<s>
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
(	O
or	O
FPS	B-Application
Football	I-Application
)	O
,	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
American	B-Application
football	I-Application
simulations	O
released	O
by	O
Sierra	O
Online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
license	O
from	O
the	O
NFL	B-Application
or	O
its	O
players	O
association	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
all	O
teams	O
and	O
players	O
offered	O
were	O
fictional	O
,	O
but	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
starting	O
with	O
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
Pro	O
'	O
95	O
in	O
1995	O
included	O
real	O
NFL	B-Application
players	O
and	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2009	O
Cyanide	O
,	O
the	O
French	O
studio	O
behind	O
such	O
games	O
as	O
the	O
sport	O
management	O
sim	O
Pro	O
Cycling	O
Manager	O
and	O
the	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Blood	B-Application
Bowl	I-Application
,	O
announced	O
a	O
closed	O
beta	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
online	O
version	O
of	O
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
titled	O
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
on	O
the	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
named	O
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
:	I-Application
Football	I-Application
the	O
1993	O
Sports	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
:	I-Application
Football	I-Application
Pro	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
PC	O
football	O
game	O
that	O
allowed	O
gamers	O
to	O
join	O
an	O
online	O
league	O
to	O
compete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
`95	O
version	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
both	O
diskette	B-Device
and	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
however	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
difference	O
in	O
the	O
two	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
diskette	B-Device
version	O
includes	O
3,000	O
stock	O
plays	O
while	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
comes	O
with	O
10,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
diskette	B-Device
upgrade	O
over	O
the	O
1993	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
full	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fifth	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actual	O
NFL	B-Application
player	O
photos	O
were	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
'	O
98	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Non-NFL	O
stadiums	O
and	O
cities	O
were	O
now	O
available	O
as	O
well	O
and	O
a	O
more	O
precise	O
weather	O
system	O
was	O
also	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
new	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
these	O
additions	O
,	O
the	O
Madden	O
NFL	B-Application
franchise	O
had	O
evolved	O
quite	O
a	O
bit	O
and	O
the	O
actual	O
arcade	O
/	O
gameplay	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
Front	O
Page	O
Sports	O
series	O
had	O
failed	O
to	O
adapt	O
or	O
upgrade	O
these	O
aspects	O
of	O
their	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
Madden	O
NFL	B-Application
franchise	O
mode	O
had	O
also	O
evolved	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
it	O
still	O
did	O
n't	O
compete	O
with	O
the	O
Front	O
Page	O
Sports	O
simulation	O
engine	O
as	O
far	O
as	O
statistics	O
,	O
Madden	O
NFL	B-Application
for	O
many	O
had	O
become	O
a	O
superior	O
overall	O
game	O
primarily	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
gameplay	O
aspects	O
of	O
its	O
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
seventh	O
and	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
franchise	O
was	O
rebranded	O
and	O
rebuilt	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
the	O
likes	O
of	O
the	O
Madden	O
NFL	B-Application
series	O
that	O
had	O
won	O
over	O
so	O
many	O
football	O
fans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
efforts	O
of	O
Sierra	O
Entertainment	O
to	O
improve	O
upon	O
these	O
areas	O
,	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
audio	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
inferior	O
to	O
the	O
Madden	O
NFL	B-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
further	O
compound	O
the	O
problems	O
,	O
NFL	B-Application
Football	O
Pro	O
'	O
99	O
was	O
rushed	O
to	O
release	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
1998	O
holiday	O
rush	O
in	O
a	O
completely	O
unplayable	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
cancelled	O
following	O
the	O
recall	O
of	O
NFL	B-Application
Football	O
Pro	O
'	O
99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
line	O
died	O
an	O
ugly	O
death	O
,	O
the	O
influence	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
lingered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
way	O
that	O
it	O
forced	O
EA	O
Sports	O
to	O
adopt	O
management	O
options	O
in	O
the	O
Madden	O
NFL	B-Application
series	O
,	O
it	O
spawned	O
a	O
host	O
of	O
imitators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Front	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
made	O
it	O
possible	O
for	O
later	O
football	O
management	O
games	O
to	O
thrive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
Dynamix	O
and	O
Sierra	O
Entertainment	O
bringing	O
franchise	O
play	O
and	O
serious	O
stat-crunching	O
to	O
the	O
masses	O
,	O
games	O
like	O
Front	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Football	I-Application
and	O
Action	O
!	O
</s>
