| Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka | |
|---|---|
 North American Sega Saturn cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Digital Pictures |
| Publisher(s) | Digital Pictures Flash Filmworks (2016) |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Saturn, 3DO |
| Release | MS-DOS, Saturn, 3DO:
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka is a 1995 football video game published by Digital Pictures for the Sega Saturn, 3DO and MS-DOS. It features Mike Ditka as head coach of the player's team. Unlike in most football video games, the player does not control an entire team. Instead, Quarterback Attack attempts to simulate the experience of being a professional quarterback, with the other players rendered in full motion video (FMV). This break with convention divided critical response to the game.
The game was developed on a budget of two million dollars.[1] The video footage was filmed over two weeks.[1] When asked if it was difficult to call up his usual energy when working with a film crew instead of a real game-day situation, Mike Ditka said, "I've been called a lot of things, and being called 'an actor' has been one of them. It's not that hard to do, really."[2]
Footage from the game was used in the film Game Over.
After Digital Pictures bankruptcy, the rights to several of their games were purchased by a consortium that included visual effects company Flash Film Works. In December 2016, Quarterback Attack was remastered from the original source video and released as an app for Google Play [3] and iTunes.[4]
- ^ a b "The Hot Number: $2 Million". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 75. Ziff Davis. October 1995. p. 28.
- ^ "In Your Face with Mike Ditka". GamePro. No. 85. IDG. October 1995. p. 86.
- ^ "Quarterback Attack - Apps on Google Play".
- ^ "Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka on the App Store". itunes.apple.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-05.