Strictly "Madden" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Barry Sanders

The first NFL player featured on the box (previous editions pictured, well, John Madden), Sanders abruptly retired a week before training camp started that season. Levens, who was featured on fewer versions of the game, was cut from the Green Bay Packers and is no longer playing football.

Answer: Devin Hester

Although "Neon" Deion was timed in the 40-yard dash at 4.19, he was never given the honor of having a 100 speed rating. He was however given the the honor of being the fastest rated player at 97 on earlier releases.

Answer: Eddie George

The only exception so far for the Madden Curse was Eddie George of the Tennessee Titans who covered the game a year after his team lost in the Super Bowl. During the 2000 Season (Madden NFL 2001 game) George posted a career year with 1,509 yards rushing, 50 receptions for 453 yards and 16 total touchdowns.

However, many say the Curse still got to George, as he bobbled a pass in a playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens which was intercepted by Ray Lewis and returned for a touchdown. The Ravens would win the game and go on to win the Super Bowl as well.

Answer: true

John Madden appeared on the cover of the game until 2000. Since players started dawning the cover, there have been some who have been affected in one way or another by the "Madden Curse". The release of "Madden NFL 2000" was the first game in this franchise to use actual NFL players on the cover, replacing John Madden.

Answer: True

The first game was simply known as "John Madden Football". The name was not changed to simply "Madden" until a few years later.

Answer: Apple II computers

The very first Madden NFL Football game ever made was called "John Madden Football" and ran on Apple II computers. It was produced in 1989 and was an instant hit, both for the public and for EA. Since then, EA has made the game available on numerous other gaming platforms, including various Apple computers and PCs, the Commodore 64, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Amiga, 3DO Multiplayer, PlayStation game console, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 2 console, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy.

Answer: True

Franchise mode remains one of "Madden's" most unique features. The franchise mode on "Madden" is the most indepth mode on any football game.

Answer: down

In earlier games, the hit stick would enable the same tackle time after time, regardless on which direction you moved it. With the new feature, you can now aim high for your quicker backs and low for the power backs.

Answer: false

This is a new feature that helps the player view mismatches on both offense and defense. This feature helps the offense a lot more than it helps the defense in many ways.

Answer: True

For anyone who owns a copy of "Madden 08", they know who is the cover boy. Up until "Madden NFL 08", the coverboys have been the league MVP's. That year's MVP was LaDainian Tomlinson of the San Diego Chargers. One can only guess why he was not on the cover of "Madden NFL 08".