Madden NFL 07 is a sports computer game (American football) released in 2006 on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Game cube, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Game Kid Development, Nintendo DS as well as PC (Windows). The video game is component of the Madden NFL series. The National Football Organization Shaun Alexander is existing on the cover.
John Earl Madden, legendary coach and commentator of the NFL, he died unexpectedly at his California domicile, on Tuesday morning, at 85 years, so the organization itself informed it. The impact and legacy of John Madden transcended the American football fields, being a consultant and key piece in the conception of the MADDEN NFL video game franchise, which to date, it amounts more than 250 million games sold to through its 33 years of existence.
The idea of creating a realistic American football video game was born from Trip Hawkins' mind, founder of Electronic Arts, who in the mid-80s, looked for John Madden to advise him and give his endorsement to the project, same He was originally designed to recreate American football in modality of 7 against 7 players, but he ended up growing at 11 vs. 11 due to the explicit demand of Madden. The coach did not consider the reduced version of sport as real American football.
We always wanted it to be seen as what you see on television. That was one of my goals John Madden Appetite for authenticity turned a one-year project in one of 4 years, explained Hawkins as part of Netflix's High Score documentary series. I remember that, when we started with the game, we always wanted to be seen as what you see on television. That was one of my goals, John Madden declared. And the technical responsibility of executing said projected fell on the US developer Joe Ibarra. Madden's first installment debuted at the Apple II computer in 1988, but it was not until 1990, with the version of Sega Genesis, which the game finally began to be remotely realistic.
Everyone was happy and sighed with relief when [the game] was ready, and finally he could debut, the fact that he was successful, took some by surprise, but not Trip [Hawkins], Don Trailer declared, Electronic Arts co-founder.
The saga has had its high and low points, as well as multiple competitors, among which NFL 2K stands out for Dream cast, which at some point put the reign of Madden in question, not only at the level of sales, but also of quality. However, Madden holds today, exclusivity rights with the NFL, which allow it to be the only series of simulation, at least, up to 2025.
Saga Madden NFL has become a cultural phenomenon in the United States, where year over the year, it is the best-selling game of August, concentrating a lot of attention, both for its playable conveyances, and by the athlete chosen to appear in The cover. In fact, there is the urban legend that being a cover player is accompanied by a curse that condemns the performance of the chosen for the subsequent season.
Within the NFL, as such, his great achievement was to take the Raiders of Oakland to win Super Bowl XI in 1977. He retired in 1979, after which he began a very successful and long race as a football analyst, herself He deserved 16 Emmy Awards. In 2006, he became part of the NFL Hall of Fame.
The most recent delivery of Madden NFL, Madden NFL 22, went on sale last August and, as it is tradition, was one of the best-selling games of summer in the United States.
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