''NFL GameDay'' is a series of

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video games for the

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and

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video game consoles. ''NFL GameDay'' directly competed with

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' ''

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'' Football and

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's NFL 2K franchises. The ''NFL GameDay'' series began with ''NFL GameDay'' released for the 1995–96 NFL season and ended with ''NFL GameDay 2005'' following EA's acquisition of exclusive NFL licensing. The games were designed by

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(originally Sony Interactive Studios America) throughout their ten-year duration.

Games

''NFL GameDay''

''NFL GameDay'' is the first video game in the ''NFL GameDay'' series. It was released in 1995 on the PlayStation by Sony Interactive Studios America as a competitor to the Madden football game series. Its cover athlete is

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. The game makes use of

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for its animations.

''NFL GameDay '97''

''NFL GameDay '97'' is the second video game in the NFL GameDay series. It was released on November 30, 1996 on the PlayStation by Sony Interactive Studios America. On the cover is Daryl Johnston. ''Gameday 97'' includes new options & features like season-ending injuries, a full-fledged draft, more statistics, and the ability to create players. It features all 30 NFL teams (1,500

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players) and modeled stadiums, including real NFL uniforms with real logos and numbers. Motion capture was again used, with Tim Brown being the motion capture actor. In order to avoid a common complaint against competitor ''Madden NFL'' - that the A.I. can consistently be beaten with a specific play - the developers hired a full-time game tester whose job was specifically to find such plays and report them so that a counter could be developed.

''NFL GameDay 98''

NFL GameDay 98 is the third video game in the NFL GameDay series. It was released July 31, 1997 on the PlayStation by Sony Interactive Studios America. On the cover is Jerome Bettis. It was the first football video game to feature 3D polygonal graphics; it took longer for football games to adopt fully polygonal graphics than other genres because their large number of players and requisite fast pace made it difficult to do so at a reasonable

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''NFL GameDay 99''

''NFL GameDay 99'' is the fourth game in the ''NFL GameDay'' series. It was released July 31, 1998 on the PlayStation, and August 31, 1998 on the PC, both by

. On the cover is

Terrell Davis Terrell Lamar Davis (born October 28, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 to 2001. He is the Broncos all-time leading rusher and ...

''NFL GameDay 2000''

''NFL GameDay 2000'' is the fifth video game in the ''NFL GameDay'' series. It was released July 31, 1999 on the PlayStation by 989 Sports. On the cover is Terrell Davis.

''NFL GameDay 2001''

''NFL GameDay 2001'' is the sixth video game in the ''NFL GameDay'' series, and the first to be released on the

. It was released October 30, 2000 on the PlayStation, and November 20, 2000 on the PlayStation 2, both by 989 Sports. On the cover is

Marshall Faulk Marshall William Faulk (born February 26, 1973) is an American former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams. He is widely regarded as one of the gre ...

''NFL GameDay 2002''

''NFL GameDay 2002'' is the seventh video game in the ''NFL GameDay'' series. It was released August 6, 2001 on the PlayStation, and December 4, 2001 on the PlayStation 2, both by 989 Sports. On the cover is

Donovan McNabb Donovan Jamal McNabb (born November 25, 1976) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles. Before his NFL career, he played football and ...

''NFL GameDay 2003''

''NFL GameDay 2003'' is the eighth video game in the ''NFL GameDay'' series. It was released August 13, 2002 on the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, both by 989 Sports. On the cover is

Tom Brady Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots organization, with which ...

''NFL GameDay 2004''

''NFL GameDay 2004'' is the ninth video game in the ''NFL GameDay'' series. It was released in 2003 on the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, both by 989 Sports. On the cover is

LaDainian Tomlinson LaDainian Tarshane Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979) is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. After a successful college career with the TCU Horned Frogs, the San Diego Chargers se ...

''NFL GameDay 2005''

''NFL GameDay 2005'' is the tenth and final game in the ''NFL GameDay'' series, and unlike the last few GameDay video games, it is only available on the PlayStation console, and not on the PlayStation 2. It was released on August 1, 2004. On the cover is

Derrick Brooks Derrick Dewan Brooks (born April 18, 1973) is an American former football outside linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brooks played college football at Florida State, whe ...

. It was the last first-party (Sony) game published for the PlayStation though there were sporadic official releases in 2005 and 2006 by others.

References

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