NFL Showdown 2002 Sports Card Game First Game Ever Endorsed by National Football League Coaches Association.Business/Entertainment EditorsRENTON, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2001 Innovative Sports Card Game Allows Players to Experience All Aspects of Coaching and Managing an NFL Football NFL Football is a 1989 American football arcade game, developed by LJN and published by Nintendo. This is one of the first to get an official NFL license for the video game. Team Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, they popularized the collectible card game genre with in Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HAS) and developer of game-based entertainment products, announced today that the NFL Showdown(TM) 2002 sports card game will be the first sports card game endorsed by the National Football League Coaches Association (NFLCA). The National Football League (NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga ) card game is the most recent addition to the Wizards of the Coast Showdown Sports line, which also includes the award-winning MLB MLB Major League Baseball MLB Minor League Baseball MLB Middle Linebacker (football) MLB Motor Life Boat MLB Matt Leblanc (actor) MLB Mother Love Bone (band) (TM) Showdown sports card game and the forthcoming NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= (TM) Showdown sports card game. "The NFL Showdown 2002 sports card game provides a realistic and authentic football experience," said Larry Kennan, executive director of the National Football League Coaches Association. "It's a great strategic game that really puts you on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. as an NFL coach." The NFL Showdown 2002 sports card game simulates an actual football game and allows players to act as owners and coaches of their own NFL teams by drafting and building teams, calling plays and developing overall game strategy. The NFL Showdown 2002 sports card game features the fun of trading card games, the collectability of traditional sports cards and the strategic elements of fantasy sports and actual sports games. This innovative new game is the first sports card game to incorporate an electronic reader. The PlayGrid(TM) card reader is a handheld scanning device used specifically in the NFL Showdown 2002 sports card game that allows football fans of all ages to play a strategic and statistically accurate football game without sacrificing the fast-paced action of an actual NFL game. The PlayGrid device reads, decodes and stores information from cards that are swiped through its electronic scanner. The PlayGrid card reader will be available only in the NFL Showdown 2002 two-player Starter Set. Wizards of the Coast is the worldwide market share leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game categories. Wizards of the Coast is a leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products, as well as the owner and operator of one of the nation's largest specialty game retail chains. The company holds an exclusive patent on the play mechanics of trading card games (TCGs) and produces the world's best-selling Pokemon(R) and Magic: The Gathering(R) TCGs. Wizards of the Coast is also one of the world's leading fantasy and science fiction book publishers and is a publisher of adventure games such as the classic Dungeons Dungeons may refer to:
The PlayGrid is manufactured for Wizards of the Coast by Tiger Electronics.(R),(TM)&(c)2001 Tiger Electronics, a division of Hasbro Inc. All Rights Reserved. (c)2001 NFL Properties Inc. The NFL Shield logo and all other (NFL-related marks) are trademarks of the National Football League. Team names and logos are trademarks of the teams indicated. Officially Licensed Product of PLAYERS INC Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Inc. (c) MLBPA MLBPA Major League Baseball Player's Association Official Licensee -- Major League Baseball Players Association The Major League Baseball Players Association (or MLBPA) is the union of professional major-league baseball players. History Of MLBPA The MLBPA was not the first attempt to unionize baseball players. . (c) 2001 NBA Properties Inc. Pokemon is a registered trademark of Nintendo. Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering, Showdown and Dungeons & Dragons are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro Inc.(c)2001 Wizards. |
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