John Madden Football (1994 video game)

Short description: 1994 American football video game

John Madden Football

Developer(s)| High Score Productions
Publisher(s)|

* NA: EA Sports
* JP: Electronic Arts Victor

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
Series| Madden NFL
Platform(s)| 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Release|

* NA: 6 May 1994
* JP: 28 May 1994[1]

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.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Development and release
* 3 Reception
* 4 Reviews
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Gameplay

John Madden Football features contemporary NFL teams, and historical football teams, as well as an all-Madden team of the best contemporary players, and an all-star team of historical players.[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]

Entertainment Weekly gave the game a "B" grade and said "This game's on-screen players are huge, the generous video clips are broadcast-TV quality, and there are enough obscure play options to satisfy Monday- and Tuesday- morning quarterbacks. But anyone willing to learn the difference between a quick slant I formation and a single-back halfback sweep is going to want more incisive commentary from Madden than, 'Now that was great defense!'"[6]

In 1996, GamesMaster ranked the game 10th on their "The GamesMasters 3DO Top 10."[7]

## Reviews

* GamePro (Jun, 1994)
* Electronic Gaming Monthly (May, 1994)
* ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Jul, 1994[8]

## References

1. ↑ "3DO Soft > 1994" (in ja). GAME Data Room. http://tk-nz.game.coocan.jp/gamedatabase/software/DB_3DO1994.html.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Finals". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (1): 90. January 1995.
3. ↑ "CVG News - Atari's Cat Gets The CD - Big Cat Claws EA Deal". Computer and Video Games (Future Publishing) (163): 12–13. June 1995. http://oldgamemags.ukprintarchive.com/Multi-format Publications/Computer & Video Games/CVG (1995-06) 163 (EMAP).pdf/#page/12. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
4. ↑ Wallett, Adrian (September 23, 2017). "Darryl Still (Atari/Kiss Ltd) – Interview". https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/darryl-still/.
5. ↑ CRV (August 6, 2017). "Blog:Legal Brief: Atari vs. Sega". http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Blog:Legal_Brief:_Atari_vs._Sega.
6. ↑ EW Staff (January 14, 1994). "Shelley Duvall's It's a Bird's Life". https://ew.com/article/1994/01/14/shelley-duvalls-its-birds-life/.
7. ↑ "The GameMasters 3DO Top 10". GamesMaster (44): 75. July 1996. https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cf/GamesMaster_UK_044.pdf.
8. ↑ http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=70

## External links

* John Madden Football at GameFAQs
* John Madden Football at Giant Bomb
* John Madden Football at MobyGames

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