<s>
CFL	B-Application
Football	I-Application
'	I-Application
99	I-Application
is	O
a	O
gridiron	O
football	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Victoria	O
,	O
British	O
Columbia-based	O
entrepreneur	O
David	O
Winter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
obtained	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
CFL	O
brand	O
in	O
1998	O
and	O
launched	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
,	O
CDE	O
(	O
Canadian	O
Digital	O
Entertainment	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
marketing	O
CFL	B-Application
Football	I-Application
'	I-Application
99	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
was	O
outsourced	O
to	O
American	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
provider	O
Phantom	O
Reality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CFL	B-Application
Football	I-Application
'	I-Application
99	I-Application
was	O
not	O
a	O
fast-paced	O
,	O
console-style	O
title	O
;	O
rather	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
simulation	O
in	O
the	O
mold	O
of	O
Sierra	O
's	O
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
contemporary	O
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
,	O
it	O
mostly	O
used	O
2D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
rechristened	O
Maximum	B-Application
Football	I-Application
and	O
it	O
eventually	O
secured	O
U.S.	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maximum	B-Application
Football	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
after	O
a	O
protracted	O
development	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
earlier	O
press	O
releases	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
hinted	O
that	O
Maximum	B-Application
Football	I-Application
would	O
kick-start	O
a	O
franchise	O
of	O
sports	O
games	O
with	O
a	O
common	O
focus	O
on	O
flexibility	O
and	O
management	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Maximum	O
Hockey	O
,	O
Maximum	O
Baseball	O
,	O
and	O
Maximum	O
Lacrosse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Maximum	B-Application
Football	I-Application
2.0	O
shipped	O
in	O
2007	O
and	O
maintains	O
a	O
dedicated	O
fanbase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2012	O
Kotaku	O
article	O
revealed	O
that	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
developers	O
had	O
prototyped	O
a	O
CFL	O
conversion	O
of	O
EA	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
NCAA	I-Application
Football	I-Application
for	O
internal	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
work	O
had	O
begun	O
on	O
a	O
console	O
based	O
game	O
called	O
Canadian	B-Application
Football	I-Application
2017	I-Application
.	O
</s>
