Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders
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- For the unreleased Sega Saturn game, see Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders (Saturn).
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||
| Developer: Spectacular Games[1], FarSight Technologies[2] | ||||||||||
| Licensor: NFL Properties | ||||||||||
| Sound driver: GEMS | ||||||||||
| Peripherals supported: Team Player | ||||||||||
| Genre: Sports | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1-4 | ||||||||||
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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.
Contents
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.
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 (and 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
Magazine articles
Promotional material
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #75: "October 1995" (1995-xx-xx)[4]
- Game Players (US) #0811: "Vol. 8 No. 11 November 1995" (1995-1x-xx)[5]
Artwork
Mega Drive US prototype box art
Physical scans
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65 |
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| Based on 5 reviews | |
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 Cart  Manual |
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)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 119
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 123
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 11 November 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 108
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 207
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 240
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 11 November 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 110
- ↑ Next Generation, "November 1995" (US; 1995-10-24), page 188
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