In this video I reflect on the Bill Walsh College Football series. I compare the different versions of the game, and talk about the progression of the series.
@@originalconsolegamer8572 speaking of NCAA, the first PlayStation game was my first game I got for free to review on ZeroGravity. I don’t have the review with me but I LOved the game & wrote a 2000 word text praising the game. Good luck on future videos. & lastly, how come EA doesn’t make NCAA games anymore? It’s a shame!
@@fernandomosquera6339 Well thank you and I appreciate it. As far as EA and NCAA games, they stopped because of rule changes regarding college athletes and money. However, they just announced about a month or 2 ago, that they are going to start it back up again. Probably won't be until 2022 until we see it, but they have confirmed that it's coming!!!
BWCF was made by Visual Concepts the people that made the greatest Football game of all time, ESPN NFL 2k5. We played this so much in College, we killed it. I had to buy it a 2nd time. 1980 Pitt Panthers was my squad.
This is great! I'm so glad a fan is documenting the highlights of this once popular but now forgotten genre : D I'd love to hear your opinion on the SNES Madden games. Actually, all sports games, hah!
Yes, with sports games requiring a lot of sprites moving quickly it was easier to get good performance out of the Genesis. A good programmer could manage it on the SNES, but it was harder and more uncommon to pull it off.
@@SeekerLancer SNES can actually display 128 sprites at a time vs 80 on Genesis but a lot of times it came down to SlowROM vs FastROM on SNES. There is seriously something wrong with College Football USA 97 on SNES because that game was on a FastROM chip but it looks about 10fps.
The SNES is having issues in the first port because it's not built for this type of game. You only get 16kb to control all your sprites, and you can only access the VRAM during a Vblank. Also, just to make things more fun, you can't freely choose the size of your sprites. (You're limited to two sizes from presets, making optimization difficult.) And that's just the start of the headaches. Example: Many 3rd party games boot the cpu into a slower "compatibility mode" that was intended for NES games and never actually used for that purpose. The reason? The cartridge ROMs were cheaper. And this is just the surface level stuff I can actually follow as a non-coder. Hanging around SNES developers, it seems like there's way more going on, but long story short: it's kind of impressive the game turned out as well as it did. I'm glad they chose the playability over the graphics. And I hope their second year allows them to improve on the engine. (I haven't finished the video yet.)
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 Yeah I mean the first entry on the SNES was at least playable. The second entry is one of the most broken video games that I have ever seen.
@@anthonystarke893 Nah man you are cool. I appreciate being corrected when I make mistakes. It helps me to improve and learn. As long as it's respectful that is, and not just the "Hey you Fing idiot!!!" type of stuff, HAHA!
But, wasn't it plural long ago! I remember the Syracuse Orangemen, for example, changed to the Syracuse Orange. I could have sworn it was the Cardinals plural at one time.
@@skandalmkdaniel3029 No, they were the Stanford Indians before becoming the Cardinal. They are named for the color not the birds. Which is why a tree is a their mascot....or maybe a tree because it's California. Who knows about the tree.
At the height of popularity for that game, I was able to buy ‘13 for $5 and I’m not all that disappointed. I had owned it in the past when it was new, and bought it only to find out there was no more downloading teams 😔
Bill Walsh 95 is such an overlooked classic.
Love that the "85 Tennessee "Sugar Vols" was part of the game. Nobody gave them a chance in heck against Miami and Vinny V.
Cool video. I still remember picking Bill Walsh with the packed 4-player adapter. EA Sports - it’s in the game.
HAHA... bro I know!!!!! I loved those commercials, and that 4 player adapter was cool AF!
@@originalconsolegamer8572 speaking of NCAA, the first PlayStation game was my first game I got for free to review on ZeroGravity. I don’t have the review with me but I LOved the game & wrote a 2000 word text praising the game. Good luck on future videos. & lastly, how come EA doesn’t make NCAA games anymore? It’s a shame!
@@fernandomosquera6339 Well thank you and I appreciate it. As far as EA and NCAA games, they stopped because of rule changes regarding college athletes and money. However, they just announced about a month or 2 ago, that they are going to start it back up again. Probably won't be until 2022 until we see it, but they have confirmed that it's coming!!!
BWCF was made by Visual Concepts the people that made the greatest Football game of all time, ESPN NFL 2k5. We played this so much in College, we killed it. I had to buy it a 2nd time. 1980 Pitt Panthers was my squad.
My fav college game.
This game is such a gem!
Genesis really raised the bar for most of its games when it come to game play
This is great! I'm so glad a fan is documenting the highlights of this once popular but now forgotten genre : D
I'd love to hear your opinion on the SNES Madden games. Actually, all sports games, hah!
Thank you. The Joe Montana Series Review is next.
@@originalconsolegamer8572 Hype!!
@@madspunky Yessir!
Snes has better graphics and arguably sound but the Genesis has a better cpu. It’s not necessarily inferior hardware.
Yes, with sports games requiring a lot of sprites moving quickly it was easier to get good performance out of the Genesis. A good programmer could manage it on the SNES, but it was harder and more uncommon to pull it off.
@@SeekerLancer SNES can actually display 128 sprites at a time vs 80 on Genesis but a lot of times it came down to SlowROM vs FastROM on SNES. There is seriously something wrong with College Football USA 97 on SNES because that game was on a FastROM chip but it looks about 10fps.
I forgot all about those cards detailing each team. Memories
I was there
You set stainford cardinals not Stanford Cardinal
The SNES is having issues in the first port because it's not built for this type of game. You only get 16kb to control all your sprites, and you can only access the VRAM during a Vblank. Also, just to make things more fun, you can't freely choose the size of your sprites. (You're limited to two sizes from presets, making optimization difficult.)
And that's just the start of the headaches. Example: Many 3rd party games boot the cpu into a slower "compatibility mode" that was intended for NES games and never actually used for that purpose. The reason? The cartridge ROMs were cheaper.
And this is just the surface level stuff I can actually follow as a non-coder.
Hanging around SNES developers, it seems like there's way more going on, but long story short: it's kind of impressive the game turned out as well as it did.
I'm glad they chose the playability over the graphics. And I hope their second year allows them to improve on the engine. (I haven't finished the video yet.)
I just finished the video.
I'm at a loss for words.
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 Yeah I mean the first entry on the SNES was at least playable. The second entry is one of the most broken video games that I have ever seen.
I had no idea as a kid. Why the names were locations. Lol
Stanford Cardinal(S) !?
Yes... I believe I had a slip of the tongue. I apologize!
Hello. I suscribe your channel. Like
*Stanford Cardinal. Not pluralize.
WOW... sorry about that.
Haha. It's all good. Sorry if that came off as pretentious.
@@anthonystarke893 Nah man you are cool. I appreciate being corrected when I make mistakes. It helps me to improve and learn. As long as it's respectful that is, and not just the "Hey you Fing idiot!!!" type of stuff, HAHA!
But, wasn't it plural long ago! I remember the Syracuse Orangemen, for example, changed to the Syracuse Orange. I could have sworn it was the Cardinals plural at one time.
@@skandalmkdaniel3029 No, they were the Stanford Indians before becoming the Cardinal. They are named for the color not the birds. Which is why a tree is a their mascot....or maybe a tree because it's California. Who knows about the tree.
College station!!!!
Ncaa 14 greatest football game ever
Yes it is, but this is what started it all as far as College Football video games
At the height of popularity for that game, I was able to buy ‘13 for $5 and I’m not all that disappointed. I had owned it in the past when it was new, and bought it only to find out there was no more downloading teams 😔
Presentation wise yes. Arguments could be made for 05 through 09 though.
Stanford University is the CARDINAL not the CARDINALS.
Slip of the tongue I apologize.