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John Madden Football (1994 video game)

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John Madden Football
Developer(s)High Score Productions
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Kelly Pope
Producer(s)Michael Rubinelli
Scott Orr
Designer(s)Ernest Adams
Happy Keller
Michael Madden
Programmer(s)Craig Reynolds
Derrick Yim
Emmanuel M. Berriet
Artist(s)Bob Rossman
Chuck Austen
Michael Becker
Writer(s)Jamie Poolos
Composer(s)Rob Hubbard
SeriesMadden NFL
Platform(s)3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Release
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

John Madden Football is a video game developed by High Score Productions and published by Electronic Arts exclusively for the 3DO.

Gameplay

John Madden Football features contemporary NFL teams, and historical football teams, as well as an all-Madden team consisting of the greatest contemporary players, and an all-star team of players from football's history.[2]

Development and release

In 1995, Atari Corporation struck a deal with Electronic Arts to bring select titles to the Atari Jaguar CD,[3] with John Madden Football among them but this version was never released due to the commercial and critical failure of the Atari Jaguar platform.[4][5]

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it four stars out of five, stated that "This is simply the best arcade-style football game currently available."[2]

Reviews

References

  1. ^ "3DO Soft > 1994" (in Japanese). GAME Data Room. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  2. ^ a b "Finals". Next Generation. No. 1. Imagine Media. January 1995. p. 90.
  3. ^ "CVG News - Atari's Cat Gets The CD - Big Cat Claws EA Deal". Computer and Video Games. No. 163. Future Publishing. June 1995. pp. 12–13. Archived from the original on 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  4. ^ Wallett, Adrian (September 23, 2017). "Darryl Still (Atari/Kiss Ltd) – Interview". arcadeattack.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  5. ^ CRV (August 6, 2017). "Blog:Legal Brief: Atari vs. Sega". gdri.smspower.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2019-03-28.