Sunday, September 21, 2025

Joe Montana's NFL Football for Sega CD


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Joe Montana's NFL Football

Joe's defected to the Chiefs


Genre: sports - football

Publisher: Sega

Year: 1993

System: Sega CD


Gameplay Score: 3

Gameplay Notes:

Slow, laggy controls and menus. The menus feel like you're using a smart TV from 2015. Gameplay is slow, although this plays to your advantage since you can take time to find an open receiver or a hole to run through. Physics feels ok when running but collision feels bizarre. Overall it feels like a so-bad-it's-good football experience, like ABC Monday Night on the SNES.


Level Design Score: 1

Level Design Notes:

Only exhibition and season modes and Rookie, Normal, and Pro difficult levels. The only other configuration option is the game length, with 20, 40, and 60 being your only options. Even at 20 this makes each game super long.


Theme Score: 1

Theme Notes:

NFL but no NFLPA licenses. Other than the NFL crest plastered over half the screen, the presentation is sorely lacking.


Art Style Score: 2

Art Style Notes:

Horrible graphics, especially as sprites scale into the background. Makes it extremely difficult to find an open receiver. A low framerate is the weakest aspects of this game.


Audio Score: 3

Audio Notes:

Good sound quality of the play-by-play announcer. He only speaks on the menu but sounds great. Crowd noise is fine, but all in-game menus are dead silent, which is jarring.


Overall Score: 46

Review ID: 12055



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