X-Play Presents The History of Madden

Adam Sessler takes an in-depth look at the History of the 'Madden' franchise. Travel back to 1988 and see the first ever Madden for the Apple II and witness the journey from there to today's ultra-realistic high definition game.

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• Genesis
• Sports
• Super
• NES
• Apple
• IIe/c/c+
• PC
• John
• Madden
• Football
• '93
• II
• Nintendo
• 64
• NFL
• '94
• '95
• Game
• Gear
• Boy
• '96
• '97
• Saturn
• PlayStation
• '98
• Action
• '99
• 06
• Playstation
• Gamecube
• Xbox
• 360
• Wii

[AllPro777]

EA got scared and bought up the license to keep 2K out.

NFL 2K5 is the greatest football game of all time. Madden will never top it. Never.

[TheMeaker]

I loved madden 2005 it was way better than the maddens today

[MaddDogg91001]

when the ea contract expires next year, hopefully will get to see more nfl football video games like the return of 2k, gameday, fever, and maybe somethin else new like maybe a new football game by THQ or Activision. ya never know what will happen when the nfl license to ea expires next year.

[AllPro777]

@CLstarsTV

NFL 2K5 actually outsold Madden 05 on XBOX One at the time, but that has since changed somehow.

That said, Honda's outsell Bentley's. It doesn't make Honda's better.

[CLstarsTV]

@AllPro777 But they will ALWAYS sell more than 2K had ever sold

[305fontil]

2k 22

[ROMBomb001]

Wow, that report was a bunch of fluff.

[GoongalaGoongala]

Competition is always good, so hopefully 2k Sports will get the liscence back soon. It will no doubt force Madden to be better and as a result all us gamers will benefit. Calling NFL2k5 the best footballl game of all time is a bit of a stretch IMO. As far as the pro game is concerned, Madden and 2K were about even, but EA absolutely dominated when it came to the NCAA football series. 2K's NCAA games for the most part sucked in comparison.

[ricklover]

@AllPro777 I just hope we see another 2k can get the license soon.

[AllPro777]

@ricklover

Both games aren't great, but there is something about Madden that just feels more stale. That and the fact that we expect more from the pro game than from the college game, at least I know I do. Madden 10 was definitely better than NCAA 10 to me, but NCAA 11 got the nod this season. That said, I didn't buy either game this year.