It's In The Game: Madden NFL Now Streaming on Amazon Prime

[Steve_OS]

It's In The Game: Madden NFL is now streaming on Amazon Prime. Announced a couple of weeks...

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[Picci]

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Finished Episode 1... I had previously played a Baseball WS game on an IBM system back in 1983 against another person while on active-duty USAF. It involved 2 keys on the keyboard and the end result would display on the screen. Then there was Bases Loaded (private citizen). My GF got an Nintendo system in 1987, I picked up a controller, played it, and spent the next few months spending time together. Then Madden came out. Ditched the GF and later bought a Sega Genesis

Enjoyed Episode 1. Interesting to hear the challenges EA faced as they started out

Tonight, Episode 2! I'm sure it's the 90's. For me, a new bride and 2 children and playing video games

[mestevo]

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I binged it yesterday, a lot of interesting bits of information and behind the scenes stories. Love stuff like this, like Hard Knocks, that connects you to the humanity behind something that otherwise becomes so impersonal or sensationalized.

[CHiC25]

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Just watched first episode. I'll say this, im sure im one of the OGs on this site (my name was formally Waaazuuuuup, life happened and i returned after a 10 year absent), Im getting lil misty eyed watching this. Seeing Madden for one, who was a true sports icon for me growing up.

I remember playing sports games on an Atari 2600, and to see them evolve into what they are now is true amazing. Ill admit i get frustrated at times when the gameplay of some of these game feel a bit cheesy but thats due to the up and down effect from previous games to which you hope companies build up on their previous build rather than fall backwards.

We truly live in a great age of video gaming and i look forward to watching the remaining episodes as well as seeing how video games will evolve in the future..

[Vinrich]

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The historical parts were great but you can tell what pushed them to be better which was competition. Sports gaming in general is in dying need of more competition - I wish the exclusive rights would end.

[CHiC25]

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The historical parts were great but you can tell what pushed them to be better which was competition. Sports gaming in general is in dying need of more competition - I wish the exclusive rights would end.

100% agree with you


Watching Madden play the 1990 version of the game and seeing him smile knowing how tough he was on the developers says ALOT!! Makes me wonder what Madden would say about todays versions.

Also, NBA Live folded under competition. Dare I say the same may have happened had EA not had the licensing agreement...

[ricket]

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My two takeaways from episode one: (1) console manufacturers back in the day essentially took a big cut of the video game manufacturers profits for the ability to make a console-specific game and (2) Joe Montana Football was essentially an inferior knock off of Madden (that came out in '90). I have some friends who will be crushed to hear that.

I really enjoyed learning how it all started and the business environment back then. Big risk, huge reward. Looking forward to the next episodes.

[Vinrich]

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This quote from one of the producers irked me

"Everybody can come at us - we're going to beat them down and run up the score."

[CHiC25]

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This quote from one of the producers irked me

"Everybody can come at us - we're going to beat them down and run up the score."

Yes!!

i'd be shocked if they addressed the exclusive licensing..

[forme95]

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The big stand out to me from episode one was the continuing voice of JM saying he would only back a authentic simulation nfl game. A game as strong as his name and reputation.

Lets be honest, if JM was alive today, he would not be backing this game. It went from a authentic simulation to a arcade money grab. The only authentic to it is the teams, players name and likeness.

[Picci]

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Just watched first episode. I'll say this, im sure im one of the OGs on this site (my name was formally Waaazuuuuup, life happened and i returned after a 10 year absent), Im getting lil misty eyed watching this. Seeing Madden for one, who was a true sports icon for me growing up

Oh, I remember you. Great to see you again and Waazuuuuuup!

Revisiting Nostalgia -

Finished Episode 2 (after watching Brooklyn defy tanking and stay undefeated on this West coast holiday trip ) and again revisiting those years and going back to 1995, I remember sitting at the airport with my new wife returning from our wedding/honeymoon and coming across a gaming magazine that highlighted upcoming sports games. It was promising unrivaled graphics on this new Playstation system showing NHL Faceoff, In the Zone, and Gameday which was releasing later that year. This 32-bit CPU machine quickly replaced the Sega Genesis 16 bit, or the idea of a Sega Saturn which was less impressive on the sports lineup.

[stp2081]

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The big stand out to me from episode one was the continuing voice of JM saying he would only back a authentic simulation nfl game. A game as strong as his name and reputation.

Lets be honest, if JM was alive today, he would not be backing this game. It went from a authentic simulation to a arcade money grab. The only authentic to it is the teams, players name and likeness.

EA markets the hell out of this JM quote as it makes them *seem* authentic. Truth is that JM would never get into the nuances of a truly “sim” video game and EA was paying him boatloads of cash anyway. It was probably always “sim enough” for JM or “evolving enough” in that direction for him (for example, you’d never see him talk about the forever lack of intentional grounding by the CPU).

[jdareal21]

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100% agree with you


Watching Madden play the 1990 version of the game and seeing him smile knowing how tough he was on the developers says ALOT!! Makes me wonder what Madden would say about todays versions.

Also, NBA Live folded under competition. Dare I say the same may have happened had EA not had the licensing agreement...

I hope he would take a bow and rejoice! I hate seeing the nonsense about Madden every year. As it stands today, Madden 25 is the best playing, most feature rich and graphically impressive football game that has ever existed. To suggest anything else is crazy.

I've played Madden since the first on Genesis, so I know the truly terrible ones. This doc is a little emotional for me not only because I've played them so long but to see how far they've come. I'm tired of the bashing. If people are turned off to it, so be it. But in actuality, gameplay-wise, it's never been better. Ever. By a lot.

[oneamongthefence]

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I'm shocked they included clips from Angry Joe and SoftDrinkTV. They're pretty loud voices in the Madden hate community. I don't think they had Moody in any clips but it's good to see them acknowledge these pretty loud dissenters.

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[tril]

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well done documentary.
sheds a different light on the Madden franchise and EA. I think the Madden team needed this documentary, it humanized EA and the MAdden development team.

one quote that stood out though is that EA makes highlight football.