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NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega

Developer: BlueSky Software

Brand: Sega Sports (US)

Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)

Licensor: NFL Properties, National Football League Players Association

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Sports^[1]^[2] (American football)

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-02-04^[2]	¥8,8008,800	G-5535
US	1993-11^[3]	$59.9959.99^[4]	1225
BR	199x		046150

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NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana, called simply NFL Football '94 (ＮＦＬフットボール'９４) in Japan, is the sequel to NFL Sports Talk Football '93 Starring Joe Montana, released by Sega in 1993 on the Sega Mega Drive.

Gameplay

Having opted for a side-on perspective in Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football and NFL Sports Talk Football '93, NFL Football '94 returns to the "vertical" perspective seen in the original Joe Montana Football and Electronic Arts' popular Madden series.

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
Phoenix Cardinals
Pittsburgh Steelers
San Diego Chargers
San Francisco 49ers
Seattle Seahawks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Washington Redskins

History

A Game Gear version was reportedly in development, but was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana	NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana
English (US)	NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana	NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana
Japanese	ＮＦＬフットボール'９４	NFL Football '94

Production credits

Developer: Blue Sky Software
Producer: Chris Smith
Programming Team: Kevin Baca, Brian Belfield, Dave Cartt, Keith Freiheit, Rich Karpp, Bryan Kiss
Art Director: Dana Christianson
Art Team: Mark Dobratz, Jerry Huber, Drew Krevi, Amber Long, Kevin McMahon, Chuck Osieja, John Seidel, Scott Seidel
Sounds & Music: Sam Powell
SportsTalk: Allen Maynard, Joe Shands
Voice: Lon Simmons
Lead Tester: Gerald DeYoung
Lieutenants: Marc Dawson, Atom Ellis
Additional Testers: Emily Albertson, Renato Alferez, John Amirkhan, Dusty Bedford, Mike Bench, Steve Bourdet, Dan Caraballo, Harry Chavez, Glen Cureton, Chris Cutliff, Brian Dawson, Aron Drayer, Eric Fong, Ivan Foong, Jason Friedman, Richard Gangwish, Mike Gilmartin, Roman Greco, Rick Greer, Randal Hauser, Keith Higashihara, Chris Hudak, Tony Hursh, John Jansen, Lawrence Jeung, Tracy Johnson, Vasily Lewis, Jeff Loney, Simon Lu, Anthony Lynch, Dermot Lyons, Mike Madden, Greg Maroweitz, Jim McCarthy, Todd Morgan, Ted Norton, Vincent Nason, Lance Nelson, Michael Palser, Dave Perkinson, Kirk Rogers, Matt Rosaaen, Sam Saliba, Bruno Sarret, Kevin Seiter, Timothy Spengler, Terry Thomas, Jeffrey Todd, Matt Underwood, Greg Vogt, Paul Walker, Ari Warner, David Woof
Marketing: Doug Rebert
Manual: Mike Yoffie
Special thanks: George deGolian, Kelly Ryan, George Kiss, Wayne Townsend, Steve Patterson, Tom Walsh, Scott Rohde, Norman Wood

Source:

US manual^[5]

Andy Armer

Source:

Rotation Corporation^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US TV Advert

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #52: "November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

Sega Visions (US) #16: "December/January 1993/1994" (1993-xx-xx)^[7]

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #17: "February/March 1994" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-03: "March 1994" (1994-02-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[8]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[9]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[10]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

93

^[11]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[12]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[13]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

43

^[14]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[15]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

74

^[16]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

79

^[17]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

72

^[18]

	74
Based on 11 reviews

NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Technical information

Main article: NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana/Technical information.

References

↑ File:NFLFootball94 MD JP Box.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
↑ GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 213
↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 177
↑ File:NFL Football 94 MD US Manual.pdf, page 18
↑ http://www.rotation.com/mainpage.html#projects (Wayback Machine: 2000-12-10 01:29)
↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1993/1994" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 134
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 149
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-08), page 18
↑ Famitsu, "1994-02-18" (JP; 1994-02-04), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 88
↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 176
↑ Hippon Super, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-03), page 60
↑ Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 54
↑ Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 66
↑ Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 54
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 181

NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana
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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)

[:File:NFLFootball94_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] File:NFLFootball94 MD JP Box.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200720095133.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)

[:File:GamePro_US_052.pdf_p213-3] GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 213

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p177-4] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 177

[:File:NFL_Football_94_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p18-5] File:NFL Football 94 MD US Manual.pdf, page 18

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20001210012900.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.rotation.com.2Fmainpage.html.23projects-6] ttp://www.rotation.com/mainpage.html#projects (Wayback Machine: 2000-12-10 01:29)

[:File:SegaVisions_US_16.pdf_p134-7] Sega Visions, "December/January 1993/1994" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 134

[8] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 149

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-03.pdf_p18-9] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-08), page 18

[10] Famitsu, "1994-02-18" (JP; 1994-02-04), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0702.pdf_p88-11] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 88

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p176-12] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 176

[13] Hippon Super, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-03), page 60

[:File:Mega_UK_18.pdf_p54-14] Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 54

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0406.pdf_p66-15] Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 66

[:File:SegaPower_UK_52.pdf_p54-16] Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 54

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-17] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[18] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 181

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+==Gameplay==
 Having opted for a side-on perspective in ''[[Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football]]'' and ''NFL Sports Talk Football '93'', ''NFL Football '94'' returns to the "vertical" perspective seen in the original ''[[Joe Montana Football]]'' and [[Electronic Arts]]' popular ''Madden'' series.
+===Teams===
+{{#vardefine:logodate|1993}}{{multicol|
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Atlanta Falcons}} Atlanta Falcons
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Buffalo Bills}} Buffalo Bills
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Chicago Bears}} Chicago Bears
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Cincinnati Bengals}} Cincinnati Bengals
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Cleveland Browns}} Cleveland Browns
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Dallas Cowboys}} Dallas Cowboys
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Denver Broncos}} Denver Broncos
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Detroit Lions}} Detroit Lions
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Green Bay Packers}} Green Bay Packers
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Houston Oilers}} Houston Oilers
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Indianapolis Colts}} Indianapolis Colts
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Kansas City Chiefs}} Kansas City Chiefs
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Los Angeles Raiders}} Los Angeles Raiders
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Los Angeles Rams}} Los Angeles Rams
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Miami Dolphins}} Miami Dolphins
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Minnesota Vikings}} Minnesota Vikings
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|New England Patriots}} New England Patriots
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|New Orleans Saints}} New Orleans Saints
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|New York Giants}} New York Giants
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|New York Jets}} New York Jets
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Philadelphia Eagles}} Philadelphia Eagles
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Phoenix Cardinals}} Phoenix Cardinals
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Pittsburgh Steelers}} Pittsburgh Steelers
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|San Diego Chargers}} San Diego Chargers
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|San Francisco 49ers}} San Francisco 49ers
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Seattle Seahawks}} Seattle Seahawks
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Tampa Bay Buccaneers}} Tampa Bay Buccaneers
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Washington Redskins}} Washington Redskins
+|cols=4
+}}
+==History==
+A [[NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana|Game Gear version]] was reportedly in development, but was cancelled for unknown reasons.
 ==Versions==
@@ Line 39: / Line 83: @@
 *'''Developer:''' [[BlueSky Software|Blue Sky Software]]
 *'''Producer:''' [[Chris Smith]]
-*'''Programming Team:''' Kevin Baca, Brian Belfield, Dave Cartt, [[Keith Freiheit]], [[Richard Karpp|Rich Karpp]], Bryan Kiss
+*'''Programming Team:''' Kevin Baca, [[Brian Belfield]], Dave Cartt, [[Keith Freiheit]], [[Rich Karpp]], Bryan Kiss
-*'''Art Director:''' Dana Christianson
+*'''Art Director:''' [[Dana Christianson]]
-*'''Art Team:''' Mark Dobratz, Jerry Huber, Drew Krevi, Amber Long, Kevin McMahon, Chuck Osieja, John Seidel, Scott Seidel
+*'''Art Team:''' Mark Dobratz, Jerry Huber, Drew Krevi, [[Amber Long]], [[Kevin McMahon]], Chuck Osieja, John Seidel, Scott Seidel
 *'''Sounds & Music:''' [[Sam Powell]]
-*'''SportsTalk:''' Allen Maynard, Joe Shands
+*'''SportsTalk:''' [[Allen Maynard]], [[Joe Shands]]
 *'''Voice:''' Lon Simmons
 *'''Lead Tester:''' [[Gerald DeYoung]]
 *'''Lieutenants:''' [[Marc Dawson]], [[Atom Ellis]]
-*'''Additional Testers:''' Emily Albertson, Renato Alferez, [[John Amirkhan]], Dusty Bedford, Mike Bench, [[Steve Bourdet]], Dan Caraballo, [[Harry Chavez]], Glen Cureton, [[Chris Cutliff]], Brian Dawson, [[Aron Drayer]], Eric Fong, [[Ivan Foong]], Jason Friedman, Richard Gangwish, Mike Gilmartin, Roman Greco, [[Rick Greer]], Randal Hauser, [[Keith Higashihara]], Chris Hudak, Tony Hursh, [[John Jansen]], Lawrence Jeung, [[Tracy Johnson]], Vasily Lewis, [[Jeff Loney]], [[Simon Lu]], Anthony Lynch, [[Dermot Lyons]], Mike Madden, Greg Maroweitz, Jim McCarthy, [[Todd Morgan]], Ted Norton, [[Vincent Nason]], [[Lancelot Nelson|Lance Nelson]], Michael Palser, [[David Perkinson|Dave Perkinson]], Kirk Rogers, Matt Rosaaen, [[Sam Saliba]], Bruno Sarret, Kevin Seiter, [[Tim Spengler|Timothy Spengler]], [[Terry Thomas]], Jeffrey Todd, [[Matt Underwood]], [[Gregg Vogt|Greg Vogt]], Paul Walker, Ari Warner, [[David Wood|David Woof]]
+*'''Additional Testers:''' Emily Albertson, [[Renato Alferez]], [[John Amirkhan]], [[Dusty Bedford]], [[Mike Bench]], [[Steve Bourdet]], [[Dan Caraballo]], [[Harry Chavez]], Glen Cureton, [[Chris Cutliff]], [[Brian Dawson]], [[Aron Drayer]], Eric Fong, [[Ivan Foong]], Jason Friedman, Richard Gangwish, [[Mike Gilmartin]], Roman Greco, [[Rick Greer]], Randal Hauser, [[Keith Higashihara]], [[Chris Hudak]], Tony Hursh, [[John Jansen]], Lawrence Jeung, [[Tracy Johnson]], [[Vasily Lewis]], [[Jeff Loney]], [[Simon Lu]], Anthony Lynch, [[Dermot Lyons]], [[Mike Madden]], Greg Maroweitz, Jim McCarthy, [[Todd Morgan]], Ted Norton, [[Vincent Nason]], [[Lancelot Nelson|Lance Nelson]], Michael Palser, [[David Perkinson|Dave Perkinson]], Kirk Rogers, Matt Rosaaen, [[Sam Saliba]], Bruno Sarret, Kevin Seiter, [[Tim Spengler|Timothy Spengler]], [[Terry Thomas]], Jeffrey Todd, [[Matt Underwood]], [[Gregg Vogt|Greg Vogt]], Paul Walker, Ari Warner, [[David Wood|David Woof]]
 *'''Marketing:''' [[Doug Rebert]]
 *'''Manual:''' [[Mike Yoffie]]
-*'''Special thanks:''' George deGolian, [[Kelly Ryan]], George Kiss, [[Wayne Townsend]], [[Stephen Patterson|Steve Patterson]], Tom Walsh, [[Scott Rohde]], Norman Wood
+*'''Special thanks:''' [[George deGolian]], [[Kelly Ryan]], George Kiss, [[Wayne Townsend]], [[Stephen Patterson|Steve Patterson]], Tom Walsh, [[Scott Rohde]], Norman Wood
 | source=US manual
+| pdf=NFL Football 94 MD US Manual.pdf
+| pdfpage=18
 | console=MD
+}}
+{{hr}}
+{{creditstable|
+*[[Andy Armer]]
+|source=Rotation Corporation{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20001210012900/http://www.rotation.com/mainpage.html#projects}}
+|console=MD
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+}}{{Scanbox
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 ==Technical information==
-===ROM dump status===
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
-{{romtable|
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-}}
 ==References==
 <references/>
+{{NFLFootball94Omni}}
 {{SegaAmericanFootball}}

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)

Difference between revisions of "NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana"

From Sega Retro

Latest revision as of 06:38, 29 September 2024

Contents

Gameplay

Teams

History

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References