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NFL 98

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega of America

Developer: Spectacular Games^[1], FarSight Technologies^[2]

Licensor: NFL Properties, National Football League Players Association

Sound driver: GEMS

Peripherals supported: Team Player

Genre: Sports (American football)

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1997-10-21^[3]	$59.9959.99^[4]	1243

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NFL 98 is a sports game released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1997. It is not to be confused with Madden NFL 98 which came out the same year. This one was developed by FarSight Technologies and published by Sega exclusively for North America.

Gameplay

Teams

Atlanta Falcons
Arizona Cardinals
Baltimore Ravens
Buffalo Bills
Carolina Panthers
Chicago Bears
Cincinnati Bengals
Dallas Cowboys
Denver Broncos
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
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
Tennessee Oilers
Washington Redskins
AFC All Stars
NFC All Stars
NFL All Pros

Production credits

Programming and Technical Design: Jay Obernolte
Animation and art Direction: Doug Wike
Game Design and Direction: Michael Brook
Additional Programming: Chris Ziomkowski
Additional Art: Lori Champney, Dimitri Detchev
Additional Game Design: Dan Brook
Producers: Scott Rohde, David Perkinson
Product Manager: Brad Hogan
Sega Sports Team: Tracy Johnson, Marcus Matthews, Mike Wallis
Test Lead: Abe Navarro
Assistant Lead: Joe Damon
Testers: Anthony Borba, Michael McCollum, Dave Paniagua, Mark Paniagua, Matt Underwood
Special Thanks: Sandy Castagnola, Marcelyn Ditter, Angela Edwards, Sheri Hockaday, Lydia Gable, Mark Lindstrom, Anne Moellering, Judie Nybo, Bernie Stolar, Mark Subotnick, Shuji Utsumi
Moral Support: Jennie Brook, Heather Obernolte, Kim Rohde

Source:

In-game credits^[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: NFL 98/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

45

^[4]

	45
Based on 1 review

NFL 98

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: NFL 98/Technical information.

External links

Sega of America webpage: Mega Drive

References

↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Spectacular_Games
↑ http://www.farsightstudios.com/history.htm (Wayback Machine: 2001-12-01 17:24)
↑ http://riehlspot.simplenet.com:80/vgame/new/genesis.html (Wayback Machine: 1998-01-31 04:05)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "February 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 109
↑ File:NFL 98 MD credits.pdf

NFL 98
	Main page \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information Prototypes: Prototype

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.2FSpectacular_Games-1] ttp://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Spectacular_Games

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20011201172459.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.farsightstudios.com.2Fhistory.htm-2] ttp://www.farsightstudios.com/history.htm (Wayback Machine: 2001-12-01 17:24)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19980131040544.2Fhttp:.2F.2Friehlspot.simplenet.com:80.2Fvgame.2Fnew.2Fgenesis.html-3] ttp://riehlspot.simplenet.com:80/vgame/new/genesis.html (Wayback Machine: 1998-01-31 04:05)

[:File:GamePro_US_113.pdf_p109-4] 4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "February 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 109

[:File:NFL_98_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:NFL 98 MD credits.pdf

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-{{sub-stub}}'''''NFL 98''''' is a sports game released for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] in 1997. It is not to be confused with ''[[Madden NFL 98]]'' which came out the same year. This one was developed by [[FarSight Technologies]] and published by [[Sega]] exclusively for North America.
+}}
+{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a sports game released for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] in 1997. It is not to be confused with ''[[Madden NFL 98]]'' which came out the same year. This one was developed by [[FarSight Technologies]] and published by [[Sega]] exclusively for North America.
-==Production Credits==
+==Gameplay==
+===Teams===
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+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Atlanta Falcons}} Atlanta Falcons
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Arizona Cardinals}} Arizona Cardinals
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Baltimore Ravens}} Baltimore Ravens
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Buffalo Bills}} Buffalo Bills
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Carolina Panthers}} Carolina Panthers
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Chicago Bears}} Chicago Bears
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Cincinnati Bengals}} Cincinnati Bengals
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Dallas Cowboys}} Dallas Cowboys
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Denver Broncos}} Denver Broncos
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Detroit Lions}} Detroit Lions
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Green Bay Packers}} Green Bay Packers
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Indianapolis Colts}} Indianapolis Colts
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Jacksonville Jaguars}} Jacksonville Jaguars
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Kansas City Chiefs}} Kansas City Chiefs
+*{{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|Oakland Raiders}} Oakland Raiders
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Philadelphia Eagles}} Philadelphia Eagles
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Pittsburgh Steelers}} Pittsburgh Steelers
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|St. Louis Rams}} St. Louis Rams
+*{{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|Tennessee Oilers}} Tennessee Oilers
+*{{AmericanFootballLogo|Washington Redskins}} Washington Redskins
+*AFC All Stars
+*NFC All Stars
+*NFL All Pros
+|cols=4
+}}
+==Production credits==
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-'''Programming and Technical Design:''' Jay Obernolte<br/>
+{{creditstable|
-'''Animation and art Direction:''' Doug Wike<br/>
+*'''Programming and Technical Design:''' Jay Obernolte
-'''Game Design and Direction:''' Michael Brook<br/>
+*'''Animation and art Direction:''' Doug Wike
-'''Additional Programming:''' Chris Ziomkowski<br/>
+*'''Game Design and Direction:''' Michael Brook
-'''Additional Art:''' Lori Champney, Dimitri Detchev<br/>
+*'''Additional Programming:''' Chris Ziomkowski
-'''Additional Game Design:''' Dan Brook<br/>
+*'''Additional Art:''' Lori Champney, Dimitri Detchev
-'''Producers:''' Scott Rohde, David Perkinson<br/>
+*'''Additional Game Design:''' Dan Brook
-'''Product Manager:''' Brad Hogan<br/>
+*'''Producers:''' [[Scott Rohde]], [[David Perkinson]]
-'''Sega Sports Team:''' Tracy Johnson, Marcus Matthews, [[Mike Wallis]]<br/>
+*'''Product Manager:''' [[Brad Hogan]]
-'''Test Lead:''' Abe Navarro<br/>
+*'''Sega Sports Team:''' [[Tracy Johnson]], [[Marcus Matthews]], [[Mike Wallis]]
-'''Assistant Lead:''' Joe Damon<br/>
+*'''Test Lead:''' [[Abraham Navarro|Abe Navarro]]
-'''Testers:''' Anthony Borba, Michael McCollum, Dave Paniagua, Mark Paniagua, Matt Underwood<br/>
+*'''Assistant Lead:''' [[Joe Damon]]
-'''Special Thanks:''' Sandy Castagnola, Marcelyn Ditter, Angela Edwards, Sheri Hockaday, Lydia Gable, Mark Lindstrom, Anne Moellering, Judie Nybo, [[Bernie Stolar]], Mark Subotnick, Shuji Utsumi<br/>
+*'''Testers:''' Anthony Borba, Michael McCollum, [[David Paniagua|Dave Paniagua]], [[Mark Paniagua]], [[Matt Underwood]]
-'''Moral Support:''' Jennie Brook, Heather Obernolte, Kim Rohde
+*'''Special Thanks:''' [[Sandy Castagnola]], [[Marcelyn Ditter]], [[Angela Edwards]], [[Sheri Hockaday]], [[Lydia Gable]], [[Mark Lindstrom]], [[Anne Moellering]], [[Judie Nybo]], [[Bernie Stolar]], [[Mark Subotnick]], [[Shuji Utsumi]]
+*'''Moral Support:''' Jennie Brook, Heather Obernolte, Kim Rohde
+| source=In-game credits
+| pdf=NFL 98 MD credits.pdf
+| console=MD
+}}
 }}
-==Physical Scans==
+==Magazine articles==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
+==Physical scans==
+{{ratings|MD}}
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-| front=NFL98 MD US Box.jpg
+| front=NFL98 MD US Box Front.jpg
-| cart=
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+| cart=NFL98 MD US Cart.jpg
+| manual=NFL 98 MD US Manual.pdf
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-{{clear}}
+==Technical information==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
+==External links==
+* Sega of America webpage: [https://web.archive.org/web/19980223130901/http://www.sega.com:80/products/games/01621.html Mega Drive]
+==References==
+<references/>
+{{NFL98Omni}}
 {{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)