NFL '95

n/a

Mega Drive
Game Gear

NFL '95

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Sega

Developer:

Double Diamond Sports^[1]

BlueSky Software

Supporting companies:

FarSight Technologies^[2] (programming)

STATS (statistics)

DMP Entertainment (sound)

Brand:

Sega Sports (US)

Distributor:

Tec Toy (BR)

Licensor: NFL Properties, National Football League Players Association, Team NFL

Sound driver: GEMS

Peripherals supported:

Six Button Control Pad, Team Player

Gear-to-Gear Cable

Genre: Sports (American football)

Number of players:

1-4

1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-11-15^[3]^[4]	$64.9964.99^[5]	1237
BR	1994		046530
US	1994-11-15^[3]		2518

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NFL '95, not to be confused with Madden NFL '95, is an American football game for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear.

The Mega Drive version was at one point set to support the XB∀ND online service in the US^[6], but the feature did not materialise.

Gameplay

Teams

Atlanta Falcons
Buffalo Bills
Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Denver Broncos
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Houston Oilers
Indianapolis Colts
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Raiders
Los Angeles Rams
Miami Dolphins
Minnesota Vikings
New England Patriots
New Orleans Saints
New York Giants
New York Jets
Philadelphia Eagles
Arizona Cardinals
Pittsburgh Steelers
San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers
Seattle Seahawks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Washington Redskins
AFC All Stars
NFC All Stars
NFL All Pros
Alumni Far West
Alumni Great Plains
Alumni Mindwest
Alumni Northeast
Alumni Southeast
Alumni Southwest

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Programming & Technical Design: Jay Obernolte
Animation & Art Direction: Doug Wike
Game Design & Direction: Michael Brook
Additional Programming: Chris Ziomkowski
Additional Art: Lori Champney
Producer: Scott Rohde
Assistant Producer: Gerald DeYoung
Executive Producer: Wayne Townsend
Product Manager: Kelly Ryan
Music & Sound Effects: Andy Armer
Manual: Tim Flanagan
Playbook Consultant: Pat Hegarty
Test Manager: Michael Weiner
Test Lead: Terry Thomas
Assistant Test Leads: Lorne Asuncion, John Melchior, Dave Perkinson, Matt Underwood
Additional Testers: John Amirkhan, Armando Aguiano, Jon Apour, Charles Artoux, Renata Bailey, Dale Baker, Mo Berry, John Brien, Don Carmichael, Chris Charles, Edward Chennault, Robert DeLoach, Aron Drayer, Rob Flores, Howard Gipson, Wendell Gordon, Yancey Gordon, Rick Harden, John Jansen, Kevin Johnson, Jeff Jones, Len Jung, Marcus King, Xen Lang, Erik Larson, Peter Lloyd, Todd Morgan, Scott Morrison, Lance Nelson, Robery Owne, Dan Pendergast, Steve Rapp, Ken Ratcliff, Leonard Sayers, Steve Smith, Ken Spalasso, Dave Tamburina, Patrick Tello, Jennifer Vernon, Morgan Weiss, Craig Wike
Sega Sports Special Teams: Chris Cutliff, Rosie Freeman, Mike Meischeid, Wallace Poulter, Chris Smith
Special Thanks To: Dave Albert, Michael Latham, Jerry Markota, Joe Miller, David Platshon, Doug Rebert, Bryan Reilly
Moral Support: Jennie Brook, Heather Lester, Kim Rohde
Special No Thanks: S & W Towing, The Barfing Dog at the Drive Thru, The SFO Baggage Crew, Jay's Refrigerator

Source:

In-game credits^[7]

Game Gear version

Producer: Chris Smith
Assistant Producer: Gerald DeYoung
Executive Producer: Wayne Townsend
Project Manager: Mark Dobratz
Designer: Chuck Osieja
Programmers: David Kunkler, Roark Dority
Sound & Music: Sam Powell
Artists: Joe Shoopack, Liz Anderson, Kevin McMahon
Game Lead: Tracy Johnson
Assistant Leads: Aron Drayer, Xen Lang, Jeff Kessler
Testers: Will Beckman, Joel Breton, Derek Carmichael, Don Carmichael, Mike Chao, Jason Friedman, Darrin Gambelin, John Jansen, Kevin Johnson, Jeff Junio, Chris Lucich, Sean McInnis, Todd Morgan, Lance Nelson, Randy Norfleet, Todd Pifer, Andrew Stess, Caroline Trujillo, Greg Watkins
Sega Sports Team: Chris Cutliff, Rosie Freeman, Mike Meischeid, Wallace Poulter, Scott Rohde
Marketing Manager: Kelly Ryan
Associate Director of Marketing: Doug Rebert
Sega Sports Marketing Team: Curtis Broome, Craig Ostrander
Manual: Mike Yoffie, Linda Breen
Special Thanks: Joe Miller, Paul Hutchinson, Godfrey Mauricio, Willie Mancero

Source:

US manual^[8]

Magazine articles

Main article: NFL '95/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US TV Advert

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[5]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[9]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

53

^[10]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[11]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[12]

	76
Based on 5 reviews

NFL '95

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[13]

	70
Based on 1 review

NFL '95

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: NFL '95/Technical information.

References

NFL '95

Prototypes: 1994-08-01 | 08-05 | 08-10 | 08-12 | 08-17 B | 08-17 | 08-22 | 08-30 | 08-31 | 09-01 | 09-02 | 09-04 | 09-05 B | 09-05 | 09-06 | 09-07 | 09-08 | 09-09 | 09-11 B | 09-11

Prototypes: 1994-08-08 | 08-25 A | 08-25 | 08-26 | 09-10 | 09-11 C | 09-12 | 09-14 F | 09-14

American Football games published by Sega
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
NFL 2K (1999) \| NFL 2K1 (2000) \| NFL 2K2 (2001) \| NFL 2K3 (2002) \| ESPN NFL Football (2003) \| ESPN NFL 2K5 (2004)

[http:.2F.2Fgdri.smspower.org.2Fwiki.2Findex.php.2FDouble_Diamond_Sports-1] ttp://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Double_Diamond_Sports

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20011030002923.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.farsightstudios.com.2Fcontact.htm-2] ttp://www.farsightstudios.com/contact.htm (Wayback Machine: 2001-10-30 00:29)

[:File:GamePro_US_064.pdf_p230-3] 3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 230

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.sega.2Fc.2FH1Op8Kz7xqI.2Fm.2FqD8fdox8wOQJ-4] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/H1Op8Kz7xqI/m/qD8fdox8wOQJ

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0801.pdf_p85-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 85

[Press_release:_1994-11-08:_XBAND_Video_Game_Network_on-line_Nov._17_with_multimillion-dollar_marketing_campaign.3B_Nov._25_coast-to-coast_event_with_Electronic_Arts.2FEA_SPORTS-6] Press release: 1994-11-08: XBAND Video Game Network on-line Nov. 17 with multimillion-dollar marketing campaign; Nov. 25 coast-to-coast event with Electronic Arts/EA SPORTS

[:File:NFL_95_MD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:NFL 95 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Nfl95_gg_us_manual.pdf_p26-8] File:Nfl95 gg us manual.pdf, page 26

[:File:GamePro_US_066.pdf_p132-9] GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 132

[:File:GameInformer_US_020.pdf_p16-10] Game Informer, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 16

[:File:NextGeneration_US_02.pdf_p103-11] Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 103

[:File:VideoGames_US_72.pdf_p89-12] VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 89

[:File:VideoGames_US_73.pdf_p93-13] VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 93

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American Football games published by Sega
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
NFL 2K (1999) \| NFL 2K1 (2000) \| NFL 2K2 (2001) \| NFL 2K3 (2002) \| ESPN NFL Football (2003) \| ESPN NFL 2K5 (2004)

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Contents

Gameplay

Teams

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Technical information

References