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The Story Behind Madden NFL 98

And I'm virtually certain that if we'd have matched their spend, we'd have blown them out of the water." Stormfront Studios ported the game to Microsoft Windows, while Tiertex Design Studios ported it to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis, with the latter versions published by THQ. This aspect earned the game critical acclaim, with some reviewers considering it a new landmark for AI in football video games.

Madden NFL 98 is a 1997 American football video game developed by Tiburon Entertainment and published by EA Sports for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. The PlayStation version of the game is playable in the collector's edition of Madden NFL 2005 with updated rosters. Madden NFL 98 was the last installment of the Madden series to be released for the SNES, Genesis, and Saturn, as well as the last to utilize 2D sprites on 3D playing fields.

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Madden NFL 98 was outsold by Sony Computer Entertainment's NFL GameDay 98. Electronic Arts chief operating officer John Riccitiello argued that while this was an impressive achievement for Sony, it was not a major defeat for EA Sports: "Do I wish we had sold another 100,000 copies of Madden on PlayStation so we would have sold more in the quarter than [Sony] did? There is also a three-way tie for the best defense in the game between the San Francisco 49ers, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Green Bay Packers with a score of 97.

Stormfront Studios ported the game to Microsoft Windows, while Tiertex Design Studios ported it to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis, with the latter versions published by THQ. The PlayStation version of the game is playable in the collector's edition of Madden NFL 2005 with updated rosters. The game's development focused on improving the Madden series' artificial intelligence.

Why Players Still Load It Up

However, it's too little too late, and stacked against the jaw-dropping GameDay, good is no longer good enough." GameSpot countered that "Although some might scoff at Madden 98 not using polygons like its chief competitor GameDay 98, these player sprites are well animated and detailed.", and pointed out several impressive graphical features accomplished with the sprites. Madden NFL 98 was positively received, with the overwhelming majority of critics agreeing that the new "liquid AI" had eliminated the longstanding Madden NFL series problem of "money plays" that could be used to successfully run the ball in any situation, making the game more challenging and the final scores more comparable to those of real football games. Despite this, the Saturn's much smaller library of football games (Sega's only answer to Sony's NFL GameDay was the critically panned NFL '97) left critics with few reservations about declaring the Saturn version of Madden NFL '98 the best football game on the system.

Several reviewers made particular mention of the new "fantasy draft" option. Next Generation in particular felt that the Madden series had unequivocally been dethroned by its failure to beat NFL GameDay to fully polygonal graphics, concluding that "despite some problems, at least the gameplay is solid – a distinct improvement over last year. Kraig Kujawa of Electronic Gaming Monthly called it "the smartest football game I've played", and Gary Cutlack of Sega Saturn Magazine said the new AI "Makes the game a lot harder, but a well earned victory is much more satisfying, don't you think?" Next Generation dissented with the majority, contending that while the AI was improved from the previous installment of the series, they had managed to find some "money plays".

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