NFL '95 for the Genesis.

[MRC]

I don't know how many of you have played it, but I made a little video of Mel Gray in action. If you have played it and knew about Mel Gray it should bring back a lot of memories. When I played this with a friend who also owned the game we'd always have certain rules to prevent common parlor tricks from ruining the game. The glitchy Mel Gray was always one of those rules. He is still the only player in the game I've seen run a KO back for a touchdown.

http://platformer.blogspot.com/2008/...-mel-gray.html

[kataboom]

ha - cool video! im not feeling the death metal tho!

[GarrettCRW]

He was also one of the blessed ones in Tecmo Super Bowl for the NES.

[thetoxicone]

I don't remember which playing I did it with but I'd run a border around the whole edge of the field and endzone for a whole quarter with the whole opposing team chasing me.

[MRC]

I don't remember which playing I did it with but I'd run a border around the whole edge of the field and endzone for a whole quarter with the whole opposing team chasing me.

Hah, had to be Mel Gray. You could eventually get most of the defensive guys hung up on your own players. If you get close enough to make them dive at you a lot of times they get stuck on the ground underneath your blockers. There are also the glitches where a guy will be knelt down and moving around the field after you. Back in the day that stuff would always crack us up.

That game was so glitchy. On both mine and my friends copy the screen would always have spots where you were invisible when running through it. On his copy there was always a chance that on an onside kick the receiving team would just never start after the kick. They would just stand there and the kicking team would run up to get the ball.

On defense you could line up in the Hound Dog and move your linebacker staggered to the right directly behind and in the middle of your nose tackle and speed burst to get a sack on nearly every passing play. It would also zoom in on who the ball was being thrown to so you could just stand in front of the receiver so he can't get to the ball and dive at the target at the last second for an interception. When you get an interception the game won't call pass interference.

[roushimsx]

Hah, that's awesome. Reminds me of Joe Montana Football for Game Gear, where I'd always run along the line at the bottom of the screen for a touchdown after the kick off, or in Bulls vs Blazers where there were sweet spots where anyone could hit a 3 pointer with an insane success rate.

Glitchy sports games can be so much fun

(painfully bad musical selection, btw)

[Nirvana]

That's so Tecmo Bowl Bo Jackson-esque.

[chrisballer]

Hehe, ya i remember that. Sports games back then and older where so much fun. some of the ones i had a great time playing they had there glitches.

Original Tecmo Bowl could throw almost 100 yards with Elway. and could block every extra point attempt with Singletary.
john Elway's quarterback had that certain play where your guy could run like 1000mph.
Joe Montana football you could do the long run down and around to score most everytime.
many basketball games had the sweet 3 spot double dribble i played alot.
NHL 95 for genesis Hasek i think that is how you spell it goalie for the sabres could dominate.
oh and i forget which genesis game it was maybe bull's VS laker's you could do that gorilla dunk with tom chambers from almost the 3-point line.

I love the old sports games. I break them out once in awhile. I had some mean battles with my friend's playing blades of steel.