John Madden Football is a football video game following the success of Earl Weaver Baseball

Earl Weaver Baseball

Earl Weaver Baseball is a baseball computer game , designed by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower and published by Electronic Arts. The artificial intelligence for the computer manager was provided by Baseball Hall of Fame member Earl Weaver, then manager of the Baltimore Orioles...

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Summary

This video game is the first of the Madden football games

Madden NFL

Madden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The game series is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden, a well-known former Super Bowl-winning coach of the Oakland Raiders and color commentator...

 developed and released by Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts

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. It features John Madden on the cover. This game featured many customizable aspects, weather conditions (hot, rain, snow, or cold and windy), time of quarters, player fatigue and injuries, and penalties. Unlike future Madden football video games, this version does not feature season play, only single games. No actual NFL

National Football League

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 teams are included due to the lack of NFL or NFLPA licenses for authentic teams, player names, and stadia. However, some of the teams are based on real teams. One could also create a team from scratch in this game. It is the only Madden game released for Commodore and the Apple II.

A similar version of this game was released in 1989 for the PC

Personal computer

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 and Commodore 64

Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...

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