CFL Football ‘99
Frequently Asked Questions.
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Index.
What is CFL Football ’99?
System requirements.
Is this a licensed product?
How was this game created?
Does this game include career mode?
Creating teams, leagues, players, and plays.
Where is the game manual?
I get a file not found error on the Manager button!
The database.
How do I purchased this game?

What is CFL Football ’99?

CFL Football ’99 was the very first video game product licensed to the Canadian Football League. Development of this game started in1998 and the game was released in November 1999.

System requirements.

CFL Football ’99 will work fine on a low to mid range system provided that system has the required video card. CFL Football ’99 does not make use of 3D video technology. This means that while you may have the latest and greatest 3D accelerator graphics card there may not be enough 2D memory to play the game. CFL Football ’99 requires a video card with a minimum of 4MB 2D memory. Other requirements are below;

Due to the large amount of variation in systems and video card technology, please do not email asking if the game will work on your system. There is no way for us to know. Downloading the demo and trying it on your configuration is the best way to tell.

Is this a licensed product?
Yes, this is a licensed product to both the Canadian Football League and the CFL Player’s Association. All team and league logos and marks and player names are used with permission. Player names are current as of the end of the 1999 season.

How was this game created?
The development of this game was done by a very small team. Wintervalley is comprised of myself and my wife that handles marketing, sales, and promotion. Some aspects of the game were contracted to various individuals including the 2D isometric engine. This graphics engine is based on DirectX 7 from Microsoft and was created by Phantom Reality Inc. (www.phantomreality.com)

The game was created completely using Visual Basic 6.0. The player sprites were created by modeling in 3D. Other graphics were created in Paint Shop Pro 5.0.

Does this game include career mode?
The game provides two styles of play. Quick play and League play. Quick play allows you to select two teams and play them. Statistics are not saved. League play allows you to select a league and to play out the schedule. Player statistics are saved to a database. Reports and player information can be accessed via the external management tools that can be downloaded via this site.

Creating teams, leagues, players, and plays.
In order to create new leagues, teams, players, and such you will require the external management tools. These tools can be downloaded from our website. You can also download the Visual Basic source code for these tools.

Where is the game manual?
"I ordered the game but it did not come with a manual. Where is the instructions?"

The game does come with a manual in HTML format on the CD. To access this online manual select the CDROM drive from windows explorer and open the folder on the CD titled Game Manual. Then double click the file titled Index.html.

I get a file not found error on the Manager button!
In order to access the management tools via the whistle button on the title screen, you must download and install them. Please visit the Downloads page for these tools.

The database.
The database is a open source Access format database.

How do I purchased this game?
Please visit our Order Game page to order the game.

CFL Football '99 is copyright© 1998 - 2001, David A. Winter, and Wintervalley Software. All text, graphics and related information is copyright© 2001, David A. Winter and Wintervalley Software. Canadian Football League and Canadian Football League Player's Association marks and images used with permission.