''NFL '95'' is the sixth

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in the ''Joe Montana Football''/''NFL'' series. It is the last

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football game to feature

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. Its sequel, '' Prime Time NFL Football'', featured

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Summary

This video game is similar to the previous, ''

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'', except in this version, there is no play by play commentary. The rosters of the NFL teams are updated to reflect the

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, and there are more plays for the player's football team to perform on offense and

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. Once again,

appears on the title screen. Despite the updated rosters, the game is notable in that it still had Deion Sanders as a member of the

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instead of the

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, with whom Sanders signed as a free agent during the offseason. The 49ers went on to win

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in Sanders' only season with the team before signing with the rival

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the following offseason. The game featured free agency (which was introduced to the NFL a year prior to this game's release) and varied in-game music. The game was followed by similar releases, '' Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders'', '' NFL '97'' and '' NFL 98''.

Reception

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s two sports game reviewers both hailed the game as potentially "the best football game of the year", citing new features such as the option to control the receiver. They gave it scores of 87% and 92%. ''

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'' hailed it as a strong contender with '' Madden '95'' for the title of the Genesis's best football game, citing the use of both real teams and contemporary player rosters, the updating of stats during gameplay, and the realistically balanced gameplay. They concluded that while ''Madden '95'' is better for quick games and arcade style-play, ''NFL '95'' is the more realistic and detail-oriented game. ''

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'' reviewed the Genesis version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "EA's ''John Madden Football'' still plays faster and harder, but the realism of ''NFL '95'' makes the slightly slower gameplay tolerable and leaves ''NFL '95'' a football fan must."

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