NFL Blitz
NFL Blitz takes the idea of a normal football video game and turns it on its head with fewer players, bigger hits, and lots of personality.
NFL Blitz is a sport developed by Midway Games, released 1 November 1997 on Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What NFL Blitz is
NFL Blitz is a sport game developed by Midway Games and released in 1997. It is available on Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
NFL Blitz is an American football video game developed and published by Midway for the arcade in 1997, the first game in the NFL Blitz series. The development team was headed by Mark Turmell and Sal Divita, who were known for being behind NBA Jam, and NFL Blitz was a deliberate attempt to translate the exaggerated arcade-style approach of NBA Jam to the football realm. The game was ported to the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Windows, and Game Boy Color in 1998. The cover athlete for the game was then Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the NFL series
NFL Blitz is the 53rd of 208 entries we hold in the NFL series. The next entry was NFL 98 in 1997. Its critic score of 80 is 7 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is ESPN NFL 2K5 at 92.
How it was received
NFL Blitz holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 70% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What it launched against
NFL Blitz launched on 1 November 1997, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Diddy Kong Racing and Bust-a-Move '99. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto, Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Diddy Kong Racing, Bust-a-Move '99.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NFL Blitz yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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