Madden NFL '96

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title = Madden NFL '96


developer = EA Tiburon
publisher = EA Sports
designer =
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released = 1995
Mega Drive
vgrelease|Europe|EUR|November 30, 1995 ^{[http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/data/366825.html]}
Game Gear
1996
genre = Sports
modes = Single player, Multiplayer, online
ratings = ESRB: E for Everyone
platforms = Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis/Mega Drive, SNES, Windows
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"Madden NFL '96" is a football video game designed for the 1995 NFL season, licensed by the NFL . It features John Madden on the cover. The AI has been boosted and can now hurry in two-minute drill situations, kill the clock when ahead late in the game, and cover the receivers with better efficiency.

It was the last to explicitly be endorsed by the NFL on FOX, although the NFL on FOX's iconic theme would continue to be used for several years afterward.

Innovations

Among the innovations in Madden 96, the Create A Player feature was added, which included many position specific mini-games that would determine the ability of your player.

The game also was the first in the Madden series to include secret "classic" teams, which were unlocked by playing any of the 28 pre-expansion NFL franchises in the playoffs and by winning Super Bowl XXX with that team (a rather easy feat as the playoff tournament system allows a player to abort the game while in the lead and still win). The 28 pre-expansion teams were each represented by a classic era equivalent, which ranged from 1960 (Philadelphia Eagles) to 1986 (New York Giants), although all players identified as number-only. Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers, having debuted in 1995, did not have a secret classic team revealed in this manner, nor did the All-Madden team. However, Carolina was attached to the blank slate NFLPA team used for Create-A-Player, and Jacksonville and All-Madden hid the "superteams" with players named after the developers; these teams were accessed using unstated cheat codes.

PlayStation version

Madden '96 was originally planned to be the first football game on the Sony PlayStation shortly after the console's launch in 1995, but it was cancelled before it was released. It was developed by Visual Concepts, who would later go on to make the NFL 2K games.

Most likely it was cancelled because it was extremely late in the development cycle before the decision was made to move from sprites to polygons for the graphics, which did not leave enough time to finish the game. The move from sprites to polygons came about after 989 Studios showed off the fully 3D "NFL GameDay" for the PlayStation.

External links

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