Top 5 greatest football games on the genesis/mega drive

[Nobi]

as much as the sega 16 community hates to admit it(cough, rpg/fps fanboys, cough lol!) the genesis was and to me still is one of the greatest consoles of all time for american football video games, what does your top 5 look like? keep in mind were talkin all leagues be it pro, college or mutant!

here is my top 10(5 isnt enough for a seasoned genny football vet like me!)

***edit*** upon further review the following changes are necessary

absolute must have top 5 football games on the genesis

1.college football usa 97: the road to new orleans
2.bill walsh college football 95
3.nfl 98
4.john madden football 92
5.madden nfl 96

not in my top 5 but still totally awesome!!

6.college football national championship II
7.madden nfl 95
8.john madden football championship edition
9.bill walsh college football
10.tecmo super bowl

honorable mentions:

11.college football usa 96(would be in the top 10 but 97 isnt much different only slightly improved)
12.nfl(96) primetime starring deon sanders(same as above about its successor nfl 98)
13.madden nfl 98(better on ps1 or saturn)
14.nfl 95(jmf V)
15.john madden football 93(same exact game as championship edition only ce has better teams)
16.madden nfl 97(better on ps1 or saturn)
17.joe montana football
18.madden nfl 94
19.college football national championship
20.nfl 94(jmstf IV)
21.tecmo super bowl III:final edition
22.mutant league football(for a few good laughs)
23.tecmo super bowl II

mediocre, not bad, but still mediocre

24.nfl sportstalk 93 starring joe montana(jmf III)
25.john madden football(91)
26.nfl quarterback club 96
27.jerry glanville pigskin footbrawl
28.nfl quarterback club
29.cyberball

absolute terds:

30.joe montana(II) sportstalk football
31.espn sunday night football
32.super high impact
33.mike ditka power football
34.troy aikman football
35.pro quarterback

man thats alot of football games for one console! alot of really enjoyable ones too if youre a classic football fanatic like me! did i forget about any?

[vintagegamecrazy]

This is an interesting topic, try as I might but I can't get into football games so this topic will help inform me on the good ones.

[tz101]

1. College Football's National Championship
2. College Football's National Championship II
3. Tecmo Super Bowl
4. Joe Montana NFL 94
5. Joe Montana NFL

[Silverspoon]

1 - Tecmo Super Bowl
2 - Montana 93
3 - Montana 95
4 - College Footballs National Championships
5 - Montana 94

[JackieBogard]

Super High Impact..only football game on genesis I can stand playing.

[cabear]

i really dislike football but mutant league football was the only game i enjoyed playing.

[CGQuarterly]

1. Joe Montana Football (the original one)
2. Madden 93
3. Mutant League Football
4. Tecmo Super Bowl
5. I don't have a fifth...

Maybe it's because it's so easy to score, but I really enjoy the original Joe Montana Football. Very arcadey, but a lot of fun to play.

Chris

[Mr Smith]

I was going to be an arsey European and list the best football (as in soccer) games, however, I can't be bothered.

[crazyteknohed]

1. Sensible Soccer
2. Tecmo Cup Football (dig the RPG footy game)
3. ISS Deluxe
4. Premier Manager '97
5. FIFA '95

I did try that John Madden Football game once but it wasn't really a football game at all; it was more like rugby, except that the players wore crash helmets and they could throw the ball forwards.

[Mark Robert]

I don't like Sports titles usually but I do own Mutant League Football. Besides having a solid football engine, I love being able to kill your opponents through the nasty audibles. Classic stuff.

[The Sports Guy]

We have like a billion of these threads. I like Bill Walsh, believe it or not. Super High Impact sucks! They don't even have the field right!

[tz101]

Off topic by only a bit: Why has no company ever released a CFL football game for any system, Genesis or otherwise? I mean we have had every derivitive of American football and European soccer games, including Arena League for PS2, so why not CFL? I am not from Canada, but really appreciate the different rules and teams.

[KnightWarrior]

Tecmo Super Bowl hands down

[Nobi]

I was going to be an arsey European and list the best football (as in soccer) games, however, I can't be bothered.

sorry i forgot that we have a large amount of europeans here, i meant american football you know the kind where the biggest strongest and fastest athletes in the world compete in the most balanced mixture of full contact brutality and intelectual strategy known in the world of sports today

[iluvclassicgaming]

The following greats get a lot of play time...

Madden '93
Madden '95
Madden '97
Bill Walsh '94
Bill Walsh '95
Tecmo Super Bowl
Joe Montana NFL '94
College Football USA '97

Sure they're all football games but each game has it's own 'feel' or atmosphere about it and the Genesis will always be THE sports console for me (along with shooters and the Sonics). Football games, along with the NHL series are so awesome on the Genesis. 16-bit Sega sports games along with the Genesis control pad are a joy to play.

This afternoon I did something different. While working out I had the Genesis do a Demo game of New Orleans vs. Indianapolis on Madden '93 (the Saints beat the Colts 24-17) and a Demo of Bill Walsh '95 Arizona vs. Michigan (Michigan slaughtered Arizona 45-16).