John Madden Football

Moby ID: 3389

Released

May 1989 on Apple II

Credits

11 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Developers

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Moby Score

6.6

#17,584 of 25.5K

Critics

61% (5)

Players

(8)

Review Ranking

#624 on Commodore 64

Collected By

16 players

Genre: Sports
Perspective: Diagonal-down
Visual: 2D scrolling
Pacing: Real-time
Interface: Direct control
Sport: Football (American)
Misc: Licensed

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Included in

Sports 3 Pack (1989)

See Also

John Madden Football (1990 on Genesis, 1992 on Amiga)
John Madden Football (1994 on 3DO)

Description official descriptions

Old american football simulation co-designed by famous sportscaster John Madden. The first game in EA's long-running Madden series. Different versions of this game have been available on almost every platform - with the Mega Drive version being the most famous of them all. The game concentrates more on tactics than pure action.

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Credits (DOS version)

11 People (10 developers, 1 thanks)

Design	Jason Antonick Robin Antonik Trip Hawkins John Madden
IBM Programming	Robin Antonik John Friedman
Software Programming	Ron Johnson
Graphics	Michael Kosaka
Package Design	Michael LaBash
Cover Photography	Henrik Kam
Manual	Zina J. Yee
Special Thanks to	Christopher Thompson

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 61% (based on 5 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.4 out of 5 (based on 8 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Development

Before John Madden was requested to be the game’s endorser, Trip Hawkins (founder of EA) had two other candidates - quarterback Joe Montana and coach Joe Kapp. Joe Montana declined as he already made a deal with Atari (which never seemingly happened), while Joe Kapp demanded too many royalties EA couldn’t provide.

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MobyGames ID: 3389

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Contributors to this Entry

Game added by Brolin Empey.

Apple II, Commodore 64 added by Terok Nor.

Additional contributors: Rik Hideto, ZeTomes, DillyDylan.

Game added February 24, 2001. Last modified October 23, 2024.