NFL Blitz 2018 Rom Hack Download (Updated 10/29/17)

[blitzmaster5000]

Been good - very busy, but good! Haven't had any time lately to hack at all unfortunately, but I'm gonna be meeting with some friends and wanted to play some blitz - Figured I would take a look at this version.

I understand now why I couldn't see the link - you have to be logged in to download it. I wasn't logged in originally.

Also, were you able to create a new patch w/ the version that had the extra plays/cheats I sent you a while back? Just curious.

[jaker3]

good to hear! I have not been able to create a patch with the version with extra plays. They might need to be added one by one. Really focused on making all the hacks compatibility with real hardware. Hope to check into that once all the uniforms are up to date.

[Blitzed]

Hey Jaker,

I just downloaded it and thought it looked really good. I've never played 2000 before (only played the original), so I may not be the best source. However, it was exactly what I was hoping for. I didn't have any problems. The Panthers jerseys didn't look too great, but I assumed that was due to limitations. I also greatly enjoyed how damn big "Big" Ben is, he looks like an O-Lineman. I don't know if you're planning to tweak at all, but I'm definitely pumped to play this with my pals as-is.

[jaker3]

Hey Blitzed,


Good to hear. I plan on tweaking a good amount still. There is still a handful of team uniforms and logos that need to be updated. If you have any suggestions let me know.

[blitzmaster5000]

good to hear! I have not been able to create a patch with the version with extra plays. They might need to be added one by one. Really focused on making all the hacks compatibility with real hardware. Hope to check into that once all the uniforms are up to date.

Sounds good. I'm curious if the expanded playbook/extra cheats works on real hardware. Have you tried it?

[jaker3]

I have not tried it yet, I could give it a shot. I know my graphics tool was causing issues because it would insert sometimes on odd addresses. I fixed it to make sure the address was always even.
Emulators allow reading from unaligned addresses, something that doesn't work on console.  To read data from ROM the PI needs to read from even addresses in multiples of 2.

[DiscoTaco]

Hey guys long time no see. After last night's playoffs I had the itch to play Blitz again and I was happy to find this site still intact.  Thanks for keeping this site going. It's much appreciated.

I downloaded the patch and installed it last night and I just wanted to stay awesome job. It's amazing after all these years this game still keeps me smiling. Is there anyway possible to import this roster into the Dreamcast version of NFL Blitz 2000? 

[jaker3]

Thanks! Updating a Dreamcast game shouldn't be that hard. I looked a little bit into it a few years back before I started dedicated the majority of my development towards the N64 version. I'll see if I can find some time in the next few weeks to add dreamcast support real quick. Nice thing about the dreamcast is its easy to play burned games

[DiscoTaco]

Thanks! Updating a Dreamcast game shouldn't be that hard. I looked a little bit into it a few years back before I started dedicated the majority of my development towards the N64 version. I'll see if I can find some time in the next few weeks to add dreamcast support real quick. Nice thing about the dreamcast is its easy to play burned games

Hey Jaker how's it going? Is there a tutorial on using the roster updater? I'm trying to import the 2018 roster into the original nflblitz pc game and I'm a bit confused on the steps of using it. And I definitely agree with you on the Dreamcast version of Blitz 2000. I really like playing blitz in 60fps and only the Dreamcast, Mame and PC versions do 60fps.

[jaker3]

I can write an updated guide this week. I never fully got the PC version to work correctly. It updates the roster, but seems to cause an issue where the game won't run. I've been trying to work out a fix. On the dreamcast side, I've reached out on another forum for a little help.

[DiscoTaco]

I can write an updated guide this week. I never fully got the PC version to work correctly. It updates the roster, but seems to cause an issue where the game won't run. I've been trying to work out a fix. On the dreamcast side, I've reached out on another forum for a little help.

Thanks Jaker I appreciate it. Can the roster update work with the MAME version of blitz. I finally got some time off this weekend and I'm planning on trying to see if I can get this up and running. Once again, thanks for all your hard work.

[jaker3]

Alright... Some bad news and some good news. So when I originally "added" PC support to the blitz roster manager I never tested it.... I just looked at the executable file, found that it contained player and team names, added those locations into a "template" for my editor to change. Well here is the thing... I have no idea where those team and player names are used. I successfully edited the 2000 PC version and noticed that numbers change, but the names do not....
So I started writing a generic "texture view/editor" as side project for learning experience. I looked at both 99 and 2000 PC graphics files and saw that it uses sprite sheets for names 

As you can see here all the player names sprites are stored in TMSEL00-TMSEL10.WMS
Good news is I hope to support editing the sprite sheets so the names can be changed still. Only downside is it''l probably be a decent amount of manual work until I find a way to have it automatically get it done.
Until then at least we have the N64 version, and I'll still look into the dreamcast version. 

[DiscoTaco]

Hey thanks for looking into it man. I love the N64 version as much as the other ones. Thanks for your hard work again man.

[lukeman]

Wondering if anyone can help me out here..
I want to be able to play as Houston with Watson,Hopkins,Fuller ect so I have created a roster file for 2k using the Roster Editor supplied on this forum (thanks jaker3!)

I have tried to apply the roster to a zoinkity patched rom (being sure to use the rom that had been x-delta patched, and setting System=N64 and Game=2000-Zoinkity in the roster manager) however the roster manager crashes when I click Save Roster to Rom. 


I'm not sure how active this board is anymore but if anyone out there could help me figure this (or take my updated roster and turn it into an xdelta patch) I would be ultra grateful.

My friends and I love having the ability to play blitz with current rosters but having Houston missing is like having an itch that I cannot scratch.

For all those interested, the attached roster file is fairly up to date with all the recent offseason moves (all qb changes, jordy to raiders, graham to packers, etc)  If I am able to get a working version with houstons updated roster, I will gladly continue to supply updated roster files as well as an All-Time Greats roster file I have worked on over the last few months

[jaker3]

Hey lukeman,

Yeah the forums are still active, I'll take a look your roster file tonight. If its an easy fix I generally can get the fix put up the next day if not the same night.