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NFL GameDay
Background Data
Published By: Sony Developed By: Sony Released: November 21st, 1995
Barcode: 7 11719 45052 8 PSRM: 000510 ID Tag: SCUS - 94505
CDs: 1 Players: 1 to 2 Co-Operative and Versus ESRB: Kids to Adult
Accessories: Memory (2 to 8 Blocks) Size: 320 Megs Digital Press Rarity: 1 out of 10

Description
     All 30 NFL Teams and over 1,500 Real NFL Players

Review
     Though archaic by today's standards, this was the game that all future football games would be judged by. It's actually still playable in that Super Nintendo kind of way, game play wise.

 

 

 Trivia
  • Case variants, see below.


  • This was the first ever football game for the console.


  • The jewel case variant features the blurb "PlayStation's #1 Best Seller" but for whatever reason they chose to eliminate it from the Greatest Hits version.


  • EA dropped Madden '96 PSX from release after seeing this in action. It is the only time in Madden history that a version was cancelled.

Greatest Hits
     This title was released as a Greatest Hit in regular packaging.


Variations / Misprints
     NFL GameDay was released in 3 variations outside of the Greatest Hits. There's the cardboard long box, the plastic long box, and the jewel case variant. The two long boxes are shown below.

 

PlayStation 2 Compatibility - Fast Load
     All times are rounded up to the nearest second. Tests are performed on a PlayStation 2 Slim Line with 1.11 PS Drivers.

Standard

© Screen to Select Screen - 9 sec

Select to Coin Toss - 27 sec

Fast

© Screen to Select Screen - 9 sec

Select to Coin Toss - 27 sec

     You're reading that right. There is absolutely no difference in load times for the game regardless of which side you're on.

     Game loaded  fine with both options turned on.


PlayStation 2 Compatibility - Smooth
     With the smooth option on, GameDay does something odd for a 2D sprite game; it makes the player sprites sharper. When the camera zooms in, they look damn near pixel perfect, like they should be in a fighting game. The backgrounds have a minor smoothness to them, viewable in the scoreboard and on the grass.

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