Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders

For the unreleased Sega Saturn game, see Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders (Saturn).

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Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega of America
Developer: Spectacular Games, FarSight Technologies
Licensor: NFL Properties
Sound driver: GEMS
Peripherals supported: Team Player
Genre: Sports (American football)
Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code US 1995-11-07 $59.9559.95 1240

Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders is an American football game for the Sega Mega Drive. It was only released in North America. A Sega 32X version was planned, but cancelled.

Gameplay

Players can play exhibition games, or play through a season.

Playing through a season takes you through the 1993, 1994 AND 1995 NFL seasons, and includes the expansion teams: The Jacksonville Jaguars and The Carolina Panthers in the 1995 season.

Teams

• Arizona Cardinals
• Atlanta Falcons
• Buffalo Bills
• Carolina Panthers
• Chicago Bears
• Cincinnati Bengals
• Cleveland Browns
• Dallas Cowboys
• Denver Broncos
• Detroit Lions
• Green Bay Packers
• Houston Oilers
• Indianapolis Colts
• Jacksonville Jaguars
• Kansas City Chiefs
• Miami Dolphins
• Minnesota Vikings
• New England Patriots
• New Orleans Saints
• New York Giants
• New York Jets
• Oakland Raiders
• Philadelphia Eagles
• Pittsburgh Steelers
• St. Louis Rams
• 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

History

Development

Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders, originally just known as Prime Time NFL Football was originally announced in mid-1995, however the majority of its promotional material erroneously listed a Winter 1996 release date instead of Winter 1995 (alongside NBA Action on the Sega Saturn, which actually released in June 1996). The Mega Drive version was released on time, however the 32X version was delayed and inevitably cancelled for unknown reasons. As the Mega Drive game simply builds on the NFL '95 engine, it can be assumed a possible move to more advanced hardware may have been a cause for the initial delay.

No screenshots were ever released of the 32X version, however it was extensively advertised in North America with a view of being released in the Autumn of 1995 (for $69.99. It also received an ESRB rating). There is nothing to suggest any versions of the game were set to be released outside of this region.

Production credits

• Programming and Technical Design: Jay Obernolte
• Animation and art Direction: Doug Wike
• Game Design and Direction: Michael Brook
• Additional Art: Lori Champney
• Additional Game Design: Dan Brook
• Producer: Scott Rohde
• Executive Producer: Wayne Townsend
• Assistant Producers: David Perkinson, Matt Underwood
• Marketing: John Gillin, Anne Moellering
• Sound and Music: Andy Armer
• Player Photos: Photo File
• Manual: Tim Flanagan
• Sega Sports Special Teams: Lorne Asuncion, Chris Cutliff, Gerald DeYoung, Rosie Freeman, Tracy Johnson, Mike Meischeid, Todd Morgan, Mark Paniagua, Chris Smith, Terry Thomas
• Test Lead: Lance Nelson
• Assistant Leads: Marc Dawson, Ty Johnson, Marcus King, Xen Lang
• Testers: Abe Navarro, Bart Larrenaga, Mike Benton, Dana Walker, Jose Ochoa, Eric Molina, Mark Subotnick, Steve Thompson, Mark Lerma, Brian Murphy, Ray Suansing, Greg Spalasso, Yancy Gordon, Dwane Beadles, David Mefford, Stephen Perez, Don Tica, Polly Villatuya, Kris Lester, Kemrexx George
• Video Boy: Lorne Asuncion
• Housing and Catering: Heather Lester
• Special Thanks To: Tom Abramson, Gene Goldberg, Thys Heyneker, Mark Lindstrom, Willie Mancero, Joe Miller, Susannah Nukes, Steve Payne, Bryan Reilly, Mike Ribero, Clay Walker
• Moral Support: Jennie Brook, Heather Lester, Kim Rohde

Source:

US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert 2

Print advert in VideoGames (US) #81: "October 1995" (1995-09-19)
also published in:

• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #75: "October 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
• Game Players (US) #0811: "Vol. 8 No. 11 November 1995" (1995-1x-xx)

Artwork

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  Mega Drive US prototype box art

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
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Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders

Mega Drive, US
Cover
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Technical information

Main article: Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders/Technical information.

External links

• Sega of America webpage: Mega Drive

References

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)