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[Hilti92]

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/07/12/joe-montana-teases-new-football-game

Twenty-three years after the original Joe Montana Football game was released on the Sega Genesis, Joe Montana himself is teasing a new incarnation for the franchise: Joe Montana Football 16.

Early this afternoon, Joe Montana tweeted these hashtags: #youvewaitedlongenough #joemontanafootball16, along with this picture:

It would be nice to see it turn out good but I can only see an APF kind of game..
Madden treatment me if old.

 

[Azzurri]

This is pretty cool.

 

[eznark]

Will buy on Game Gear

 

[Takamura-San]

How would this work without the NFL license?

 

[graboids]

I can't believe it....

 

[Seda]

I can't believe it.

 

[bigkrev]

It's obviously a mobile game, but the business model is key. I have no idea how they swing F2P without the NFL license

 

[condompickle]

Sports talk football! I liked his first game the best though.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

will probably be as shitty as that RBI Baseball reboot

 

[JJDinomite]

How would this work without the NFL license?

It makes me so sad that we'll never see a new NFL 2K game, especially since the NBA 2K franchise has blown EA's NBA Live the hell out. It would be nice to see competition from Madden for once.

 

[revolverjgw]

The Sportstalk commentary in Sega's old football games blew my mind.

 

[John Rabbit]

I can't believe it....

how was this not first reply.

 

[BronsonLee]

Saw the tweets and such this afternoon, didn't think of posting it because who knows.

 

[bluehat9]

I need the view from the blimp.

 

[SolidSnakex]

How would this work without the NFL license?

It'll probably be like APF where whoever is making this goes around and gets permission from former players to use their name and likeness in the game. That's really all they can do since EA still has the NFL license for several more years.

 

[LOLCats]

i don't think this is believable...

 

[Rocketz]

It's obviously a mobile game, but the business model is key. I have no idea how they swing F2P without the NFL license

You took the words right out of my mouth

 

[Hilti92]

It's obviously a mobile game, but the business model is key. I have no idea how they swing F2P without the NFL license

It's probably best for it to be a mobile game, really.

 

[IISANDERII]

Bring this back too

Best baseball game I ever played.

 

[Open Source]

I played the heck out of the PC version. End Run Right FTW. I believe it was made by the same studio that did the excellent Hardball 3, as the player editing and general interface were very similar.

 

[Fox318]

How would this work without the NFL license?

Just have city names and fake teams.

 

[Mario]

It's obviously a mobile game, but the business model is key. I have no idea how they swing F2P without the NFL license

We do a bunch of F2P mobile sports games which don't use any licensing and they do fine. In fact, they tend to out perform those games where we have used licensing in terms of net revenue to us.

Related to this overall topic, our non licensed American football kicking game has done really well, better than some NFL licensed ones out there in terms of downloads and total revenues.

 

[soul creator]

Montana...back...to pass

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

What is this?

 

[Kenobi]

Oh my god. My body is ready.

He needs to wear the 16 bit jersey tho

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

Who is Joe Montana? Is he like the Michael Jordan of the NFL? I thought that was Tom Brady?

 

[ReBurn]

I was never a fan of sports games, but I sunk tons of hours into Joe Montana Sports Talk Football. I would buy a new one for the sake of nostalgia.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Does he still wear those fur coats?

 

[Krejlooc]

Who is Joe Montana? Is he like the Michael Jordan of the NFL? I thought that was Tom Brady?

I feel so old right now

 

[illmatic22]

Madden treatment me if old.

I mean, Joe Montana Football WAS finished by EA

 

[Leatherworkstation]

I hope it's not in the same vein as the recent RBI Baseball but for American Football, but I've a feeling it will be.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Will buy on Game Gear

Heh. The only version of Joe Montana football I ever had was for the Game Gear.

 

[DancinSwayze]

As long as I can play on my 32X Im sold

 

[Kenobi]

I did some digging around. Seems like it might be a promotion for this: http://legendsofcandlestick.com

Joe's Twitter is filled with it, and the jersey he's wearing in the teaser is similar to other pics on his twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeMontana

I hope I'm wrong tho and there is a game in the works.

 

[antitrop]

I can't believe it.

.

 

[SmoothRunningGun]

I'm betting it's a phone game.

 

[jwhit28]

Joe Montana Football was just a Madden mod. It was made by EA after they bypassed the Genesis security and was part of the deal that gave them higher royalty rates and allowed them to produce their own cartridges.

Blimp cam was pretty cool though

 

[Prototype Viktor]

Thurman Thomas will be the Bo Jackson of the game again ?

 

[coldone]

I'm betting it's a phone game.

I think too. I just dont see any one publishing or making shovelwares for consoles/pc any more.

 

[Lkr]

Who is Joe Montana? Is he like the Michael Jordan of the NFL? I thought that was Tom Brady?

Not sure if srs but he's the nfl's 80s equivalent to Jordan

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Joe 1 and 2 as well as NCAA National Championship were cornerstones of my Genesis collection.

And the superior NHL 95. 94 controls were a little too loose but 95 controls on Genesis were perfect.

 

[Projectjustice]

oh wow! ill be happy if its like APF!

 

[linkeds]

How would this work without the NFL license?

Every player is Joe Montana and every team is the Montana Joe's

 

[The Nature Roy]

I need the view from the blimp.

I still bring this up to this day -- incredibly, some things did not translate from the normal view to the blimp view, such as breaking tackles. So for example, you might have a 60-yard TD run, but when you watched the replay from the blimp view, your player could get tackled for a three-yard loss.

 

[Aquamarine]

Every player is Joe Montana and every team is the Montana Joe's

That image

hahaha

 

[Zach]

Will buy on Game Gear

Haha...

It's obviously a mobile game, but the business model is key. I have no idea how they swing F2P without the NFL license

I was all like and then I considered the bolded part and was like D:

 

[jwhit28]

Joe 1 and 2 as well as NCAA National Championship were cornerstones of my Genesis collection.

And the superior NHL 95. 94 controls were a little too loose but 95 controls on Genesis were perfect.

I still hear the NHL 95 music in my head all the time.

 

[sixteen-bit]

When's Buster Douglas 16?

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

Not sure if srs but he's the nfl's 80s equivalent to Jordan

im european. we dont know as much about football!

 

[Piston Hyundai]

When's Buster Douglas 16?

Give me Tommy Lasorda Baseball '16 with the hilariously shitty box art remastered.