Throwback Thursday: NFL Blitz 2000

[RaychelSnr]

Chances are, if you frequent Operation Sports, this week's Throwback Thursday needs no introduction whatsoever. For those who did not grow up with this violent magnum opus, Midway, the creators of many of the greatest arcade games ever, sought to carry the immense success of NBA Jam to other sports. And boy, did it ever.

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[ps3veron]

Ah the nostalgia! Remember playing this freshman year in college.
Then I played madden and it felt like the most boring thing ever.
Let's have a new Blitz!

[Guapo516]

Can't tell me nothing about this and NBA showtime on 64!

[bwright25]

Still remember guys in my dorm hall stole my log in password (by peaking over my shoulder) and made me lose on purpose because I had won something like 60 games in a row. Was a great game to play with a bunch of people and some natty light. Great Dayzzz

[scottyp180]

Man these throwback thursdays are going to have me throwing money towards retro consoles and games.

Blitz is without a doubt one of the best multiplayer games ever whether playing 2 player or 4 player. Even a 3 player, 2 against 1, could be fun. It was a game where leads weren't always guaranteed, especially if you got the onside kick down (though it could also help you pad a lead). The games were always fun and chaotic yet there was strategy involved. I might be in the minority but I even loved the more recent Blitz remake. It has some missing elements from the originals but at the end of the day it still featured that fun chaotic gameplay that made the original games so great.

[snc237]

Bloody amazing game

[aldon_47]

Ahh good times. I remember this was the game everyone wanted to play at the arcade (along with Cruisin USA!) and it was the greatest thing when we could then play it in the living room!

[GisherJohn24]

Better than the new Blitz. The late hits is what really made blitz great.

[scottyp180]

Better than the new Blitz. The late hits is what really made blitz great.

While the late hits were missed in the new blitz I felt the actual gameplay still represented the traditional blitz formula. Me and my buddies still had a ton of fun playing the game.

[skrody]

so, story time.

i was at a sleepover at my pals place when i was a kid. he is a huge RPG guy - like, NEVER plays sports games. but i convince him to play this one because its more arcadey and you dont need to know the rules of sports and so on. i've done this in the past with nhl, mlb, nba games and have always dominated him so it hasn't been very fun for him. anyway, i convince him to play this game with me.

i let him choose his team and my team, he was the packers and i cant remember who i was - but, we're in the 4th quarter. he is up by 5 points on me. im shocked. he has possession with like.. 10 seconds left or something, at midfield and he burns me and gets to the 1 yard line. so we pause the game. and i congratulate him.

"wow dude, i cant believe you beat me. good job... all you have to do is get tackled, throw an incomplete, or kick a field goal and you win this game."

he said "f*** that, i'm going for it".

sure enough, one second left he snaps the ball, goes for a touchdown. he guns it to the corner. i intercept - and run 101 yards down the sideline for the 6 points to make me win by 1.

he slammed his n64 controller to the ground, shattering it into a million pieces as i died laughing my *** off.

we never played sports games ever again.

[crgnjul]

You don't want a NFL Blitz 2000 Gold/NBA Showtime combo arcade machine; What you want is a MAME arcade machine such as https://flic.kr/p/ch1GXu https://flic.kr/p/ch1FmN

[nhthelegend]

so, story time.

i was at a sleepover at my pals place when i was a kid. he is a huge RPG guy - like, NEVER plays sports games. but i convince him to play this one because its more arcadey and you dont need to know the rules of sports and so on. i've done this in the past with nhl, mlb, nba games and have always dominated him so it hasn't been very fun for him. anyway, i convince him to play this game with me.

i let him choose his team and my team, he was the packers and i cant remember who i was - but, we're in the 4th quarter. he is up by 5 points on me. im shocked. he has possession with like.. 10 seconds left or something, at midfield and he burns me and gets to the 1 yard line. so we pause the game. and i congratulate him.

"wow dude, i cant believe you beat me. good job... all you have to do is get tackled, throw an incomplete, or kick a field goal and you win this game."

he said "f*** that, i'm going for it".

sure enough, one second left he snaps the ball, goes for a touchdown. he guns it to the corner. i intercept - and run 101 yards down the sideline for the 6 points to make me win by 1.

he slammed his n64 controller to the ground, shattering it into a million pieces as i died laughing my *** off.

we never played sports games ever again.

Hahahaha that is an amazing story