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The first John Madden Football is created
Only released for PC. -
John Madden Football 1990 is released
The first John Madden Football played on gaming systems. Played on SEGA Genesis and SNES -
Electronic Arts (EA) gains all rights to Madden and NFL video games
Before this, SEGA tried to duplicate Madden, and released their own version called Joe Montana Football. -
Player's real names are added to Madden
In the past, they were using randomly generated name. -
First year a player is featured on the cover
In previous years, only John Madden was featured on the cover. Garrison Hearst is featured in this edition of Madden 99'. -
The "Madden Curse" is created.
The "Madden Curse" is a theory around the football community that states that whoever is featured on the cover of Madden will either: get a season or career ending injury, or have a bad season the following year. Some of the victims include: Garrison Hearst, Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb and Troy Polamalu. -
The game of Madden changed forever.
Michael Vick's Madden 04' player changed Madden forever, and is considered the greatest player in Madden history. The reason for his Madden fame was because he could do it all. This Vick was able to run and throw like nothing any Madden player had ever seen. -
Electronic Arts signs an exclusivity deal with the NFL
This was a response to SEGA's attempt to make a game called NFL2K. The deal made it so only EA could produce games based on the NFL. -
The Madden Ultimate Team mode is introduced
This mode would go on to be the most played mode in Madden 15. Also, this game mode would clear out the wallets of gamers everywhere, or at least some of them. -
Madden's 25th Anniversary
After 25 years of football and improvements, Madden released its 25 edition of the game. This game inluded all of the best Madden players to ever be in the game. The cover featured Barry Sanders. -
The first Madden is released on the "Next-Generation Systems"
With the release of the Xbox One and PS4, Madden came out with another version of Madden 25, this one featuring Adrian Peterson on the cover. This Madden changed the game by adding a more realistic running style and changed the physics of the game. -
The current version of Madden is released
This is the most advanced Madden ever. The Ultimate Team mode becomes the most popular mode in Madden, passing the Franchise mode. The cover of the game was chosen by the gamers. The winner of the cover vote was Richard Sherman of the Seattle Seahawks.
