Interesting Aussie Rules Game...

[RoastDuck]

...in development.

http://www.stratagemsports.com.au/

[Easy Mac]

Thank god man, II've been waiting for an Aussie Rules Football game. It's the greatest sport ever, we need that on TV more over here.

And a game that I actually have the required specs for, that rocks!

[ColtCrazy]

very interesting. What little I've seen of the game, I've enjoyed.

[BishopMVP]

Where's my hurling?

[andy m]

i miss gary ablett.

[RoastDuck]

Apparently Gary Ablett Junior will be joining Geelong soon - the second coming perhaps?

Funny story concerning Gary, son of Gary, and Aussie humour in general...

http://www.thebladder.com.au/content/news/displayContent.asp?CID=800&EID=103

The line: "But there’s just no obvious name that leaps out for the Son of God" is golden.

I favour 'SOG' BTW.

[21C]

There is an Australian football game already out and, best of all, it is free. It is not too bad but there's a lot of clicking to sim a whole season. It's called Footy Fanatic - Atomic Edition.

http://footyfanatic.net

[vex]

21c, the page to d/l that game doesn't work.

[mckerney]

EA Sports made a Austrailian Rules Football game back in the day which was quite entertaining.

Haven't seen anything out since then, which is a shame because Austrailian football seemed quite interesting.

[21C]

If the link doesn't work then this one should since most of the content is housed at geocities anyway.

http://www.geocities.com/footy_fanatic_pc/

Here's a run-down of features listed at the site:

Intelligent computer coaches will be pro-active and try and create match up problems.
Complete team lists including rookies (over 700 players) from all 16 AFL Clubs, players are created using over 40 different ratings
Player Editor which will allow you to change all the ratings, add, edit and delete players. Simple roster import tool to easily add extra lists available on the website.
Heaps of Stats (game by game stats for every player that has played since 1995, these will be tracked and added to in season mode as well. You will also be able to view all the 40 odd player ratings)
Ability to play one-off games or career mode
2 different season modes. You can choose to be a spectator or coach
Brownlow medal with odds that change throughout the season
Try and steer a club to the finals as you have to contend with suspensions, injuries and form of all your players
Comprehensive stats tallied for all games as well as end of season awards such as the All-Australian team, Coach of the Year and Media MVP
A special Brownlow tally screen occurs during the finals
In game options include tagging players, changing defensive aggression of opponents, choosing kickout players, setting the area each player covers and interchanging players
Change quarter length, weather, wind and venue
Add your own list of injuries and reports that can occur during the game
Easy to follow interface
Career mode

[Easy Mac]

You get a 404 error if you try and download the game

[21C]

I thought he had couple of different download options to choose from.

I think I've still got the original files somewhere at home. I'll see if if I can upload them somewhere later but I don't know if I have the space - they take up about 10 MB if I remember right.

[21C]

OK I've uploaded the initial files.

http://galileo.spaceports.com/~botty/footyfanatic1.zip
http://galileo.spaceports.com/~botty/footyfanatic2.zip
http://galileo.spaceports.com/~botty/footyfanatic3.zip

I've also got an update file listed below but I can't find the roster update that goes with it. I'm not sure if the update works without the roster file. The top three files should get you started.

http://galileo.spaceports.com/~botty/ffaeupdate22.zip

[andy m]

Originally posted by RoastDuck
Apparently Gary Ablett Junior will be joining Geelong soon - the second coming perhaps?

ha! crikey. that's all i know about aussie rules, back when they used to show it on C4 on saturday mornings.

[fantastic flying froggies]

Still getting a 404, even with those new links...

[21C]

Aww, crap. I uploaded them yesterday and checked that they worked. Now I'm getting the 404 error too. I'm at work and don't have my login details here.

The best bet would be to contact the developer directly. I don't have anything to do with the game - I just had a copy of the files. :)

This is his email address ( I hope this works ) [email protected]

[Young Drachma]

Originally posted by BishopMVP
Where's my hurling?

I miss watching hurling on TV. It was when I was a kid, but I haven't seen it in a good ten+ years. It's frustrating. ESPN shows crap like "World Strongest Man" but won't show Aussie rules or Hurling.

Why not expand into foreign sports, that's the only way to grow them and I wish they would. Grr..

[21C]

OK I found this link. Tested it and it worked but it looks like an early version.

http://footyfanatic.50megs.com/downloadFile.html

[SirFozzie]

Aussie Rules is alive and well on Fox Sports World, they show live matches late at night to be replayed later, as well as Match of the Day style stuff.

Dark Cloud.. FSW also has "Gaelic Games" like hurling and that weird soccer football hybrid ;), as well as rugby league and rugby union.

For those of you wanting a graphical Aussie Rules game

http://www.usfootystore.com/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=U&Category_Code=VIDEO%20GAMES

From right here in the US, and the purchase helps support Aussie Rules footy here in the USA

[21C]

Just got home and checked those files at spaceports. They are all there when I looked at the ftp of the site. I still get the 404 error when I click on them but they work OK if I copy the links and paste them straight into my download manager ( Fresh Download ).

Weird.

I hope someone finally gets a chance to play the game.

[SirFozzie]

Dola, the website for AFL 2004, the update to the game I just linked to, will apparently go live this month.

I watched last year's Grand Final live, stayed up all night to catch the game ;)

[Footy Fanatic]

I was just told about the link to this discussion by someone that e-mailed me. I can now tell you that the link is back up and can be downloaded at footyfanatic.net

A new version with this seasons lists will be available shortly. The current version still has a few bugs on certain computers but I'll be looking to fix them up as well.

Hope you enjoy the game!

Matthew Bretag - Footy Fanatic Creator
E-Mail: [email protected]

[RoastDuck]

Thanks FF, downloading now.

[fantastic flying froggies]

Thanks FF.
(hey, I got 1 more F in my name...)