1/5 No Fran?
  by Duane R. Wirdel
Its simple. How can you have a Best of the Vikings set without any Fran Tarkenton games OR with that monster defense they had in those days? None of these games are the Classic Vikings. Where is Joe Kapp? This isn't worth bothering with.

5/5 I'll Take What I Can Get
  by Ryan Skorich (Duluth, MN)
I have been a die hard Vikings fan ever since I learned the rules of football in my childhood, and I was excited to see a release like this, for just the team. I have all the Super Bowl box sets and when you combine all the Vikings footage over the course of 40 years, you get about 20 minutes worth, minus the Super Bowl specials... and about 10 minutes of that is anything past the Tarkenton era, so I was delighted that this set had newer games.

Now I, just like the rest of you around here would have liked a better selection of games, but at least it's something. I would have loved the see the '98 GB MNF game, the Cowboys Thanksgiving beatdown, or the overtime win against the Bears in '94, but as I said, I'll take what I can get. To have high quality copies of these games makes it something I can watch for years to come. I hope they do decide to make a volume 2, as there are plenty more games that can be showcased.

But overall, I consider it a great purchase for Vikings fans. This is the first team specific DVD that's had a wide retail release like this for the Vikes, and I hope there are more to come!

4/5 A little more of 1998
  by Thomas L. Gerling (zombieduck)
As a younger NFL fan who grew up on the 1980's and 1990's football, I didn't have a problem with this set not including Vikings games before the 1987 Divisional Playoff against the 49ers. After watching that again, I still can't figure out why the Vikings lost a week later to the Redskins, or how the 49ers were able to beat them in the playoffs the next two seasons.

The only reason why I gave this set 4 stars is because it didn't include more games from what I believe to be the greatest team never to appear in a Super Bowl, the 1998 Vikings. What about the Vikings - Packers MNF game or the Vikings - Cowboys Thanksgiving game? The 50 - 10 blowout win over the playoff bound Jacksonville Jaguars belonged in this set. Why not just put out a complete 1998 season set like the 1985 Chicago Bears?

Were NFL films to ever release a second volume I would expect more games from 1998 and maybe the 1987 Vikings Saints Wild Card game.

It was great to hear John Madden and Pat Summerall work the Vikings Cardinals game for Fox. Those were the days. Miss you Pat and John...

2/5 I Would Have Picked A Few Different Games!
  by Travis M. Taylor
I have been a season ticket holder for the Vikings since 1998 (the 15-1 season), so I was in attendence for 4 of the games in this set. Here are my thoughts about the games in the greatest set.

2 of the games I definitely agree with.
- Adrian Peterson's 296 yard rushing game in Nov. 2007 against San Diego
(it was a thrill to watch him in that game, especially the 2 long touchdown
runs.)
- Divisional Playoff at San Francisco 49ers in January 1988 where Anthony Carter
had over 200 receiving yard in the upset victory (The Vikes almost made it to the Super Bowl that year, losing a HEARTBREAKER at Washington by 7 points in the Conference final, where Darrin Nelson dropped the ball by the goal line on 4th down, with only seconds left in regulation.

3 of the games i thought weren't exactly what you would call greatest games.
- Vikes vs. Giants (end of Dec. 2008) Clinched the divsion by a 20-19 score against the #1 seeded Giants who were resting their starters for the playoffs.
- Vikes vs. Arizona (Jan. 1999) Vikes follow their 15-1 regular season with a easy 41-21 victory (a good playoff win but not a greatest game). The next week was the heartbreak 30-27 OT loss to Atlanta in the Conference final.
- Vikes vs. Dallas (Jan. 2000) Vikes win 27-10 at home in the wild card round with Jeff George at QB (good playoff win again but not a great game). The Vikes would lose the next week at St. Louis 49-37 in the Divisional round, the game in which Randy Moss squirted one of the officials with the water bottle.

Now take those two games above that I agree with and here would have been the 3 other games that I would have included in the Greatest Games set.

- Vikes at Giants (Dec. 1997) Denny Green's 1st playoff victory as coach with a score of 23-22 in the wild card round. Diehard fans should remember this one where the Vikings score 10 points in the last 90 seconds (touchdown, then an incredible on-side kick, then a Eddie Murray field goal with around 15 seconds left). THRILLING!
- Vikes at Packers (Oct. 1998) This was a Monday Night battle between two 4-0 teams and Rookie Randy Moss lit up the national stage with 190 yards and 2 TD's in a 36-24 victory and the Vikes never looked back as they finished 15-1.
- Vikes at Packers (Jan. 2005) Vikes finished 8-8 in 2004 and back their way into the playoffs as a wild card but suprisingly upset Green Bay (not sure of the exact score but I think it was 31-17). I still remember this, the Vikings scored touchdown's on their first 2 drives and never trailed and Brett Favre (NOW A VIKING) threw 4 interceptions. I gave the Vikings no chance going into that game. Boy I'm glad I didn't give up on them (however they did lose the Divisional game at Philadelphia the next week).

I hope that these three games that I just talked about make it into a future DVD set. Because I agree with only 2 games in the set, I gave the review 2 stars and don't think I want to pay $30.00 for the set, so I might wait til it's a bit cheaper (like through another seller).

Well thats my review! Hope it was informative enough and not too long for you.

1/5 Is this a joke?
  by pig_inspace (Montana)
I am not sure ANY of these would even make it on my top 20 VIKING games let alone the top five. I agree with fellow fans that the least ridiculous of these games is the upset of the Niners with AC tearing it up, but even that is not a GREAT game. Someone needs to be taken out and shot. These guys won how many playoff games and they include a regular season game that was meaningless for the opponent (the Giants game from last year)? Why not the Giants playoff game with the Jake Reed heel-to-toe touchdown in the early 90s!??!?! Vikes have played some classic Monday night games....this is a shame. If no one buys it, and I can't see anyone really wanting it for five mediocre games, then there will likely never be a part 2......seriously, this has to be a joke......right?