The Last NFL GameDay

NFL GameDay 2005 was the last NFL GameDay title, and surprisingly, it only released for the PlayStation 1 and not the PS2. It's a hidden gem, and a throwback to the late '90s when Sony's GameDay was the best NFL game you could buy.
#retrospective #SOFTDRINKTV #game #review #sdtv

[@vengeance1701]

NFL GameDay was amazing. The intros were amazingly hype. I loved them.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Agreed. Shame that intros in NFL 23 put players into eternal slumber way before the action.

[@BlaytonCixby]

Miss variety in NFL games

[@robertriojas2639]

For real! We had game day madden and nfl 2K games, even blitz and it was great! Just like nba 2K and nba live and Kobe’s game and other kinda basketball games in the early years

[@AlanFormula12022]

True. PS1 and 2 NFL games have tons of variety more than PS4 and 5 NFL games.

[@noneoftheabove101]

Respect for the consistency and the quality. Best gaming channel under 200K subs!

[@SOFTDRINKTV]

I really appreciate that!

[@dfoster004]

💪🏿 as the kids would say….fax😂

[@SpecterRust11]

🔥🔥

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@SOFTDRINKTVsuch a shame that not even MADDEN NFL from 13 to 23 can match NFL GAMEDAY 2005 PS1 and all PS1 NFL games. Such a shame.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@SpecterRust11as everyone was saying. LOL.😂

[@tavius88]

Man I remember renting NFL Gameday from Blockbuster on my PlayStation 😢 good times

[@SpecterRust11]

Yup!

[@purwantiallan5089]

Now i am about to buy it later.

[@armenican2545]

I miss blockbuster 😭

[@edwardjr9232]

Indeed😢🫡💯

[@AlanFormula12022]

NFL Gameday 2005 PS1 and NFL 2005 PS1 are equally underrated.

[@joseph23ification]

989 also made college football video game series called NCAA GameBreaker with 2004 being the last college football video game to compete with the more popular EA NCAA Football series it is worth checking out or making a retrospective on this game.

[@bbryant9455]

Hell yeah 💯 good times good times. They also made the NCAA final four series to compete with the ea march madness games. Final four was actually not bad imo

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@bbryant9455NCAA Final Four PS1 still better than all EA SPORTS games from 2020 to 2023.

[@jinkazuya22]

This a throwback frfr. I remember one time i was playing against my cousin in the rain on NFL gameday and lightning struck when i got tackled and my person fumbled smh 😂😂

[@iiTsFaded_]

My aunt had nfl gameday 98 on the ps1 and it was one of my favorite nfl games

[@AlanFormula12022]

Same. NFL GAMEDAY 1998 revolutionized the game entirely.

[@1manarmy_]

Man you unlocked some memories with this one! Keep the videos coming!!

[@purwantiallan5089]

No doubt.

[@bmoreboy8865]

Bro you're in your bag with these drops. This the one I was waiting for

[@purwantiallan5089]

Agree.

[@mikewozawski1634]

I still have my psone "slim" lol love that bad boy got it for my birthday at a roller rink. Life was good

[@CloudyWithAChanceOf5thPlace]

NFL GameDay 2001 was my first football game I owned as a kid... I was horrible, it was hard, I'd give up every time... Till I used the Ravens once and ran HB Sweeps with Jamal Lewis all game long with major success and had a blast! RIP GameDay, you'll be forever implanted in my childhood memories

[@Nilbogllat]

It was incredibly hard. Made me rage

[@JustinTyme116]

I was getting ready to eat & I saw this video on my notifications. I had never even heard of Road To Sunday. The story for the game sounds insane!

[@Jhoffa22_]

Gameday 95 was classic, I remember on BIG hits in the rain a lightning strike would happen at the exact moment... *Classic Game* .. 💯

[@MartySupreme]

NFL Gameday and NBA Shootout 2004 holds a special place in my heart to this day still 😩

[@purwantiallan5089]

Me too, despite NBA SHOOTOUT 2004 still bizarrely reviewed by Metacritic.

[@Amp5150]

my friends and I played SO MUCH gameday 98 on playstation. man those were good times.

[@ThaMizphit74]

Thanks for having the original aspect ratio in this one.

[@mjf2891]

Loving the consistent output of videos. Appreciate your work.

[@FLIP205]

Man U the Goat bringing back all my Childhood memories 😢

[@Brazil144hopeful]

I remember running the ball then watching my man limp down the field because they catch a cramp in the middle of the play 🤣

[@KingGamezz87]

Loved this brotha! My first GameDay and football game overall was GameDay 98. I still have it, these were better times my friend.

[@jduke93]

I remember getting game day 2004 with LT on the cover and I loved that game

[@maple.leaves.]

Love your videos and I think you're doing important work chronicling old sports games, which as you've noted in the past are understudied from a historical lens. Would like to see and hear more raw footage of the games (e.g. showing off the how the hushing of the crowd by home/away QBs sounds) -- I think it'd help illustrate what you're seeing when you study these games!

[@football1712]

The PS2 were also good. I have both 04 gameday and 05 gameday for PS1. They are underrated and awesome. Just wished they continued it. Underrated studio. RIP 989 sports

[@nobodynobody7452]

Awesome video. Love reminiscing on some of these old titles. The juke move down the sideline in '99 GameDay was unstoppable!!

[@AlBeQuirky]

GameDay '98 and '99 were my favorite of the Franchise. First officially licensed NFL games I played. Never played Madden until 6th gen era. There are a lot of great memories playing a lot of these older NFL Franchises. GameDay, NFL QB CLUB, Blitz, 2K, and Madden, one of the last NFL Franchises I tried out, along with Fever, were so much fun playing and many enjoyable memories. Man, competition back then was a lifetime ago. Certainly doesn't feel like it was in this lifetime. Never did play GameDay 2005. Not sure I've ever seen a copy and it was several years after that I realized it was developed and released only for the OG Playstation. Would be awesome to have this competition again, but have it where gameplay matter and was enjoyable, not broken, was deep in game modes and wasn't stuck like today's microtransactions and gambling like implements. All Pro Football 2K8 is currently my focus on football games and gaming in general

[@J.E.T.Lee16]

Thank you for this golden nugget from my childhood 😌 And being able to play with injuries was *chefs kiss*

[@TheVirtualSportsNetwork]

I was unaware this one existed. Never heard of Road to Sunday either. It's a shame Sony didn't keep the football games coming, even without the NFL rights.

[@purwantiallan5089]

NFL 23 < NFL GAMEDAY 1995 to 2005.

[@bjnt922]

Gameday was the main reason I wanted a PS1 over an N64 back in the late nineties.

[@JordanJMyers]

Gameday 99. Juke,juke,juke pull hammy touchdown lol

[@GridironMasters98]

I streamed a whole season of franchise mode. Ill definitely be going back to it sometime.

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

Like you said, pretty crazy to see eli manning in ps1 graphics lol. I never had the gameday games as a kid, but picked up both '99 and ncaa gamebreaker '01 a few yrs ago. Fun titles.

[@texastwostepgaming]

I beat my step dads 1st sergeant in 1998 on Gameday as a 10 year old... Never seen a man as proud of me as that moment

[@thebipolarbear1]

Love you're content bro great stuff as usual

[@Joshua-uw7wm]

Honestly the nflpa has all the ability to bring an end to Madden having the only contract because it limits their individual ability to make money. As if there was multiple games to be a multiple NFL stars getting paid to be a part of each game

[@purwantiallan5089]

NFL Gameday 2005 miles above even FIFA 23.

[@SoftBank47]

The NFLPA is the most spineless, servile players’ union in professional sports today.

[@demetriusjohnson2240]

Game day 98 will always be my favorite memory of playing this game with my brothers cousins man we went hard on this game

[@Bigfitz2]

I used to love gameday and nba shootout

[@DreTheCoolest]

I miss the days of having options when it came to sports games

[@jaheimmoultrie7584]

same.

[@Thomas-z4o6m]

Same

[@axton5762]

GameDay was fun back in the day. When you just wanted to take a break from Madden try something different. I remember the juke move was so OP in this game.

[@bmoreboy8865]

OMG it was so op. Especially when using Jerome Bettis

[@capitalcustoms6848]

As always.. Great job!!

[@Da_Humble_Life]

Was 1 of my favorite games cant lie

[@bobigghhb3]

989 Studios was giving EA Sports a hard time for a minute back in the day

[@Akumaa2000]

NFL Gameday was my football game back in the day before NFL2K5, the thing I loved most about Gameday is when you made a ferocious hit the screen would flash white with lightning and you’d hear a loud ass crackle of thunder at the same time……when I first saw that happen I startled the hell out of me…..😂😂

[@jmarie1202]

Keep up the amazing work my brother 👂🏿🙏🏿💯🧠💖💕🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Thederanged1]

I think the reason Road to Sunday was canceled was because Blitz The League came out before the could finish it.

[@jeffsan4996]

2:14 in today's society, that would be impossible because social media would of found out about the PS4 release 😂

[@videogamevibes7]

Hell yes! Pumping out the videos!

[@MrEOM41]

I remember Gameday being a big deal for 3 yrs in the late 90s … good times 🏈

[@purwantiallan5089]

For me since 1997.

[@MarqueePCGaming]

Nice vid bro!

[@FidoArtz]

Road to Sunday would of been competition to blitz the league, because not only would be arcadey but also have rpg elements that would keep the game fresh. if the game also had a season mode or even a non-story based franchise mode, it would have also blew blitz the league out of the water as a rpg simcade game with a blitz the league style storyline. sadly that never happened and it would still be cool to have something like that even indie. because the way i see it now. triple A sports games have been baring the sanitized image of major sport leagues of our favorite sports and its slowly killing the sports games landscape. thats why nowadays people are moving towards indie titles.

[@emoo.182]

Another great video!!

[@SueloTheChild]

I have nfl game day 97 and 98 and 99 and 2000 and 2001 on the ps1.

[@JAKEATO]

Looking some player tackles seen more animation accurate than the magic animations of the recent maddens. Pardon my English.

[@simiwade7773]

I miss nfl gameday i had 2000 it was fun i didnt get gameday 4 ps2 tbh i missed it

[@MoveInSilence23]

989 sports was awesome

[@guiitarfreak_]

I used to play 2005 on my old phone. Good times

[@benienterprises]

Never knew this existed. I thought GameDay 2004 was the last NFL GameDay title.

[@SamboTron3000]

Wow classic! Keep up the content! Would you do any of the march madness games?

[@emptytablegaming]

The music gives a sad nostalgia feeling it’s kinda hard to explain but it’s dope

[@brandonone239]

GameDay 98 was my first game on ps1..To be 9 years old again😢

[@hortanokilli7608]

NFL GameDay and NCAA GameBreaker were fantastic games. They had the same gameplay so you could play both if you played one. I believe you could even save players from GameBreaker and put them on your memory card and add them to GameDay. Incredible games, they are really missed!

[@dannynhl9441]

Seeing Jaromir Jagr in NHL 1991 on Sega Genesis makes me feel old since he still playing hockey today

[@CharmCityGamer]

I got all hyped to look for Road To Sunday, and then you mentioned it was cancelled. High, then low in seconds.

[@mazadorlord108]

I grew up playing Gameday 2003 before I ever tried Madden. Such a great game.

[@antagonisstic]

Road to Sunday sounds like it would have been an amazing story and Football game to play. Will never see anything with that kind of story now days.

[@generalshadow9027]

I have a Ps1 and immediately bought this game. I love it too death

[@DannyP-dm1pw]

If anyone really wants to feel old. Jaromir Jagr is 51 still playing pro hockey overseas and he was in the original EA NHL Hockey on Sega Genesis that came out in 1991.

[@dariusbaja21]

Road to Sunday: Blitz meets Vendetta

[@FrankAZHP]

Great vid as usual. Back then I felt 989 ruined the series as the first two were solid before a drop in quality. Long time ago now.

[@patricknugent6159]

989 had some good college games

[@jeffanderson3962]

GameDay '98 was the first NFL game I ever owned (though I played previous Maddens on friends' consoles) I feel like I remember Road to Sunday's hype on GameSpot etc. but might be convoluting that with Blitz the League

[@dfoster004]

My guy💪🏿

[@tonydominic7810]

Rented this from blockbuster growing up 😭 such a terrible game ... Keep it up my guy 🙏🙏💪💪

[@martinalther6661]

NFL Gameday 98 still holds up very well IMO. I would love to see it modded with modern rosters and teams.

[@nnamdixrevolutionary8883]

It was the college football game and Gameday that 989 Sports drop both those games was the most underrated game ever game day in College GameDay was the two sweetest games people slip on those games especially College GameDay

[@diondupreejr4941]

Boy I had so many game winning drives on game day it's crazy 👌👌🤝 clutch don't leave a minute on that clock in the 4th enough time for me to score 🏈👌🤝

[@marinosgoat9208]

man the Gameday games were great, the Gamebreaker was the best ever imo my cousin Rodney Williams was a Wildcat AZ at the time and good in that game

[@PEANUTBUTTERNINJA]

GameDay was my favorite football game.

[@waltergill1226]

When the ps2 dropped, I remember NFL 2K3 took over being neck and neck with Madden. GameDay didn't stand a chance

[@ElGaby323]

I miss the commercials with the guy saying "989 sports". Good times.

[@Zero-is-infinite]

madden 05 also came out on the psx, it didnt have hit stick BUT helmets did come off. had to be tough to go against that.

[@Coachmoose330]

NFL GAMEDAY WAS ELITE!! GAMEDAY WAS SMOKING MADDEN BACK IN THE DAY

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

Imagine if NFL Gameday 2005 had released for PS2, it probably wouldn't be that much different from 2004 other than just being a roster update, one could dream that a prototype PS2 build of Gameday 2005 is out there somewhere. (1:11, 1:51, 3:21, 8:33, 9:44)

[@d_upnxt]

Hey softdrink tv i been watching your mini documentaries since quarantine and i love them i just wanted to ask if you could make a retrospective video on every madden on the ps3 until madden 25

[@teedotfoster]

I was in high school in 98. Me and my friends played game day all the time. No played madden at that time

[@williamenright1129]

GameDay 03 was my favorite. It is still better than any Madden game I've played

[@JD-kj4be]

Grew up with tecmo bowl, John Madden football, Joe Montana football the real ogs

[@dylanandrich1949]

When he says 2005 is similar to previous titles... Its as similar as 99 gameplay. It never changed in 6 years for those that hate madden for never changing.

[@FG_Plays16]

You can still play it on PS2 and PS3 through backwards compatibility

[@boodeesparx1192]

or emulate it on ur fone

[@KVZY713]

Yup I used to play NFL Gameday more than madden on the PS1.

[@bmoreboy8865]

Are you still going to do the NBA shootout series? I'd love to see you breakdown the history and talk about how flooded the NBA gaming scene was in 97-98.. I was a kid and had 4 basketball games that year 😁. It was a time where shootout was direct rivals with NBA LIVE... Great times

[@luckylag360]

Road to Sunday was going to be apart of the rebranding of 989 to San Diego studios. Much like MLB 2006 (2005) vs MLB 06 The Show.

[@anthonyjefferson3941]

NFL GameDay 99 for the original PlaySation you get to play the past Superbowl games

[@Fender178]

Heh being able to play Ben Roethlisberger on the PS1 is very dope.

[@Tolan04]

I used to play gameday at my local K-Mart good times

[@jimmyjay689]

I was a gameday guy from 1996-2000..then switched to 2k

[@golem6494]

I really hope that Sony get the rights to USFL or XFL or just make a football video games , I mean looks at there MLB the show is doing a great job and making them so money

[@DrewMarino1995]

First NFL series i ever played , before Madden

[@Jay-dl5sg]

I’m going to be honest if todays madden ever had a feature where it’s explained as “when you run the ball you press X when engaged by a defender and the game decides the move for you” I swear the community would be in a complete uproar.

[@bradydicarlo9143]

Great video! BTW, would you ever do one on Madden 2005 for the PS1?

[@boodeesparx1192]

I know u damn lyin, madden 05 was on ps1? 🤯 lol Edit: jus Googled it, wow lol

[@KColleyTV]

It would be amazing if Sony would make a cross-platform football game. I was never a huge fan of their basketball model, but their football games, I felt, were just a year or two away from blowing up. It was a shame they bowed out when they did but it was understandable. If they even made a game based off of NFL and/or NCAA legends, maybe doing something similar to APF 2K8 but with a franchise mode and between 30-50 CAPs, the game would sell in buckets.