Maddenholiday
It comes every year in August, the greatest spectacle in polygonal sports, Madden Football.
Since 1989, John Maddens name has graced the cover of this game, and since then, it has ridden past every other football simulation, and finally, siezed the sole NFL license for video games.
The games it toppled were no joke.
First, Tecmo Bowl, which revolutionized football, in an age of John Elways Quarterback.
Then Super Tecmo Bowl, which was the greatest football simulation of the NES generation.
It moved on to take on Super Tecmo Bowl in its Super Nintendo and Genesis versions (Sega had a couple different NFL licensed games Madden crushed, such as Sega Sports football, and both featured licensed game like Troy Aikman football which left without a sound) and finally toppled Tecmo when the battle waged onto the earlier days of the Playstation.
Polygonal pioneer Gameday (Gameday continued to publish titles for the the playstation consoles for years after falling into fourth amongst football titles, after Microsofts NFL fever, also conquered). Then came the 2k series which started on the Dreamcast, and went on to wage on other platforms.
Finally 2k went down in a hail of gunfire, as Electronic Arts snatched the carpet out from under them.
In the early 2000's Madden transformed from a game, to an institution. It became the "have to have game" of every single year. Thousands of football fans, gamers, and the combinations of the two, had their calendars circled. The game literally would spend August to Christmas season as the number one seller on every systems list.
Now, it is literally a holiday. Ive heard reports of people camping out hours before "Midnite Maddeness" (almost every specialty gaming store now opens at midnight on Madden release day with a celebration). No Gamespot or EB Games in the country is without a 50 person line infront of its doors up to an hour before midnight.
People now will take the release day off, or even the whole following week, simply to play this game. I actually overheard a fellow Viking fan talking about how he had specifically planned his vacation time around Maddens release. There are national tournaments, guide books, even YAHOO! had the release of Madden as its headline news story.
So, play on Madden Nation. Im just sorry I didnt have a vacation day to spend ravishing the virtual NFL with my beloved Vikings.
Since 1989, John Maddens name has graced the cover of this game, and since then, it has ridden past every other football simulation, and finally, siezed the sole NFL license for video games.
The games it toppled were no joke.
First, Tecmo Bowl, which revolutionized football, in an age of John Elways Quarterback.
Then Super Tecmo Bowl, which was the greatest football simulation of the NES generation.
It moved on to take on Super Tecmo Bowl in its Super Nintendo and Genesis versions (Sega had a couple different NFL licensed games Madden crushed, such as Sega Sports football, and both featured licensed game like Troy Aikman football which left without a sound) and finally toppled Tecmo when the battle waged onto the earlier days of the Playstation.
Polygonal pioneer Gameday (Gameday continued to publish titles for the the playstation consoles for years after falling into fourth amongst football titles, after Microsofts NFL fever, also conquered). Then came the 2k series which started on the Dreamcast, and went on to wage on other platforms.
Finally 2k went down in a hail of gunfire, as Electronic Arts snatched the carpet out from under them.
In the early 2000's Madden transformed from a game, to an institution. It became the "have to have game" of every single year. Thousands of football fans, gamers, and the combinations of the two, had their calendars circled. The game literally would spend August to Christmas season as the number one seller on every systems list.
Now, it is literally a holiday. Ive heard reports of people camping out hours before "Midnite Maddeness" (almost every specialty gaming store now opens at midnight on Madden release day with a celebration). No Gamespot or EB Games in the country is without a 50 person line infront of its doors up to an hour before midnight.
People now will take the release day off, or even the whole following week, simply to play this game. I actually overheard a fellow Viking fan talking about how he had specifically planned his vacation time around Maddens release. There are national tournaments, guide books, even YAHOO! had the release of Madden as its headline news story.
So, play on Madden Nation. Im just sorry I didnt have a vacation day to spend ravishing the virtual NFL with my beloved Vikings.
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