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Gridiron Masters '98
Gridiron Masters '98 is an American Football presentation sim that places you in an alternate universe that encompasses college and pro football. Create your coach and see where their career takes them while looking through the lens of the late 90s.

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Features
Single-player
Family Sharing
Profile Features Limited 
Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔ ✔

Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

Leaving Early Access: May 4, 2027

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“The three main goals of early access are to 1) build a field engine with broadcast style presentation 2) refine the roster building systems consistent with vision and scope and 3) expand the SportsZone tv show to include many new and more detailed segments.

Much time has been spent developing in isolation with very little player feedback. Early Access will allow development to continue but now according to the players.

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Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“~1 year”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“-A Field Engine
-Refined Team Systems (Acquisitions, trading, etc)
-Additional character avatar parts
-More SportsZone segments (coach hires/fires, draft reviews, etc)
-Overall mechanic/system refinements ”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Playable. It can simulate everything correctly. Basic roster building systems work. TV recap segments are functional.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We plan to raise the price as the game receives new updates and features.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Players will have impact on the roster building systems specifically to achieve the desired vision of roster building without certain knowledge. They will have impact on what new segments get added to SportsZone, what they include as well as how the broadcast package in the field engine will work.

Players will have impact on almost anything that does not fundamentally change the scope and vision of the game. For example, this game will not ever be a management sim with heavy chores to do or a stick skills game like the AAA football games of the past. As a result, feedback like "add a full scouting combine" or "add managing the daily tasks and diets of players" or "add hit stick" will not be considered.

Feedback can be offered through: Steam Forums, Discord Server (check basic info for links)

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About This Game

PRESENTATION

Gridiron Masters '98 simulates the sport of football and presents it to you in a sports network style. The bold colors and unforgettable design let you peak into a football world that encompasses 120 college teams in 10 conferences and 36 pro teams in the NFA. Enter a football world visually set in the 90's. The big pads, the neck rolls, waffle sole cleats, teal colored turf and larger than life sports personalities! Immerse yourself in the football world!

-Period accurate music!

-Voiced show hosts!

-Unforgettable design!

FOOTBALL WORLD

College and pro, fully simulated in one game!

-120 college teams (10 conferences)

-36 pro teams

-Completely playable

-Fully simulated team histories

-Start career in 1970-1990

-Job offers

-Unlimited world generation

-Generated character avatars

-Fully logged histories for all characters and teams

TEAM MANAGEMENT

Team management is very light and quick which keeps things moving along. Tasks revolve around acquiring players and coaches with uncertain information.

-Draft board

-Simple free Agency

-Drafting

-Simple recruiting

-Transfers

-Offensive and defensive coordinator hiring

TV SHOWS

Keep up to date on events, news, scores and controversies with CSPN SportsZone! Watch as the show hosts layout the scores, stats and game analysis. So grab some pizza or whatever your pleasure is and watch the show! Don't forget the remote!

-Customizable weekly recaps

-Host discussions

-Game stories such as streaks, upsets, stat lines, new coaches, breakout players, close games, blowouts and more!

-More to come such as coach hires/fires, draft previews/reviews, season previews, playoff rankings, player/coach spotlight, coach/player interviews and more!

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

About 98% of the art assets in this game are human authored. 100% are human edited.

Which assets used ai:

-Some of the pro logos that could not be satisfied with dev skills or outsourcing, about 13 in number.

-The purple images in the SportsZone intro. These were generated because no public domain photos of 1990s era football players exist and pixel art or digital art were not appropriate.

-The studio background and suit.

-The store page assets used public domain images which then received minor ai changes, colors, hair, text, etc. This was done because they needed to look like real photos rather than obvious composites.

-The tts engine that runs for the SportsZone segments probably doesn't count as ai but it does use cloning on composite/edited voice samples.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: 2 Core CPU
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Realtek
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: 4 Core CPU
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 2GB Video Memory
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Realtek
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