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Last night, I had the chance to do not one, not two, but three different CPU vs. CPU games in NFL '98 for the Genesis. Going back over the notes, I feel as though I've been transported back to 1996, as I see the names of players who are all retired, and in some cases deceased. Some of them are now in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, forever enshrined in Canton. NFL '98 may not have had the best roster of a Genesis football game, but it is still stacked from top to bottom with legends. My first decision was to have the Washington Redskins face the New York Giants. Gus Frerotte got the Redskins on the board first, throwing a four-yard touchdown to Terry Allen deep in Giants territory to put them up 7-0 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Rodney Hampton scored a fifty-three-yard rushing touchdown to tie the game at seven apiece. The score remained tied at overtime, but Gus Frerotte again helped his team by throwing a beauty of a pass to James Jenkins, connecting with him on a twenty-eight-yard touchdown to put the Skins up 14-7 in the third quarter. A 23-yard Scott Blanton field goal served as the finishing blow in the fourth as the Redskins won the game 17-7, with defensive lineman Rich Owens being named MVP after sacking Dave Brown three times. Afterwards, I decided to have the Redskins make a road trip to Mile High Stadium, to face the Broncos--fresh off earning the #1 seed in the AFC for the 1996 season, and soon to win two consecutive Super Bowls--in an AFC vs. NFC showdown. Having scored the last points of the previous game, Scott Blanton would score the first of this one, making a thirty-two-yard field goal in the first quarter to put the Redskins up 3-0. The second quarter was where things got a bit more interesting, as Blanton attempted a fifty-five-yard field goal. He got surprisingly close to making it, only for it to bounce off the uprights and fall incomplete. John Mobley of the Broncos suffered an injury following a Ray Crockett tackle on another player, ending up with a slight concussion. John Elway, late in the second, orchestrated a vintage Elway drive with two big passes to Willie Green, culminating in a twenty-four-yard touchdown pass to running back Howard Griffith to put Denver up 7-3. That score held until the fourth quarter, when Jason Elam got on the board with a forty-yard field goal that added to Denver's lead. Ultimately, Denver won the game 10-3, with Alfred Williams being named MVP, having produced six tackles and sacked Gus Frerotte twice. Then curiosity struck once more, as I decided to stage one more game. This time, the Broncos, playing once again in front of a capacity crowd at Mile High Stadium, faced the San Francisco 49ers. On paper, it should have been a classic, but it turned out to be a sleeper in more than one sense. Early on, John Elway--who hadn't thrown a single pick against Washington--threw an interception to Chris Doleman that ultimately set up a forty-eight-yard field goal try for Gary Anderson, who missed. Gary would get on the board in the third quarter, making a twenty-five-yard field goal to put San Francisco up 3-0. Jason Elam tried to tie the game in the fourth but his forty-three-yard try proved unsuccessful. The 49ers had beaten the Broncos at Mile High. In real life, it had been more than twenty years since San Francisco had gone to Denver and won, with the 49ers' last away win over the Broncos occurring on September 23, 1973, when they won 36-34. It took thirty-three years, but the 49ers finally ended this drought on December 31, 2006; on the final day of the season, having already been eliminated from playoff contention, having lost four of their last five and entering the game as ten-point underdogs, they stunned the Broncos 26-23 in overtime, in the process ending Denver's chances of playing January football as they needed to win that game to advance to the postseason. A monumental upset, to say the least. Taking a break from NFL '98 for a bit, I began to reflect on some of my favorite Genesis games once again. What had seemed like an eternal 'sure thing' with Madden '92 began to not seem so 'sure.' While there is no doubt in my mind that Madden '92 has the best roster of any game in the series that doesn't feature historic teams, it is hard to deny Madden '93. The 1991 NFL roster is immortalized in that game, and though it is not quite as stacked as the 1990 roster that is also featured in the NES mega hit Tecmo Super Bowl, it does contain a lot of great players, including the entire championship roster for the '91 Redskins who some still regard as not only the greatest team in franchise history, but the greatest team to ever win a Super Bowl in NFL history. They were every bit the equal of the 1972 Dolphins, despite not going undefeated. Speaking of the 1972 Dolphins, they are in Madden '93. All the player numbers are correct, all the stats are accurate. This game came out a year before EA had the NFL license, so they were still using city names. It came out two years before they had the NFLPA license, so the names of the players are never shown. But you know exactly what team it is from the moment you see that glorious aqua and orange. Not only are the 1972 Dolphins in the game, they're joined by seven other championship teams: the 1976 Raiders (with whom Madden won his sole Lombardi), the 1977 "Doomsday" Dallas Cowboys, the 1978 Steelers, the 1982 Redskins (pit them against the then-present-day Redskins for a true dream match!), the 1984 49ers and 1985 Bears (the first two teams in NFL history to go 15-1 in the regular season, both Super Bowl champions by the season's conclusion), and the 1986 Giants (anchored by the fearsome Lawrence Taylor, the last defensive player to win NFL MVP). That alone gives Madden '93 the title of best roster in Madden history, but then you add two All-Madden teams (one with the best players of the '91 season combined to form a dream team, and the "Madden Greats," the players who in Madden's own estimation were the greatest by that point to have ever played the game, brought together to form the 'ultimate team'). Taking all that in consideration Madden '93 comes out on top despite not having the "Whambulance" that brings back many fond memories. "Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs" still holds the title of the best basketball game on the Genesis for me. Though not all teams of the time are represented--that would not happen until NBA Showdown came out, which was the first to have them all and last to use the old NBA Playoffs engine--you get eight fully licensed teams, filled with actual players, based on the legendary 1989-90 NBA season. A good chunk of the fifty greatest players in NBA history are in this game, including Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Michael Jordan. This game was released before Jordan opted out of licensing in '92 and players from then on saw a generic player, with a generic number, but actual Jordan stats. It just didn't feel the same. NHL Hockey remains king of the hill for me when it comes to hockey on the Genesis; though NHLPA '93 improved on it in some ways, its roster isn't as stacked (what can beat having Messier on the Oilers?). RBI Baseball 3 gets the job done for baseball, carrying the legendary 1990 MLB roster (plus all division winners from 1983 to 1989), and Greatest Heavyweights ties with Boxing Legends of the Ring for the best roster of any boxing game, possibly best of any fighting game ever made. There is now absolutely no doubt in my mind that I have found the picks of the Genesis litter. As Fred Flintstone and Wilma engage in an argument on a distant TV, and a housemate grits his teeth in excitement over whatever he's watching on his computer, I collect my thoughts and ready myself for the day ahead of us. I know we're going to the Boca Black Box, but I don't know what we'll be seeing. Probably a showing of "The Lion King," and in all likelihood the actual 1994 film, rather than a Barclay performance; a few months back we did see the Barclay talents do a performance of that one. "Bring it on," I say to myself. "Everything is making sense now." Slowly, gradually, but surely.