Sega Mega Drive to demand high prices on the resale aftermarket.
These games were also used as the basis for an animated series called Mutant League, which aired from 1994 to 1996. Two other games, Mutant League Basketball and Mutant Speed Demons, were planned but never released.
The game re-released for the PlayStation Portable as part of the compilation EA Replay in 2006.
A spiritual successor called Mutant Football League was developed by Digital Dreams Entertainment for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Development was led by Michael Mendheim, the original creator and lead designer of the Mutant League series.
Comic adaptation
Sonic the Comic included "Mutant League" comics strips, based off Mutant League Football. The single story arc was called "Bring Me The Head of Coach Brikka" (issue #31 to issue #36). It's one of the few comic strips in Sonic the Comic that is based off 3rd party game.
Production credits
- Created by: Michael Mendheim
- Design: Michael Mendheim, Alan Martin
- Lead Artist: Art Koch
- Graphics: Jeff Fennel, Roseann Mitchell, Armand Cabrera
- Animation: Jeff Fennel, Michael Mendheim, Peggy Brennan, Peter Traugot, Steve Suhy
- Music & Sound Effects: Brian Schmidt
- Lead Programmer: Gil Colgate
- Programmers: Gil Colgate, Ian Clarke
- Producer: Sam Nelson
- Associate Producer: Keith Orr
- Assistant Producer: Tony Iuppa
- Technical Director: Edwin Reich
- Product Testing: Kevin Hogan, Alan Martin, Eric Newhouse
- Product Manager: Dave Neubecker
- Art Direction: Nancy Waisanen
- Package Design: Michael Osborne
- Game Text & Documentation: Michael Humes
- Documentation Layout: Corey Higgins
- Documentation Illustrations: Frank Cirocco
- Quality Assurance: Walter Ianneo, Ted Fitzgerald
- Thanks to: Baron Samhadi,, H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe
- Special Thanks to: Valerie Hennigan, Richard Robbins
- Produced by Mutant Productions™.
- Programmer: Yuichi Yamaguchi
- Producer: Kenichi Igarashi
- Assistant Producers: Leland Madren, Mayako Maekawa, Ryutaro Hayase
- Quality Assurance: Yasuhiro Suzuki
- Package Design: Seiichi Mitani
- Manual: Toshimasa Irie (ABE)
- Executive Producer: Masato Mizushima
Magazine articles
- Main article: Mutant League Football/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #49: "August 1993" (1993-xx-xx)[11]
also published in:
- Game Champ (KR) #1993-12: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)[12]
Physical scans
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Based on 35 reviews |
Technical information
- Main article: Mutant League Football/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:MutantLeagueFootball MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ Sega Visions, "June/July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 97
- ↑ GamePro, "May 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 138
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-01), page 13
- ↑ Sega Force, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 95
- ↑ Mega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 43
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 138
- ↑ File:Mutant League Football MD US Manual.pdf, page 46
- ↑ File:MutantLeagueFootball MD jp manual.pdf, page 37
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 37
- ↑ Game Champ, "xxxx" (KR; 199x-xx-xx), page 8
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 148
- ↑ Ação Games, "Setembro 1993" (BR; 1993-09-01), page 24
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "September 1993" (DE; 1993-08-09), page 111
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 22
- ↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 90
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 143
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "April 1993" (US; 1993-03-16), page 68
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 28
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 345
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 74
- ↑ Famitsu, "1993-09-17" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 38
- ↑ Game Power, "Settembre 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 69
- ↑ GamePro, "May 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 136
- ↑ GamesMaster, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-18), page 48
- ↑ Game Informer, "July/August 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 4
- ↑ Game Informer, "May 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 66
- ↑ Hippon Super, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 42
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 34
- ↑ Mega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 42
- ↑ Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 41
- ↑ Mega Force, "Ete 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 124
- ↑ Mega Fun, "08/93" (DE; 1993-07-21), page 70
- ↑ MegaTech, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-23), page 80
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 74
- ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1993" (FR; 1993-07-10), page 96
- ↑ Play Time, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-08), page 96
- ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, June 26, 1993" (UK; 1993-06-26), page 1
- ↑ Power Unlimited, "Nummer 4, November 1993" (NL; 1993-10-27), page 53
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 37
- ↑ Sega Power, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-06), page 56
- ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 42
- ↑ Sega Zone, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 24
- ↑ Sega Force, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 94
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 125
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