Beating EVERY N64 Game - NFL Blitz (103/394)

[@PorcupineKline]

“Playing against the computer gets pretty repetitive” runs Dabomb every single play

[@DaFuzZ7]

The reason for the timer on team choice is likely because they just ported it from the arcade, which would want you on a timer to encourage more quarters or so you can't sit there and take up the machine while others are waiting.

[@deadphenome2548]

I would buy a big bag of coins with a friend and sit on tekken all night lol

[@thomasstevenhebert]

@@deadphenome2548primal rage was the optimal game

[@loulou3676]

Obviously but they could have literally just disabled the timer very easily lol

[@Thinh-Nguyen.]

ALRIGHT VIDEO 100 CONGRATS THAB!!! you're my favorite streamer man I hope you can make it through all the N64 games man I'll be watching every video and I mean all of them 😄

[@Bread88w]

That “GAME” at 9:03 lol

[@andreweverett]

I'm loving the face inserts into the box art. That's a great touch

[@AleisterMeowley]

Dude has got Bill Romanowski back there returning punts. The gnarliest, dirtiest, cheapest player in league history. This game rules.

[@chompythebeast]

*Pro tip:* If you throw deep passes, the QB will wind up for the long throw. However, if you jump with *B,* all throws happen _immediately_ when you're in the air. So basically every pass should go *B+A* rather than just *A!* The one possible downside of this is that you're more likely to fumble if you're hit in midair, but because the throw is so fast, that basically never happens!

[@boz4490]

That's what I always do jump and throw. You can use your score in one play

[@IkeSan]

With the thumbnails I wish someone could do like a huge painting of you with every main character you have used on every game as a conmemoration that you did this challenge. Seeing American Football players, pokemon, bomberman, Mahjong tiles, Pachinko, the chibi baseball players, the cars,Superman. It would be funny.

[@alexn5743]

I second this

[@TheElzExperiment]

I’m mad I watched that Broncos and Eagles game like it was a real fucking game, the commentary was elite! 💪🏽🤣😩

[@thunder____]

I absolutely love that you put the same intro blurb in every video in the series, I can't put into words just how much genuine joy I get out of reciting it along with you, word for word. Please don't ever rerecord or omit it, it is perfect the way it is.

[@greenagoo]

and the "What's that?" after the RNG roll

[@collieman4121]

If you want to talk crap to your friends and have absolutely the best back and fourth crazy game ever, this is the game for you. This game never disappoints with a group of people

[@davidt3563]

So many good memories!

[@TheFinalHazard242]

Ya this was a blast to play with friends

[@garylocc8128]

Elways arm is the only thing that keeps him out of my Top 5, and I’m glad this is reflected in Blitz as well. He’s clearly a generational talent with his legs as also seen here

[@Dythatflyguy]

I still remember 5-1-4 UP for infinite turbo and 0-3-2 LEFT for fast turbo running. It would give the CPU the cheat also, but it was better than nothing.

[@talonhamand3904]

I never even noticed the CPU got the chest aswell.

[@mcnamaraky]

Same. Still remember those two fuckin 2 decades later. 514 and 032. I think 032 was infinite acceleration though, but either way it was 10000x than just infinite turbo. Everyone knew infinite turbo too, so if you DIDN'T get that entered on time then you wouldn't have it when your friend would lmao.

[@JAH93]

There was a skating rink our school would take trips to frequently in middle school and they had the arcade version of this game there. Me and my buddy would save all our money and blow it all playing this game the entire day that we were at the skating rink. This game was way too fun and addicting for its own good. Great times...

[@ChadGrindstaff]

At a fiends a long time ago. Played this game for hours trying to beat it. Played the entire season undefeated and the first game of the playoffs got demolished by the rubber banding. Game over. Good times haha

[@DjFIL007]

YUS! Great version of this game, also has a modding community for those wanting updated rosters (including now a 2023 version)!

[@Thabeast721]

Oh wow that’s cool it has a dedicated community to this day

[@fixiegod]

bruh, shadow thab @8:39 saying "I'm so sorry" scared me

[@normanjouett2792]

Bro I would have been deceased if the falcons returned that last kick.

[@turkeyman631]

I played so much Blitz with my brother and friends, holy. I wish there was a company out there that would make an updated Blitz or Slugfest.

[@schmitty9800]

BIGS was a pretty good update to Slugfest. They actually did make a new Blitz in 2012 but they chose Ray Rice to be on the cover...

[@TheDewaltBoy]

The fact that every one has it's own individual commentary about facts and details about the game in general and not just streaming footage slapped together is amazing. Will go down in history once he completes this.

[@pelkariya6660]

« The Atlanta Falcons, and Michael Vick was… - Me: Already organizing dog fights ? - Thab: Still in college » Oh.

[@AHaasW]

I have every Friday off from work and every Friday I sleep in late, wake up and make a coffee and two fried eggs, and watch the latest installment. Its the highlight of my week, keep going man great stuff.

[@thexbigxgreen]

When you get to play Madden 99, I had a trick when playing that game that you could just abuse using the Halfback Pass play and end up winning with 100+ points every time.

[@mlangham179]

Finally! 1080 and NFL Blitz were my favorite games! I also like 007, but those were my favorites.

[@mcfarvo]

The timed team select is an artifact of the arcade cabinet era. Applying time pressure to all steps of the game makes it so that 1) players don't hog the cabinet without feeding more coins and 2) the circumstance where players feed coins, but for whatever reason have to leave during team selection, then the game would proceed and get to game over/back to insert coin to start screen before the next players show up with coins in their pockets!

[@lambiepie6436]

Lol love the sportscaster style for the narration. And every time you say Elway rushes it makes me laugh 😂

[@Tony-iu7sw]

I remember playing constantly against my brother. Everything we would tackle each other we would switch to all the other near by players and tackle as many as possible 😄 or pile up. Good times

[@Shnards]

Hey Thab, love the series! I was thinking for some of these sports games (since they're numerous, repetitive in nature, and not particularly difficult or lengthy) it would be a fun twist to take a heavy underdog team to the championship. Just a thought, keep up the good work ;-)

[@Meow110]

John Elway and the Broncos actually did play the falcons in the '98 superbowl! Nice!

[@gammaphonic]

American Football games were surprisingly popular in the UK in the 90s. Mostly thanks to the early Mega Drive Madden games getting such great reviews. And I loved them. NFL Blitz is such a great game. I had it on the Dreamcast and playing with three friends was among the most fun I’ve ever had with video games.

[@oliverupload]

The CPU is a bit tougher on hard and disallows easy QB runs, but I believe the screen pass play could exploit the opponent by hitting the receiver on a screen pass and then throwing down field to another open receiver or instead running to the open field after the screen pass. When I was in elementary school I played this with my best friend and he exploited this tactic every game, and I couldn’t win until I started either knocking down his deep route receiver on the scrimmage line and blitzing his receivers rather than the qb.. then he couldn’t win and rage quit. :)

[@chompythebeast]

Yeah, once you learn to just go hard on the Pass Interference, and once you get good as switching players, it gets crazy. The game will automatically switch to the defender nearest the receiver when the ball is in the air, so if you're close, you just switch and immediately dive tackle them

[@deadphenome2548]

Having a timer in arcades means games going faster and having an estimated time between each coin to calculate income of the arcade machine. Just doest makes sense to keep timers in the n64 version

[@LINKISDEAD]

can we take a second to appreciate thabs thumbnails. like the last one forsaken was pure GOLD LOL thabs awesome! This game was SUPER fun playing with friends... if i can remember, broncos and packers were the best teams on this one

[@matthewkoveleski9131]

You missed some good strats with this game. If you complete a pass to the same player three times in a row or get 3 tackles for a loss in a row you go on fire and have unlimited turbo. Also after a touchdown if you hold down Z, B and A it does an onside kick and it’s not too hard to get the ball right back.

[@homer3189]

That is only in Blitz 2000

[@tysheinin8733]

As a Browns fan, I will now be forever calling them the Cincinnati "Dingles" 7:26

[@caseyp5665]

Loved this in the arcade, and loved your commentary, for a competitive mario player, you make one hell of a commentator. A+, good show, two enthusiastic thumbs up 👍👍

[@3DSage]

Congrats on 100k subscribers!! 👍

[@adamstratton683]

One of my fav games to play with my buddies back in the day. Also great commentary dude!!!

[@zxcbvnm90]

I can't believe you also settled on "Da Bomb" as the best play in the game....... And even more crazy that you came to that conclusion using it to RUN THE BALL! I run Da Bomb constantly against the CPU but always go for the hailmary pass. Only running the ball when forced. Crazy it's so OP that you can run only that play as strictly a rushing or passing play and still come out on top.

[@giantryan660]

Announcer Thab is an awesome voiceover style. Love it!

[@yolorodriguez4794]

I remember being gifted this game by my sister's boyfriend. He was definitely trying to get in good with the family. I also remember doing my best to find the fun in this game but ultimately I never liked sports games, still don't. Though I admit I did manage to enjoy a couple afternoons with the other boys because I owned it.

[@DamienCooley]

Hold on, I'm confused. How many of the N64 games are you playing? I'm sure it can't be all of them, that would be crazy.

[@chrischickering1959]

He means all of them

[@josefbecher4790]

Its not hyperbole

[@unavoidablycanadian397]

Omg, what a tease. Great series. This does look like a good arcade game.

[@sneezyzombie8010]

there was a time limit because this was originally an arcade game and thye didnt want people taking too long and creating a line

[@Ancient_West]

First thing I check when you post a video is the length of the video. Some games are so basic that I can't believe you could stretch it out to 11 minutes.... this was one of those times. But you did a good job doing it.

[@Hangnailer47]

I just came across your other channel to realize you have already knocked out so many games and this channel is 4-5 months behind! You have been putting in work and never even knew it.

[@mcnamaraky]

I always loved how when you were playing with a friend, not only would everyone always have infinite turbo, but also there would be about a billion hits after the play is down in the background lol. Would always just keep going until the screen changed.

[@Reynar7]

Okay but when Denver picks up Lamar Jackson in Free Agency and the Offensive Coordinator just calls Da Bomb every play next season I am blaming you. LMAO

[@_topikk_]

The time limit to choose a team was a feature required for the arcade version to speed up the time between quarter drops. Not removing it from the console port was a really odd choice though.

[@legofan6559]

Great now I am caught up with the videos, now I have to be tortured by waiting for your next videos, I heard about this on one of those weird gaming story videos and I thought it would be great to check out even if I never even played an N64 game. This is so cool keep it up you are making an archive of one of the most important consoles in history

[@BobbyMiller64]

I played a later version of this on Dreamcast. I exploited how, in it, you could easily pass the ball down the entire field. :)

[@dasdiesel3000]

Was nice to see the SAINT *FLIPPING* LOUIS Rams out there towards the end of the video instead of the soulless, fan-less, LA version that gets outnumbered in fans during a HOME FIELD SUPER BOWL!

[@workingclown]

I've always hated sports games, but this one is just so bonkers that it was an everyday event at our afterschool gathering at good ole' R-Doobey's house.

[@PuppetMasterIX]

Glad that the first football game of the challenge is from by far the best football series on the console. There are few things more satisfying than dogpiling most of your team onto a poor, unfortunate soul during the end-of-quarter transition. I'm still bummed about the 2012 reboot, where the NFL had them get rid of late hits - _inexcusable._

[@JasonEmerson711]

The Notre Dame pile-on is definitely one of my favorite features of this game. The late hits is what made this game enjoyable.

[@HalTuberman]

131... so close... but considering the game Thab got.... so very, very, VERY far away!

[@moreheadkidd]

I got speedrun world records in this game! My favorite game of all time!

[@moreheadkidd]

@ThaBeast721__ awesome to hear! Thank you!

[@ASMRPeople]

I appreciate the amount of work that go into these videos. A long stream, editing, script & narration.

[@bananieldiamonds1921]

i love the blitz games. best football games ever made. blitz 2000 was what i had as a child

[@Goliath32114]

If you don't already know Tim Kitzerow is the announcer. He announced in a lot of the arcade style sports titles.

[@yommmrr]

The nothing more "late 90s gaming" than rubber banding. It makes some games unenjoyable but it was a necessary evil for single kid families and the like.

[@laurenloertscher1319]

I know little about video games and less about sports, but I really enjoyed this for some reason

[@DharmaScienceRadio]

One of my all time favorite sports games, with like... SSX Tricky, NFL Street, and Mario Tennis right up there with it.....

[@duhbuhl6546]

Waiting for Hybrid Heaven. Weird as hell, but very ambitious. Good memories as a kid having to restart the whole game over again and again because I didn't have a memory pack to save my game, lol.

[@tximinoman]

So Ocarina is on the list and can be randomly selected. I don't know why I thought it was one of those games you were reserving for the end (is it just one game or is it more than one)

[@Thabeast721]

Just Mario 64 for last, and a Japanese visual novel game called yokouchuu 64 or something like that. There’s an English patch being worked on for it, and it’s pretty unplayable without knowing Japanese

[@PuppetMasterIX]

I noticed the Zelda games weren't on the list for a while at one point. I don't know why, though.

[@pauls4522]

This game was a college dorm favorite in the late 2000s. The n64 version too!

[@devinand1fosho]

The time limit on the team selection is something left over from the Arcade version, because normally you need a time limit there.

[@StayGoldWV]

This is a great series, thanks for taking on the challenge for out entertainment!

[@KennethC420]

great job as always man. I've been enjoying the series!

[@mrgonzale0978]

NFL blitz was my game. I even love blitz the league.

[@asymptoticspatula]

Man I'm looking forward to a non-sports, non-racing, GOOD N64 game. It was such a tease almost getting Zelda at the end (although with a random number generator there is nothing close about it I guess)

[@HonkeyKong54]

Ur high as f blitz is an amazing game

[@asymptoticspatula]

@@HonkeyKong54 It's good, I didn't mean to imply that it was bad. There are just SO MANY sports and racing games and I look forward to the other ones.

[@codebluepizza5796]

That commentary on the Eagles game was golden!

[@InternetLad]

I would not have picked thab for a football fan but he clearly knows his stuff

[@ARusso1192]

The goat football game

[@shilluba]

After discovering this challenge about 2 months ago, i finally watched all episodes! And i mean all of them. Tbh when I first heard of it I thought it was a fun idea but also was scared thinking "i hope the guy playing isn't just an annoying streamer", fortunately, Thab is a cool guy, i'm really enjoying it! One game I'm particularly waiting to see is Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, it was one of my favorites back in the day. Keep up the good work!

[@thejabberwalker]

HAha the Cincinnati "Dingles!" I knew you were a secret sports fan

[@matthewelliott2213]

Another all-time N64 classic! Thumbs up as always!

[@alexhydell3608]

Keep it up bro! I'm trying to like and comment on all your videos. It is a noble cause! You're flying through them like a champ

[@johnnychamberlain8204]

Love your work man keep up the great content

[@debatman]

Thanks ! i love this series.

[@manaboutsound]

Really enjoying this series thanks for doing it.

[@jeremyrafuse5330]

The only way you can onside kick is if you do the extra point though. Gotta think of strategy. Onside kicks in this game ALWAYS yielded a fumble frenzy and a good chance of getting the ball back.

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

I played NFL Blitz 20-02 on PlayStation 2 and it was equally amazing as this. Great memories.

[@williamjoseph4829]

Have fun with the Egyptian on 007 mode, also whale bay silver coin challenge adventure2

[@bryanvickers]

Loved this game. Wasn't there also a mode where you could draw up custom plays and run them?

[@nickschumacher5147]

I remember that on a Blitz game I had for Dreamcast. You could save them to the little pack in the controller

[@T1J]

been waiting for this one!

[@tupatshakurtis5195]

I always picked the broncos too! Them and greenbay had the best stats lol.

[@blakecarter6610]

When it asks for your name if you input Skull or Brain it turns your head into that. Brain is a brain but you can see the eyeballs too. Just a side note

[@DM-qd7gw]

Thab is such a legend

[@ELECTRICMESSIAH420]

I wasn’t and still aren’t a football fan really but I had this game as a kid and I absolutely loved it lol

[@kurtdewittphoto]

I would rent this on occasion, and each time I did, I made sure to invite my best friends over. Lots of fun and laughs playing this one.

[@theblindswordsmanDS]

I'm so happy that you chose the broncos for this challenge that is my team!

[@chompythebeast]

As a Seattle fan, well, here's hoping things improve for Russ next year

[@theblindswordsmanDS]

@@chompythebeast I hope so.

[@camhabibi2217]

Love love love the NFL Blitz series. I still play it on emulator.

[@ickybobclay26]

Glad the beast knows to always go for 2 on nfl blitz

[@bradleyjones328]

lots of 90's kids fondly remember those cheerleaders I am sure.

[@bneyens]

Thank you for choosing Broncos. That was my team when I played this game back in the day.

[@toshiroyamada2443]

Can safely say this is the first time I've heard of this game and I did go to arcades with my mum during the early 2000s.

[@skakirask]

When I played this game back in the day, I had no idea how the rules of football worked, so I just threw Hail Marys on first down and body slammed players.

[@gerardomata5042]

I could never forget my cousin going 70 yards laughing and making fun of me thinking he was going to score but he fumbled at the 1 and I ran it back to the house

[@andrewhaffner5304]

Killing the thumbnails lately!!!

[@Mario-qj7fo]

I'm not too upset about missing the cutscenes with the cheerleaders tbh

[@bellamafiaquackafellarecor7770]

It’s literally just a picture of an animated cheerleader and football player in full pads, sitting on a bench. That’s it lol