Joe Montana's NFL Football
From Sega Retro
- Not to be confused with Joe Montana Football for the Sega Mega Drive.
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System(s): Sega Mega-CD | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | |||||||||||||||
Developer: Malibu Interactive | |||||||||||||||
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR) | |||||||||||||||
Licensor: NFL Properties, Team NFL | |||||||||||||||
Genre: Sports (American football) | |||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
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Joe Montana's NFL Football is an American football game for the Sega Mega-CD. It was only released in North America, although a January 1994[4][5], later March 1994[6] release for Europe appears to have been planned at one stage.
The game was reportedly recalled after its initial release due to numerous bugs.[7]
Contents
Gameplay
The game is the only Mega-CD entry in a series of NFL football games produced by Sega and endorsed by San Francisco 49ers star quarterback Joe Montana. It can be played by one or two players. It includes all 28 NFL teams from the time as well as 10 historic teams, but it does not identify players by name. Teams are rated on their strength for each position. The game has an isometric field perspective and uses the console's sprite scaling capabilities to simulate a 3D presentation. Joe Montana appears in full-motion video excerpts to give advice.
There are two modes: Exhibition, a single game against any two teams (which can be the same team), and Season, a full season of games that culminates in the Super Bowl (with progress saved to the console's internal memory).
Before a game, players can toggle the play-by-play commentary, set the difficulty level for computer-controlled teams (Rookie, Normal, or Pro), change the length of the game (20, 40, or 60 minutes, which correspond to 5-, 10-, or 15-minute quarters respectively), and change the number of players (one or two).
Teams
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Historical
The game includes 10 historical teams, which are only available after winning the Super Bowl.
- '67 Packers
- '68 Jets
- '72 Dolphins
- '76 Raiders
- '77 Cowboys
- '78 Steelers
- '84 49ers
- '85 Bears
- '86 Giants
- '91 Redskins
Production credits
- Producer: Bert Schroeder, James Maxwell
- Designer: James Maxwell
- Game Programmer: Joey Headen
- Shell Programmers: Rob Neve, Mike Livesay
- Video Programmer: Mike Livesay
- Sound Programmer: Eric Hammond
- Additional Programming: Andrew Green, John O'Brien
- Player Animation: Mike Hume
- Graphic Design: Stephen Thompson
- Additional Artist: Brian Ranson
- Music Composed & Produced by: Spencer Nilsen, Brian Coburn
- Lead Tester: Smūv
- Game Testers: Keith Higashihara, Harry Chavez, Chris Cutliff, Glen Cureton, Mike Palser and the rest of the homies...
- Marketing: Doug Rebert, Kelly Ryan
- Manual: Mike Yoffie
- Special thanks to BLUESKY Software, John O'Brien and the legendary Joe Montana.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Joe Montana's NFL Football/Magazine articles.
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Joe Montana's NFL Football/Technical information.
References
- ↑ GamePro, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 136
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/vroem-0-Ouc/m/Noa_wp3NF1sJ
- ↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 134
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 122
- ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 14
- ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-03-07), page 17
- ↑ Ultimate Gamer, "January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 11
- ↑ File:Jmnb mcd us manual.pdf, page 30
- ↑ Edge, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-25), page 78
- ↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 133
- ↑ Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 36
- ↑ Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 51
- ↑ Mega Action, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 40
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 100
- ↑ Player One, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 118
- ↑ Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 82
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Xmas Special 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 56
- ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 50
- ↑ Sonic the Comic, "January 21st 1994" (UK; 1994-01-08), page 10
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 66
- ↑ Video Games, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-19), page 85
Joe Montana's NFL Football | |
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Main page | Magazine articles | Reception | Technical information |
American Football games published by Sega | |
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Joe Montana Football (Mega Drive) (Master System/Game Gear) (DOS) (1990) | Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football (1991) | NFL Sports Talk Football '93 Starring Joe Montana (1992) | Joe Montana's NFL Football (1993) | NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana (1993) | NFL '95 (1994) | Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders (1995) | NFL '97 (1996) | NFL 98 (1997) | |
Joe Montana NFL Football (IBM PC) (unreleased) | NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana (Game Gear) (unreleased) | |
College Football | |
College Football's National Championship (1994) | College Football's National Championship II (1995) | NCAA College Football 2K2 (2001) | NCAA College Football 2K3 (2002) | |
NFL 2K Series | |
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