Composer(s) Rob Hubbard Series Madden NFL | Initial release date 1989 | |
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Genre(s) Traditional football simulation Mode(s) Single-player
Multiplayer Platforms Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, Amiga, Commodore 64, Apple II, AmigaOS Developers Park Place Productions, Park Place Production Team Designers Richard Hilleman, Scott Orr Publishers Electronic Arts, Imagineer Similar Madden NFL games, Park Place Productions games, Sports games | ||
John Madden Football is a football video game, the second Madden football game released by Electronic Arts.
Summary
Its features include various field conditions, audibles, and password-saved games. For the first time in a football video game, the game is played from above and behind the quarterback rather than from the side. However, as in the previous version, no actual NFL teams are included due to the lack of NFL or NFLPA licenses for authentic teams or player names. It is the series debut on the Sega Genesis and later on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Commodore Amiga
During the first initial release (1990) on a console, which was on the Sega Genesis platform, only a total of 16 teams were available to choose from. Each of these teams were based unofficially on teams from the 1990 NFL season. The following generic teams were chosen, with colors based on the local NFL team: Buffalo, Miami, New England, Cincinnati, Houston, Pittsburgh, Denver, Kansas City, New York City (colors based on Giants), Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, Minnesota, Atlanta, Los Angeles (colors based on Rams) and San Francisco. An All-Madden team was included as a bonus.
Madden was very popular and became a killer app for the Genesis, helping the console gain market share against the NES. Computer and Video Games awarded the Mega Drive version 95%, praising the realism and the sound.