tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19634944.post1464288210636154718..comments2024-03-24T20:07:02.400+00:00Comments on The Dreamcast Junkyard: A Different Type of Football: NFL on DreamcastTom Charnockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593308178739317252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19634944.post-53807440663230802992016-06-15T02:53:33.125+00:002016-06-15T02:53:33.125+00:00A short clarification on NFL 2K2. The game has a m...A short clarification on NFL 2K2. The game has a major bug that completely destroys the game, although I'm not sure our UK friends would have noticed. In American Football, an offensive receiver will be closely followed by a defensive back. The receiver runs his route, and the defensive player tries to either stop a completion, steal the football, or tackle the opposing player.<br /><br />Each wide receiver has at least one defensive back covering him. In NFL 2K2, there is a bug where one of those backs will suddenly abandon his man, and run off to cover another receiver. This means the first receiver is suddenly wide open...you can see the problem with this. Imagine a soccer match where the goalie suddenly runs away from the net for no reason. That's how bad this bug is.<br /><br />I assume that Visual Concepts was too pressed for time to discover this bug, as they were also porting NFL 2K2 to Xbox, Playstation 2 and GameCube. Needless to say, it completely wrecks the DC version. Sigh.<br /><br />It's really too bad, because NFL 2K2 features improved polygon models for the football players, with greater detail and animations. The running game is also more challenging and refined. The play-by-play is already losing its irreverent sense of humor, which is too bad, because that was one of my favorite things about NFL 2K/2K1.<br /><br />I don't recall if NCAA Football 2K2 includes this "runaway" bug, but its program code is based on NFL 2K2. Somebody ought to play a quick game and find out. I'd do that myself, but I'm busy writing on my book projects tonight...and procrastinating on this blog. Ack!<br /><br />NFL 2K1 is the best of the three football titles on Dreamcast. It was a massive improvement over the original installment in every way and was easily the best (US) football videogame in the year 2000. I still prefer it as my all-time favorite, although most fans consider 2K5 the masterpiece. Heck, it's not like EA has made any real changes to Madden over the last 15 years. Be honest.<br /><br />If we ever bring back the Dreamcast, Visual Concepts would be the first development team I'd call. Their football and basketball games are fantastic.Daniel Thomas MacInneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19634944.post-34212557691940486822016-06-09T03:49:24.392+00:002016-06-09T03:49:24.392+00:00The order is about right..but im mostly going from...The order is about right..but im mostly going from memory..nocarpaymenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16659927065474014366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19634944.post-31725772621345756202016-06-08T14:38:16.101+00:002016-06-08T14:38:16.101+00:00Great article as always! Loved it! As an american ...Great article as always! Loved it! As an american I still don't understand why the sport where foot rarely contacts ball do we call this "football" I still love to play a game of it with a friend. I loved how the plays showed up on the VMU so the guy next to you didn't know you were going for the blitz!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15208764320161955186noreply@blogger.com