Front Page Sports: Football Pro '98

Front Page Sports: Football Pro 98 is a 1997 video game from Sierra On-Line. The game features Dan Marino as the star athlete on the box.

Gameplay

The gameplay in Front Page Sports: Football Pro '98 builds on this series, and retains the simulation features from earlier entries like detailed coaching profiles, robust play design tools, and the ability to guide a team across seasons through drafts, trades, and free agency. League and team management menus are streamlined with a revamped interface. Internet play is expanded, with improved chat and arcade-style options, plus utilities like a schedule maker to recreate real NFL seasons. Players in the action mode have only two joystick buttons. New rosters, logos, stadium artwork, and weather details are included.

Reception

GameSpot gave the game a score of 5.9 out of 10' stating: "For gamers who revel in the challenges of play design, draft and trade decisions, game plans, and even practice-camp priorities, FPS: FP '98 is still the only game in town. Whether or not a slightly improved version of "the only game in town" is worth $25 or $30, though, is up to you."
The game was the 8th best-selling football game from the January to October 1997 period according to the Hartford Courant.