ESPN Sunday Night NFL

{{for|the Sunday night NFL telecast on ESPN|ESPN Sunday Night Football}}

{{Infobox video game

|title = ESPN Sunday Night NFL

|image = Image:ESPN Sunday Night NFL Coverart.png

|caption = Super NES cover art

|developer = Ringler Studios
Absolute Entertainment

|designer =

|released = Super NES: {{vgrelease|NA|November 1994{{cite web| url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/data/588312.html| title = Release date (Super NES) | publisher = GameFAQs| access-date = 2008-10-29}}}}Sega CD: {{vgrelease|NA|November 1994{{cite magazine|title=Sega CD Welcomes ESPN Sunday Night NFL|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=65|publisher=EGM Media, LLC|date=December 1994|page=252}}}}Sega Genesis: {{vgrelease|NA|1994}}

|genre = Sports w/ third-person perspective (Football){{cite web | url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/espn-sunday-night-nfl| title = Additional release information | publisher = MobyGames| access-date = 2010-10-20}}

|modes = Single-player
Multiplayer (up to two players)

|platforms = Super NES, Sega CD, Sega Genesis

}}

ESPN Sunday Night NFL is a sports video game that was released for the Super NES, Sega CD, and Sega Genesis in 1994.

Summary

Like in other football games, the player must run, pass, and/or kick a ball across a regulation field spanning {{convert|100|yard|m}} in order to score points.

Weather conditions would vary, making the game have an element of realism that manipulates the football and the players. Chris Berman's voice was provided as the announcer of every game that the player participated in. All 28 teams in the NFL during the early 1990s were in the game. However, the names of the individual players are not used due to the development company not being able to acquire the full NFLPA license.

It was the second in a chain of ESPN-themed sports games, following ESPN Baseball Tonight.

Reception

Reviewing the Genesis version, GamePro commented that ESPN Sunday Night NFL "lacks the well-crafted execution of Madden '95 or any number of other football games." They particularly criticized the lack of real players, the players' identical performance, the poor graphics, and the limited sound effects.{{cite magazine|title=ESPN's Average NFL|magazine=GamePro|issue=65|publisher=IDG|date=December 1994|page=190}} Their review of the Super NES version declared it to be an improvement over the Genesis version, with better graphics, sounds, and playability. However, they stated the game is still mediocre in all those factors, particularly noting the excessive flicker and simplistic gameplay which appear in both versions of the game.{{cite magazine|title=ESPN's SNES NFL Improves|magazine=GamePro|issue=65|publisher=IDG|date=December 1994|page=192}}