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Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega

Developer: BlueSky Software, Western Technologies Inc., Sega of America

Sound driver: GEMS

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

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-01-24^[2]	¥6,8006,800	G-4065
US	1991-11^[3]	$59.9959.99^[3]	1209
US (Classic)	1992		1209
EU	1992-01^[4]		1209
UK	1992-01^[4]	£39.9939.99^[5]	1209
SE (Rental)	199x
AU	199x
CA	199x
BR	1992-03^[6]
UK	199x	£?	?

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Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football (ジョー・モンタナII スポーツトークフットボール) is the sequel to Joe Montana Football, released by Sega in 1991 exclusively on the Sega Mega Drive.

Gameplay

Despite its name, Joe Montana II is an almost entirely different game to the original Joe Montana Football, the most prominent difference being that games are played "horizontally" rather than "vertically". There are also two levels of "zoom", with the camera closing in on the action when appropriate.

Also new is the concept of an in-game announcer, whose comments occur continuously in real time in accordance with the action (as opposed to the previous method of only having voice samples after plays (or in the case of other sports, hits, goals, etc.)), similar to how American football is broadcast on television. This was considered a selling point for the game, and was advertised as part of the Sports Talk series, which includes Sports Talk Baseball and this game's sequels, NFL Sports Talk Football '93 Starring Joe Montana and NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana (as well as College Football's National Championship).

While the concept of in-game commentary would become a standard across most forms of video game American football (and sports games in general), Joe Montana II stands as one of the first to bring this feature to home consoles. Here, however, the voiceover is very primitive, with sentences constructed from monotone words, lacking any sense of tone or flow.

Sega would actually move away form in-game commentary for a few years - it does not exist in NFL '95 or its sequels, nor does it appear in the Sega Mega-CD game Joe Montana's NFL Football.

Production credits

Programmed by: Maca B. Johnson, Hoss Stephens
Artists: Chuck Osieja, Scott Seidel
Art Director: Dana Christianson
Speech, Music and Sounds: Kathryn Francavilla, Mark Guidas, Ray Frericks, Jeff Fort
Technical Advisor: Tom Walsh
Voice: Lon Simmons
Produced by: Scott Berfield
Special Thanks to: Jerry Markota, Scott Rohde

Source:

In-game credits

Jim Huether^[7]

Source:

Uncredited

Magazine articles

Main article: Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[8]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[9]

Ação Games (BR)

88

^[10]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

80

^[11]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[12]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

85

^[13]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

80

^[14]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[15]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[16]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[17]

FX (UK)

92

^[18]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[19]

Gamers (DE)

73

^[20]

Games-X (UK)

60

^[21]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[22]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[23]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

77

^[24]

Joypad (FR)

80

^[25]

Joystick (FR)

PAL

90

^[26]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

52

^[27]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

53

^[28]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

80

^[29]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

85

^[30]

Mean Machines (UK)

PAL

83

^[31]

Mean Machines (UK)

83

^[32]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

83

^[33]

Player One (FR)

52

^[34]

Play Time (DE)

87

^[35]

Power Up! (UK)

95

^[36]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

88

^[37]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

85

^[38]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

75

^[39]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

76

^[40]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[41]

Supergame (BR)

92

^[42]

Super Juegos (ES)

76

^[43]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[44]

Video Games (DE)

58

^[45]

	76
Based on 38 reviews

Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US (Sega Classic)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US (Sega Classic; newer)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU (MPR-14356A)

PCB

Mega Drive, EU (MPR-13654)

PCB

Mega Drive, SE rental (HENT black)
Cover

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, CA
Cover

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,

Technical information

Main article: Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football/Technical information.

References

↑ File:JoeMontanaII MD JP Box.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 57
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Sega Power, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-02), page 11
↑ Sega Power, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-02), page 45
↑ Supergame, "Março 1992" (BR; 1992-03-xx), page 46
↑ Interview: Jim Huether (2006-10-31) by Sega-16
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 143
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 149
↑ Ação Games, "Abril 1992" (BR; 1992-04-xx), page 32
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1992" (DE; 1992-02-14), page 118
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 34
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 131
↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-15), page 36
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 22
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Famitsu, "1992-01-31" (JP; 1992-01-17), page 38
↑ FX (UK) (+0:00)
↑ GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 56
↑ Gamers, "Februar/März 1992" (DE; 1992-xx-xx), page 53
↑ Games-X, "12th-18th December 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 25
↑ Game Informer, "January/February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 7
↑ Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 99
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Abril 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 90
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-02-1x), page 98
↑ Joystick, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 144
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Mega Force, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1992-01-15), page 90
↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 14
↑ Mean Machines, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-28), page 160
↑ Mean Machines, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-27), page 74
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
↑ Player One, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-05-10), page 106
↑ Play Time, "(8/9)/92" (DE; 1992-07-08), page 91
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, April 04, 1992" (UK; 1992-04-04), page 1
↑ Sega Power, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 32
↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 72
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Force, "Februrary 1992" (UK; 1992-01-23), page 76
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Supergame, "Maio 1992" (BR; 1992-05-xx), page 38
↑ Super Juegos, "Mayo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 18
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "December 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 42
↑ Video Games, "8/92" (DE; 1992-07-22), page 48

Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football
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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:JoeMontanaII_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] File:JoeMontanaII 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_029.pdf_p57-3] 3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 57

[:File:SegaPower_UK_27.pdf_p11-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Sega Power, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-02), page 11

[:File:SegaPower_UK_30.pdf_p45-5] Sega Power, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-02), page 45

[:File:Supergame_BR_08.pdf_p46-6] Supergame, "Março 1992" (BR; 1992-03-xx), page 46

[Interview:_Jim_Huether_.282006-10-31.29_by_Sega-16-7] Interview: Jim Huether (2006-10-31) by Sega-16

[8] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 143

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 149

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_012.pdf_p32-10] Ação Games, "Abril 1992" (BR; 1992-04-xx), page 32

[:File:ASM_DE_1992-03.pdf_p118-11] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1992" (DE; 1992-02-14), page 118

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-02.pdf_p34-12] Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 34

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p131-13] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 131

[:File:CVG_UK_126.pdf_p36-14] Computer & Video Games, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-15), page 36

[:File:EGM_US_030.pdf_p22-15] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:EGM_US_040.pdf_p28-16] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 28

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0163.pdf_p38-17] Famitsu, "1992-01-31" (JP; 1992-01-17), page 38

[fx1992-04-10-18] FX (UK) (+0:00)

[:File:GamePro_US_029.pdf_p56-19] GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 56

[:File:Gamers_DE_1992-01.pdf_p53-20] Gamers, "Februar/März 1992" (DE; 1992-xx-xx), page 53

[:File:GamesX_UK_34.pdf_p25-21] Games-X, "12th-18th December 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 25

[:File:GameInformer_US_003.pdf_p7-22] Game Informer, "January/February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 7

[23] Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 99

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_007.pdf_p90-24] Hobby Consolas, "Abril 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 90

[:File:Joypad_FR_006.pdf_p98-25] Joypad, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-02-1x), page 98

[:File:Joystick_FR_025.pdf_p144-26] Joystick, "Mars 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 144

[:File:MDAG_UK_04.pdf_p79-27] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p92-28] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:MegaForce_FR_04.pdf_p90-29] Mega Force, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1992-01-15), page 90

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p14-30] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 14

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_15.pdf_p160-31] Mean Machines, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-28), page 160

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_17.pdf_p74-32] Mean Machines, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-27), page 74

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p139-33] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_020.pdf_p106-34] Player One, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-05-10), page 106

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1992-0809.pdf_p91-35] Play Time, "(8/9)/92" (DE; 1992-07-08), page 91

[36] Power Up!, "Saturday, April 04, 1992" (UK; 1992-04-04), page 1

[:File:SegaPower_UK_28.pdf_p32-37] Sega Power, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 32

[:File:SegaPro_UK_03.pdf_p72-38] Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 72

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-39] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SegaForce_UK_02.pdf_p76-40] Sega Force, "Februrary 1992" (UK; 1992-01-23), page 76

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-41] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:Supergame_BR_10.pdf_p38-42] Supergame, "Maio 1992" (BR; 1992-05-xx), page 38

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_001.pdf_p18-43] Super Juegos, "Mayo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 18

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_35.pdf_p42-44] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "December 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 42

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-08.pdf_p48-45] Video Games, "8/92" (DE; 1992-07-22), page 48

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 *'''Artists:''' Chuck Osieja, Scott Seidel
 *'''Art Director:''' [[Dana Christianson]]
-*'''Speech, Music and Sounds:''' Kathryn Francavilla, Mark Guidas, Ray Frericks, Jeff Fort
+*'''Speech, Music and Sounds:''' Kathryn Francavilla, Mark Guidas, [[Ray Frericks]], Jeff Fort
 *'''Technical Advisor:''' Tom Walsh
 *'''Voice:''' Lon Simmons

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

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega-Tech version

Technical information

References