Chris Carter plays NFL Blitz | Source: Arcade1Up

Fall is almost here, and that means it’s time for football season!

Just in time for crunching leaves and crashing helmets, Arcade1Up is launching NFL Blitz Legends — a new, home arcade cabinet that features a trio of remastered and updated NFL Blitz video games that are returning to the scene after 25 years. The cabinet features NFL BlitzNFL Blitz ‘99, and NFL Blitz 2000: Gold Edition.

For the launch, Arcade1Up struck partnerships with the National Football League (NFL) and the IMG-managed Football Greats Alliance (FGA) to lock in hundreds of famous players to appear in the games, including Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins), Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers), Deion Sanders (Denver Broncos), Brett Favre (Green Bay Packers), Jerome Bettis (Pittsburgh Steelers), Terrell Davis (Denver Broncos), and Cris Carter (pictured top, Minnesota Vikings).

“I’ve always thought Blitz was one of the best games made and the fans loved it too,” says NFL legend Jerry Rice. “I like how Arcade1Up took the time to reflect today’s NFL game while celebrating the game’s greatest legends and uniforms from back in the day. Every play is still a game-changing play and I love that. I can easily see this becoming a favorite pastime.”

NFL Blitz Legends | Source: Arcade1Up

So how does the updated NFL Blitz “reflect today’s game” as Rice says?

According to Arcade1up, “to support the NFL’s current Player Health & Safety initiatives, a specific set of tackles and after-the-whistle hits were removed or edited in the remastered versions of NFL Blitz, NFL Blitz ‘99, and NFL Blitz 2000: Gold Edition while maintaining the level of excitement in the original games.” That means 99 of the 117 previous tackles are still included.

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The five-foot arcade cabinet features a 17-inch screen, four-player action, 49-way joysticks, online leaderboards and wifi connectivity, a light-up marquee, simulated coin doors, and a matching riser. Arcade1Up will also offer matching stools for each NFL team.

The NFL Blitz Legends Arcade Game is available to preorder through Arcade1Up, Best Buy, and Walmart. Additional retailers will stock the cabinet this fall.

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James Zahn

James Zahn

James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book, a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Book‘s weekly industry newsletter. As a pop culture and toy industry expert, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and guest at events including Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Marketplace & Academy. Zahn has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to offer expert commentary for publications such as Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, the Washington Post, and more. James has appeared on History Channel’s Modern Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and more. Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.

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