ESPN Sunday Night NFL
ESPN Sunday Night NFL is a sports video game that was released for the Super NES, Sega CD, and Sega Genesis in 1994.
ESPN Sunday Night NFL
- Date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Sony Imagesoft
- Genre
- American football video game
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ESPN Sunday Night NFL is a sports video game that was released for the Super NES, Sega CD, and Sega Genesis in 1994.
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• Title — ESPN Sunday Night NFL • Developer — Ringler Studios Absolute Entertainment • Publisher — Sony Imagesoft • Platforms — Super NES, Sega CD, Sega Genesis • Released — Super NES, Sega CD November 1994Genesis • Genre — Sports (football) • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
Summary
Summary
Like in other football games, the player must run, pass, and/or kick a ball across a regulation field spanning 100 yard in order to score points. Weather conditions would vary, making the game have an element of realism that manipulates the football and the players. Chris Berman's voice was provided as the announcer of every game that the player participated in. All 28 teams in the NFL during the early 1990s were in the game. However, the names of the individual players are not used due to the development company not being able to acquire the full NFLPA license. It was the second in a chain of ESPN-themed sports games, following ESPN Baseball Tonight.
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1994
ESPN Sunday Night NFL published.
1994
ESPN Sunday Night NFL is recorded as published in 1994.
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Reviewing the Genesis version, GamePro commented that ESPN Sunday Night NFL "lacks the well-crafted execution of Madden '95 or any number of other football games." They particularly criticized the lack of real players, the players' identical performance, the poor graphics, and the limited sound effects. Their review of the Super NES version declared it to be an improvement over the Genesis version, with better graphics, sounds, and playability. However, they stated the game is still mediocre in all those factors, particularly noting the excessive flicker and simplistic gameplay which appear in both versions of the game.
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The circumstances in which ESPN Sunday Night NFL stands. Issued for Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Developed by Absolute Entertainment. Published by Sony Imagesoft. Recorded as video game. Classed in the genre American football video game. Associated with United States.
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- “ESPN Sunday Night NFL”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3046163: ESPN Sunday Night NFL
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- 1.Nintendo of America. Super NES Games.
- 2.EGM Media, LLC. Sega CD Welcomes ESPN Sunday Night NFL. Electronic Gaming Monthly. 65. 252. December 1994.
- 3.MobyGames. Additional release information.
- 4.IDG. ESPN's Average NFL. GamePro. 65. 190. December 1994.
- 5.IDG. ESPN's SNES NFL Improves. GamePro. 65. 192. December 1994.
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