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Monday, May 12, 2008
Madden Football is a sports phenomenon that's available for all the popular portable gaming options: Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo, for example.
The Madden Football games is named for John Madden, an expert analyst for TV's
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Best Selling #1
Madden NFL 2003
EA's Madden NFL 2003 maintains the series' status as one of the most engaging game franchises ever. This perennial favorite has updated everything from the spanking new venues (including the Seattle Seahawks Stadium) to the ability to now list pre-existing injuries to current players. If you haven't played previous versions, learning all the controls can be a daunting task. You can control everything from calling audibles to throwing a touch or bullet pass--all while the play clock runs down. But half the fun of this game is in the level of detail you can control, including off-season drafts and free-agent signings, game time, weather, and sensitivity to penalties. Madden NFL 2003 has taken video sports gameplay beyond the action on the field--although the gameplay is seamless and the graphics are impressive on the Xbox. They've created a world where you are equally the owner, general manager, coach, and player. The time and attention you must dedicate to creating your team, along with superbly realistic gameplay and sportscasting, immerse you in your team's fate, making the action all the more compelling. --Sung Nicholas Kim
$4.99
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Best Selling #2
Radica Play TV Football
"Madden" has come to be known as the synonym of choice for videogame fans when they want to talk about football. But while the console versions of the game, named after legendary coach and even more legendary television announcer John Madden, may offer state of the art graphics and features, they require very little effort from any part of your body other than your fingers. This interactive game makes you work a little harder on the physical side in order to win the game. It hooks up directly to your television and comes with a weight sensitive mat which you use to select plays and navigate players as well as an electronic wireless football used to simulate throws downfield. Multiple settings let you play in training camp mode to hone skills, go up against a friend, or battle the computer. It may lack the detail and complexity of the console Madden games but it gives you more exercise so you'll look more like a football player and less like Madden himself. --Charlie Williams
$89.95
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Best Selling #3
Madden NFL 2003 for PlayStation 2
EA's Madden NFL 2003 maintains the series' status as one of the most engaging game franchises ever. This perennial favorite has updated everything from the spanking new venues (including the Seattle Seahawks Stadium) to the ability to now list pre-existing injuries to current players. If you haven't played previous versions, learning all the controls can be a daunting task. You can control everything from calling audibles to throwing a touch or bullet pass--all while the play clock runs down. But half the fun of this game is in the level of detail you can control, including off-season drafts and free-agent signings, game time, weather, and sensitivity to penalties. Madden NFL 2003 has taken video sports gameplay beyond the action on the field--although the gameplay is seamless and the graphics are impressive on the Xbox. They've created a world where you are equally the owner, general manager, coach, and player. The time and attention you must dedicate to creating your team, along with superbly realistic gameplay and sportscasting, immerse you in your team's fate, making the action all the more compelling. --Sung Nicholas Kim (This refers to the Xbox version of this game)
$29.99
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Best Selling #4
Madden NFL 2000
Tracing the evolution of console football can take you on a nostalgic trip back to games like Tecmo Bowl and Walter Payton Football, but the genre reached the mainstream with the release of the first Madden Football title in the early '90s. Since then, Madden has become the pro football simulation game to beat. One key to the series' longevity is that it has never deviated from the original formula of perfectly balancing entertaining gameplay with realistic feel. So naturally, Madden NFL 2000 brings that same addictive feel, while being spruced up with tons of peripheral options. The most noticeable changes from last year's version are the faster gameplay and smoother frame rates. Madden NFL 2000 features all 31 NFL teams, all-time Super Bowl teams, the Madden Millennium team, and 200 more that can be "unlocked." The game uses the patented TV-style presentation with play-by-play commentary by John Madden and Pat Summerall. Improved player and play editors, comprehensive player movement, trading for draft picks, and the awesome franchise mode, all combined in one package, produce a title that is unparalleled in console gaming. It's time to tackle Madden NFL 2000 and make it one to own. --Sajed Ahmed Pros: - Smooth graphics and animation
- Play historical or created scenarios in Situation Mode
- Up to 30 consecutive seasons, with full statistical tracking
- Lots of options and features
Cons: - Madden just doesn't have that "Oomph!" in his commentary anymore
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$19.99
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Best Selling #5
Madden NFL 2002
The Madden series is wildly popular on the console market, with this year's version on the PlayStation2 garnering all kinds of critical acclaim. The same can't be said of the PC version of Madden NFL 2002, however, which will leave football fans extremely frustrated, especially because none of the problems from last year's edition have been addressed. In fact, in most instances, things have gotten worse. Madden NFL 2002 offers five modes of gameplay--Great Games, Multiplayer, Exhibition, Season, and Franchise--and all 31 current NFL teams, the expansion Houston Texans, and European teams. Franchise mode, which lets players manage all aspects of the team--including salary negotiations and signing and cutting players through multiple seasons--is good fun, and after a few seasons, meeting the salary cap can be quite challenging. On the flip side, the Great Games mode, in which a victory in one classic game will unlock other classic games, is especially disappointing, because it completely fails to re-create the playing styles of past teams. In fact, other than the original uniforms, there's no difference between playing a classic game and playing a game between two modern teams. Graphically, Madden NFL 2002 looks fantastic, with excellent models, great motion capture, and smooth animations. Other cool effects include light reflecting off the helmets, realistic rain and snow effects, and nicely rendered stadiums. Pretty pictures are no substitute for good gameplay, however, and in that respect Madden NFL 2002 is extremely unsatisfying. The computer never runs the ball, and because the AI for the defensive secondary is so bad, it's common for a lackluster computer-controlled team to throw for 400-plus yards a game against a human-controlled team. There are sliders for both human- and computer-controlled AI, which let you tweak various AI settings such as pass blocking, interceptions, and the ability to break tackles. If you fiddle with these settings enough you can improve some of the problems, but no amount of tweaking can turn this shoddy game into something enjoyable. The frustrations continue with the controls, which are slow and unresponsive. In order to make quick cuts or spins, you'll need to press the applicable button a split second before you actually want to make the move. In addition, when playing on defense it's common to get burned on a pass play when you switch control to the player closest to the ball because any initial moves you make usually send you in the wrong direction. The only truly fun aspect to Madden NFL 2002 is its multiplayer options. You can play against another person on one computer, or you can link up over the Internet. Playing over the Internet can be laggy at times even with high-speed access, but it's still preferable to playing against a super-powered computer opponent. It's truly sad that EA Sports doesn't see fit to deliver a compelling football game to computer gamers, especially as Madden NFL 2002 is the only mass-market football game available for the PC. Hopefully EA Sports will get its act together next year and deliver a real football game. --William Harms Pros: - Great graphics
- Franchise mode and online play are a lot of fun
Cons: - The AI is a joke
- Control isn't as tight as it should be
- Games play out very unrealistically
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Best Selling #6
Madden 2001 Football
Madden NFL 2001 features all 31 NFL teams, 150 offensive anddefensive plays, and stats on all players and teams. Players can choosefrom exhibition, regular season, and playoff modes. Madden NFL 2001also lets players link up to a friend's copy of the game with the separately sold game link cable and battle head-to-head.
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Best Selling #7
Madden NFL 2006
$29.99
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Best Selling #8
Officially Licensed Nfl PS2À Controller
$15.99
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Best Selling #9
Officially Licensed Nfl PS2À Controller
$15.99
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Best Selling #10
Officially Licensed Nfl PS2À Controller
$15.99
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