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[Morrie’s wig shop]

…. He throws it down the line!…. A great catch, good execution!

Mind you, these are getting called while on the playbook screen selecting your next play lol

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Coincidentally Jesse posted a video about NFL games last week.

Never heard of this bill burr looking dude, but it was an enjoyable watch. Thanks!

 

[kunonabi]

I don't know about NFL but as far football games go it was Tecmo Bowl on the NES, mutant league football on the Genesis Joe Montana football on the Game Gear, the NFL 2K games on the Dreamcast and then my all-time favorite sports game Eyeshield 21 Amefuto no Yarouze YaHa!! on the PS2.

 

[ManaByte]

ESPN NFL 2k5, Madden had a lot more competition before.

Until Sega released 2K one year for $19.99, it outsold Madden, and EA went crying to the NFL with a huge check to buy the exclusive license and kill their competition.

 

[UltimaKilo]

NFL 2K5 was the last non-Madden football game I played. It was better than Madden by a mile.

Still is…

 

[SportsFan581]

Never played football on Genesis. On PS1 it was GameDay games, 2k on DC, and Madden from there on out.

Losing the competition here has really hurt the advancement. 2k and Madden going against each other in the early 00s was great.

 

[OceanicWaterHorse]

NFL Challenge on PC

 

[AJUMP23]

The one that got released for $20 to compete with Madden was amazing and I loved it.

But I played
Tecmo Bowl
Madden
10 Yard Fight
Blitz


I like NCAA Football more though.

 

[Bond007]

NFL Blitz
NFL 2K. I love it on Dreamcast when i could pick the plays privately on the VMU. I also loved it's final days trying to undercut Madden, if i recall correctly launching at like $20.


Never been huge on Madden. I think the last time i was wowed by a Madden was probably PS2

 

[Evil Calvin]

Even for people who don't like American football, I would still recommend NFL Blitz and NFL Street with friends. They transcend the genre because of how fun they are, much like the Mario sports titles, NBA Street, SSX series, and Virtua Tennis.

The recent Arcade 1up NFL Blitz cabinet removed the late hits. The NFL doesn't want to encourage violence and concussions. Unbelievable! That was what made it fun.

 

[EverydayBeast]

 

[Kings Field]

NFL quarterback Club
NFL blitz
NFL Fever

I played some Madden in the 360 days but haven’t really played one since that gen finished

 

[kazuyamishima]

Until Sega released 2K one year for $19.99, it outsold Madden, and EA went crying to the NFL with a huge check to buy the exclusive license and kill their competition.

Yeah, I played the shit out of it on the original Xbox. Such a great game. Too bad it was the last one

 

[Phase]

ESPN NFL 2k5 the GOAT!!!

100%

I played this for many years and just updated rosters. No other football game came close.

 

[reinking]

NFL was Tecmo Bowl and early Madden. Then I mostly switched over to Bill Walsh College Football and the NCAA series. I never really went back to NFL games.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

EA / Madden ruined everything. It's so depressing.

Every gaming company that grows into a corporate product mill like EA is braindead, cynical, slow, and generally worthless.

 

[West Texas CEO]

EA / Madden ruined everything. It's so depressing.

It really is.
Just imagine how many cool NFL licensed games we could've gotten over the years, but.. nada.

 

[Lupin25]

backbreaker