What Was Your First Madden?

What Madden title was your introduction to the series? I got a Sega Genesis for Christmas back in like ‘93 and Madden 93 was out at the time. I wasn’t big into football and I hardly played it aside from if a buddy came over.

Didn’t play a lot of the ones after that until Madden 2002, and then hit Madden 2005 with Ray Lewis HARD! I can guarantee I finished 70+ franchise seasons with created players and such.

What was y'all's intro to the franchise?

I’ve played every madden since the first one on SNES. I just remember how bad I thought it was compared to the NES Tecmo Bowl games.

The first Maddens I truly remember playing was Madden 04 and 05. Madden 13 was my first MUT and I've been hooked ever since.

Moderator rynoman12 said:

The first Maddens I truly remember playing was Madden 04 and 05. Madden 13 was my first MUT and I've been hooked ever since.

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I played one on Sega I think but the first one I owned was 2004 with Vick on the cover

I think I had Madden 92 for Sega, but it's been so long I'm not entirely sure now. I know for a fact I had Madden 94 on SNES though.

Madden 10 was mine

I think that ‘04 one with Vick was one that hooked a lot of people back then. Head to head against friends and just scrambling 600 yards a game with Vick. There was a mean Jeremy Shockey Te back then too I think.

As young kid from Europe i stumbled upon Tecmo bowl but i didn't understand either English or rules.
Then i tried some Madden while being in high school, so it was probably 08-09 or something like that but it didn't impress me. Maybe because still wasn't familiar with football rules or just playing on easy mode/arcade was too easy? Do not judge me for not changing difficulty level.
Then i bought madden 16 (for my younger brothers xbox) on sale around eastern holidays while being in parents home. Played some mut drafts solos (i still lost to cpu most of the time), some franchise and when i bought my own ps4 late that year it was with madden 17. And i drowned into this game. I bought every one since madden 18, played from day one. It's mostly the only game i play with short stints with few rpgs and adventure games obtained via ps4 gold.

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Madden 94 on Sega was the 1st o e I played, but 96 is the 1st one I owned

My first madden was madden 11 on the ps3.

jayberich said:

My first madden was madden 11 on the ps3.

That was a fun one. Did you play Ultimate Team that year?

I go way back.
The first Madden I ever played was John Madden Football '92 on the Sega Megadrive, ambulances running over players and all. In my country American Football is more prominent now than it was back then, but around that time is was a true minority sport. When a popular and influential videogame magazine back then recommended it as being a top game to play, people paid attention.
I credit the game with helping me learn the rules of the sport. And I've been a regular player of the game over the years since then, most prominent games I remember were Madden '97 (the first one that I recall playing and replaying the games of an actual NFL season), Madden 2002 (uh oh third down, what to do now...first one I played on PS2), Madden 2004 (back when the Madden Curse was in full flow, and Vick was lost for much of the season), Madden NFL 09 (Brett Favre and the will he, won't he retire saga playing out on the cover), Madden NFL 12 (the last Madden to date in which I exclusively played Franchise mode) and Madden NFL 18 (a return to Madden play after a five year absence, and my first year of MUT).
And before EA's monopolisation of NFL gaming, I played other franchises too. Most people will of course speak highly of the NFL 2K series, but does anyone else remember playing NFL Quarterback Club, the series that featured Favre on the cover for several years? That one was fun while it lasted.