Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football

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Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥6,8006,800 G-4065
Sega Mega Drive
US
$59.9959.99[2] 1209
Sega Mega Drive
US
(Classic)
1209
Sega Mega Drive
EU
1209
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
CA
Sega Mega Drive
BR

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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 John Madden Football, the most promient 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 gamsein 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


Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

Mega Drive ES print advert
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Print advert in GamePro (US) #29: "December 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #7: "Winter 1991/1992" (1991-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #11: "September 1993" (1993-07-30)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №126, p36[4]
100 №29, p54/55[5]
60 №34
77 №7, p90/91[6]
80 №6, p98/99[7]
90 №25, p144[8]
52 №4, p79
53 №5, p92
80 №1, p16-19[9]
90 №1, p14[10]
83 №15, p158-160[11]
52 №20, p106[12]
88 №28, p32/33
85 №3, p72[13]
75 №18, p66
89 №2, p52-54
76 №2, p76/77[14]
92 №10, p36-38[15]
Sega Mega Drive
78
Based on
18 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[16]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[17]
Ação Games (BR)
88
[18]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
80
[19]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
78
[20]
Console XS (UK) PAL
85
[21]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
80
[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
65
[22]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
75
[23]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
68
[24]
FX (UK)
92
[25]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
100
[5]
Gamers (DE)
73
[26]
Games-X (UK)
60
[27]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
83
[28]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
80
[29]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
77
[30]
Joypad (FR)
80
[7]
Joystick (FR) PAL
90
[8]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
52
[31]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
53
[32]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
80
[33]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
85
[10]
Mean Machines (UK) PAL
83
[11]
Mean Machines (UK)
83
[34]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
83
[35]
Player One (FR)
52
[12]
Play Time (DE)
87
[36]
Power Up! (UK)
95
[37]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
88
[38]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
85
[13]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
75
[39]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
76
[14]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
78
[40]
Supergame (BR)
92
[41]
Super Juegos (ES)
76
[42]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) NTSC-U
80
[43]
Video Games (DE)
58
[44]
Sega Mega Drive
76
Based on
38 reviews

Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, US (Sega Classic)

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Mega Drive, US (Sega Classic; newer)
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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, JP
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Mega Drive, AU

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Mega Drive, CA

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 a45da893
MD5 853ca91d72d5ed10212cbc725dfb914f
SHA-1 ce006ff3b9bcd71fef4591a63a80d887004abe77
1MB 1991-09 Cartridge v01
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 f2363a4a
MD5 00820ca4790d5a9de2c441f895f915ce
SHA-1 3925623fafb79a7e8467e9b6fe70361c147cbfd3
1MB 1991-09 Cartridge v00

References

  1. File:SegaForce UK 02.pdf, page 77
  2. 2.0 2.1 File:GamePro US 029.pdf, page 57
  3. File:Supergame BR 08.pdf, page 46
  4. 4.0 4.1 File:CVG UK 126.pdf, page 36 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 126.pdf_p36" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:GamePro US 029.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 029.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
  6. File:HobbyConsolas ES 007.pdf, page 82
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:Joypad FR 006.pdf, page 98 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 006.pdf_p98" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:Joystick FR 025.pdf, page 144 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 025.pdf_p144" defined multiple times with different content
  9. File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 16
  10. 10.0 10.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 14 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p14" defined multiple times with different content
  11. 11.0 11.1 File:MeanMachines UK 15.pdf, page 160 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachines UK 15.pdf_p160" defined multiple times with different content
  12. 12.0 12.1 File:PlayerOne FR 020.pdf, page 106 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 020.pdf_p106" defined multiple times with different content
  13. 13.0 13.1 File:SegaPro UK 03.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 03.pdf_p72" defined multiple times with different content
  14. 14.0 14.1 File:SegaForce UK 02.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 02.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
  15. File:Supergame BR 10.pdf, page 36
  16. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 143
  17. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 149
  18. Ação Games, "Abril 1992" (BR; 1992-04-xx), page 32
  19. Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1992" (DE; 1992-02-14), page 118
  20. Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 34
  21. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 131
  22. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 22
  23. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 28
  24. Famitsu, "1992-01-31" (JP; 1992-01-17), page 38
  25. FX (UK) (+0:00)
  26. Gamers, "Februar/März 1992" (DE; 1992-xx-xx), page 53
  27. Games-X, "12th-18th December 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 25
  28. Game Informer, "January/February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 7
  29. Hippon Super, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-07), page 99
  30. Hobby Consolas, "Abril 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 90
  31. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79
  32. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
  33. Mega Force, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1992-01-15), page 90
  34. Mean Machines, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-27), page 74
  35. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
  36. Play Time, "(8/9)/92" (DE; 1992-07-08), page 91
  37. Power Up!, "Saturday, April 04, 1992" (UK; 1992-04-04), page 1
  38. Sega Power, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 32
  39. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  40. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  41. Supergame, "Maio 1992" (BR; 1992-05-xx), page 38
  42. Super Juegos, "Mayo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 18
  43. VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "December 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 42
  44. Video Games, "8/92" (DE; 1992-07-22), page 48


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)