John Madden Football
Game play modes include regular season, playoffs and sudden death. The game features 16 regular teams plus one All-Madden team, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Play actions include selecting a…
John Madden Football is a sport developed by Park Place Productions, released 31 December 1990 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
What John Madden Football is
John Madden Football is a sport game developed by Park Place Productions and released in 1990. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Game play modes include regular season, playoffs and sudden death. The game features 16 regular teams plus one All-Madden team, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Play actions include selecting a pass recipient as a play unfolds, block tackles, dives and sackings. Different weather conditions come into play when it's wet, snowy or muddy.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Madden series
John Madden Football is the second of 122 entries we hold in the Madden series. It arrived 3 years after John Madden Football. The next entry was John Madden Football II in 1991.
What it launched against
John Madden Football launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, The Amazing Spider-Man.
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