Variants
It’s important to note that NFL Blitz had its NFL Official Logo Hologram on the case lid – not the manual. So if a case has been replaced, that’s why you see “hologram goes here” on all the manuals. It’s not a misprint. 
Otherwise released in the goold old Greatest Hits subset.
Greatest Hits Release
There was a later release of the Greatest Hits with a Round NFL Hologram rather than the standard square version. This would place this GH release sometime in 2001. Confirmed by a factory-sealed copy. Note the hologram is on the case lid, not the shrinkwrap.
Greatest Hits Release with Round Hologram
Misprints
- There are no known misprints.
Secrets
Midway’s NFL Blitz is stocked to the ceiling with secrets and codes. They are divided into hidden controller commands, hidden characters, and Versus Screen Codes.
Hidden Commands
- Hide the Play Cursor
Press Up, Up on the upper-left play at the play selection screen.
- Onside Kicks
Hold Up + Turbo + Jump + Pass after you scored and chosen FG or finished the 2 PTA.
- Extra blocker
Before hiking the ball, hold Turbo + Jump + Pass. As you hike the ball a receiver will quickly run to the center with the original three line-men to assist blocking.
Hidden Characters
To use these codes choose Name Entry, then enter the name and then the pin. For the sake of formatting, we have listed the Pin first and the Name second. When inputting these, a voice over of “Lights Out, Baby!” will ring out, confirming the entry worked. Any name that contains the words ‘Has Stats’ in the description will start the player in the mid- season with varying stats.
Generic Characters
- 1111 BRAIN – Brain for a Head
- 1111 SKULL – Skull Head
- 1111 THUG – Mismatched Helmet
Midway Arcade Development Staff
- 0201 SAL – Sal Divita (Has Stats)
- 0332 TURMEL – Mark Turmell (Has Stats)
- 0604 DANIEL – Dan Thompson (Has Stats)
- 1111 FORDEN – Dan Forden
- 1111 GENTIL – Jim Gentile
- 3141 JASON – Jason Skiles (Has Stats)
- 3333 JENIFR – Jennifer Hedrick (Has Stats)
- 3333 LUIS – Luis Magubat (Has Stats)
- 3333 MIKE – Mike Lynch (Has Stats)
- 6000 ROOT – John Root (Has Stats)
- 6660 JAPPLE – Jeff Johnson (Has Stats)
Midway Games, Inc Employees
- 0222 GRINCH – Tester Brian LeBaron (Has Stats)
- 1111 GATSON
- 1221 FRANC – Artist Francisco Garcia
- 1969 BYRON – Programmer Byron Warner
- 2221 BRIAN – Software Development Manager Brian Johnson
- 3456 DAVID – Project Manager David Schwartz or Print Designer Dave Young
- 4777 AZPOD
- 6521 JUAN – Artist Juan Galceran
- 6644 JOVE – Artist Roel Jovellanos
- 6666 AUBREY – Sound Editor Aubrey Hodges
- 6765 GUIDO (Has Stats)
- 7911 ALLEN
- 8421 FRANZ – Artist Franz Borowitz
- 8735 BERT – Artist Bert Huntsinger
Mortal Kombat Characters
- 3691 RAIDEN – Raiden
- 8337 SHINOK – Shinnok
Versus Codes
At the Versus Screen you will see 3 NFL Shapes under your team helmet. These symbols represent the Code Activation tumbler sequence for the hidden cheats. Each symbol is tied to the buttons on the arcade panel (or game console controller). In order the 1st symbol is the Turbo Button, the 2nd symbol is Jump, and the 3rd symbol is Pass.
There are 6 symbols that can appear, in order:
0 – NFL Players Logo
1 – Midway Logo
2 – AFC Logo
3 – NFC Logo
4 – NFL Logo
5 – Play Football
To activate a Cheat, you will need to press each button the corresponding amount of times and then press the directional pad in the appropriate direction. For example, if you wanted the Headless Team Cheat (1-2-3-Right), you would press Turbo 1 time, Jump 2 times, Pass 3 times and press Right at the end. You would see a Midway Logo, AFC Logo, NFC Logo and then the actual code called out on screen as confirmation.
2-Player Agreement GamePlay Modifiers
- Clear Tournament Mode: 1-1-1 Up
- Hyper Blitz: 5-5-5 Up
- No CPU Assistance: 0-1-2 Down
- No Play Selection: 1-1-5 Left
- PowerUp Speed: 4-0-4 Left
- Show More Field: 0-2-1 Right
- Super Blitz: 4-4-4 Up
- Super Passing: 4-2-3 Right
- Tournament Mode: 1-1-1 Down
GamePlay Modifiers
- Allow Stepping OB: 2-1-1 Left (Ok to step out of bounds)
- Fast Passes: 2-5-0 Left
- Fast Turbo Running: 0-3-2 Left
- Infinite Turbo: 5-1-4 Up
- Late Hits: 0-1-0 Up
- No First Downs: 2-1-0 Up
- No Head: 3-2-1 Left
- No Interceptions: 3-4-4 Up
- No Punting: 1-5-1 Up
- No Random Fumbles: 4-2-3 Down
- PowerUp Blockers: 3-1-2 Left
- PowerUp Defense: 4-2-1 Up
- PowerUp Offense: 3-1-2 Up
- PowerUp Teammates: 2-3-3 Up
- Smart CPU Opponent: 3-1-4 Down (In a One Player Game)
- Super Blitzing: 0-4-5 Up
- Super Field Goals: 1-2-3 Left
- Unlimited Throw Distances: 2-2-3 Right
Visual Modifier
- Huge Head: 0-4-0 Up
- Big Head: 2-0-0 Right
- Team Big Heads: 2-0-3 Right
- Display Field Goal %: 0-0-1 Down
- Headless Team: 1-2-3 Right
- Hide Receiver Name: 1-0-2 Right
- Invisible Reciever Highlight: 3-3-3 Left
- Invisible: 4-3-3 Up
- Team Tiny Players: 3-1-0 Right
- Team Big Players: 1-4-1 Right
- Turn Off Stadium: 5-0-0 Left
- Unidentified Ball Carrier: 5-2-2 Down
Weather
- Night Game: 2-2-2 Right
- Weather – Clear: 2-1-2 Left
- Weather – Rain: 5-5-5 Right
- Weather – Snow: 5-2-5 Down
