Madden Football

[spenoza]

I'm curious, how does the Duo Madden Football game compare to its Genesis and SNES colleagues? I know it has crappy FMV and doesn't have the NFL teams, but what about graphics, animation, sound effects, play control, on-screen action and the like?

[Joe Redifer]

It is a bit below the Genesis versions in the gameplay department.  Keep in mind that I prefer only the first edition on the Genesis, before they added NFL and the years, etc.  However this is not to say that it is bad.  The passing is a bit tougher since you don't have three buttons and must use RUN (if I recall correctly) as a passing button.  The field graphics are a bit worse than the Genesis version, but the players and whatnot are a bit better.  Sound effects are probably a bit better, but I don't really recall.

[Michael Helgeson]

It is a bit below the Genesis versions in the gameplay department.  Keep in mind that I prefer only the first edition on the Genesis, before they added NFL and the years, etc.  However this is not to say that it is bad.  The passing is a bit tougher since you don't have three buttons and must use RUN (if I recall correctly) as a passing button. 

So its fair to say the Avenue Pad 3 would fix the game play problem then, correct? If that's the case, then the short coming there is not the games fault, but more or less a problem of the controller. Thats too bad, but at least the problem can be fixed.

[runinruder]

The Duo one is my favorite.  It's very colorful and smooth visually.  The passing game is handled well (no dumb passing windows).  I didn't find anything difficult or uncomfortable about using Run as one of the passing buttons.  The FMVs are hilarious (hilariously bad, but hilarious nonetheless). 

[spenoza]

Too bad it came out so late in the system's life. It could've been a boon to the system had it been around a little earlier.