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Arena Football is a Playstation 2 and Xbox videogame developed by Electronic Arts (under their EA Sports brand). It was released on February 7, 2006. The game is similar to EA's other simulation football games (NCAA Football and Madden NFL Football), but adopts a style of play that is similar to the faster and more frantic paced Arena game. The game includes all the rules, rosters, and teams for the 2006 AFL Season.
2006 AFL Teams
All of the teams that are competing in the 2006 season are included. The New Orleans VooDoo have been excluded because they have temporarily halted operations due to Hurricane Katrina. However, their logo is available for use in the game's create-a-team feature. The VooDoo are expected to resume operations in 2007. The Kansas City Brigade franchise and it's colors have been included, but the official name and logo didn't make it in because they were unveiled after the game had gone into production.
National Eastern
National Southern
American Central
American Western
Historic Teams
EA included a number of historic teams in Arena Football. Though not every Arena League team in history is represented, a good deal are. They are awarded to the player upon meeting certain statistical goals in a game. Here is a complete list:
Teams included
- Albany Firebirds
- Anaheim Piranhas
- Buffalo Destroyers
- Charlotte Rage
- Chicago Bruisers
- Cincinnati Rockers
- Columbus Thunderbolts
- Cleveland Thunderbolts
- Connecticut Coyotes
- Dallas Texans
- Denver Dynamite
- Detroit Drive
- Florida Bobcats
- Fort Worth Cavalry
- Houston Thunderbears
- Iowa Barnstormers
- Las Vegas Sting
- Los Angeles Cobras
- Massachusetts Marauders
- Memphis Pharaohs
- Milwaukee Mustangs
- Minnesota Fighting Pike
- New England Sea Wolves
- New England Steamrollers
- New Jersey Gladiators
- New Jersey Red Dogs
- New Orleans Night
- New Orleans VooDoo
- New York Cityhawks
- New York Knights
- Oklahoma Wranglers
- Pittsburgh Gladiators
- Portland Forest Dragons
- Sacramento Attack
- San Antonio Force
- St. Louis Stampede
- Texas Terror
- Toronto Phantoms
- Washington Commandos
Teams not included
- Carolina Cobras
- Chicago Politicians
- Detroit Fury
- Indiana Firebirds
- Maryland Commandos
- Miami Hooters
- Miami Vise
- Nashville Kats (1997-2001)
- Rockford Metros
History of AFL Video Games
Unbeknownst to some, Arena Football is not the first videogame to feature the Arena League. However, it can be considered the first simulation (as opposed to arcade-style) Arena League game. Other Arena League and Arena League-inspired games are:
- Maximum-Football (2006) - Windows - Matrix Games - A fully customizable football game featuring no official licenses of any professional league. The game includes an Arena-style game mode.
- Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed (2000) - Playstation - Midway Games - A completely arcade-style video game that was based on the NFL Blitz game engine. Considered the first true Arena League game.
- Arena Football '95 (1995) - Atari Jaguar - V-Real - Unreleased game that made it about half way through development before cancellation (more on this game can be found here).
- Arena Football (1988) - Commodore 64 - Chris R. Bickford III - Independently coded text-based game for the C64 back during the early years of the AFL. It has found new life via means of emulation. More info can be found here.
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