Gaelic Games: Football

Gaelic Games: Football is a video game developed by IR Gurus and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was released on 11 November 2005. It is based on Ireland's Gaelic NFL and was developed by an Australian company that (at the time) made the AFL video game series. No player names are featured.

Gaelic Games: Football
Developer(s)IR Gurus
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Designer(s)Thuyen Nguyen (game designer), Justin Halliday (game producer) and (game designer)
EngineRenderWare
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • EU: 11 November 2005
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Gaelic Games: Football is the first GAA video-game to be released on a video game console.[1]

Gameplay

The game features the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and NFL with commentary by Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.

Reception

Sales

Following its release, Gaelic Games: Football was the highest selling PlayStation 2 game of all time in Ireland.

Critical

Despite being commercially successful, Gaelic Games: Football received poor reviews from critics and fans who claimed it was nowhere near the standard of gameplay with games like PES and FIFA 06 had produced.[2]

Sequel

A follow up game, Gaelic Games: Football 2, was released in November 2007. It was given very poor reviews by critics due to little improvement from the first.[3][4]

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References
  1. O'Reilly, Quinton. "This is the inside story behind the Gaelic Football and Hurling games on the Playstation - Part 1".
  2. "5 reasons why Gaelic Games Football on Playstation was a devastatingly awful game - JOE.ie".
  3. https://www.giantbomb.com/gaelic-games-football-2/3030-272/
  4. http://www.thejournal.ie/gaelic-football-ps2-part-2-1950583-Sep2015/
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