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Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts

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On Saturday, February 16, 2013 6:42:48 AM UTC-5, Angus wrote:
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> > One of the first *very* interesting things I noted is that the mailing address for 'Electronic Arts' on my book is in England!  I looked up Electronic Arts to see if they started out in England but it appears that they started in the U.S., so I'm wondering if EA had an English 'headquarters' to coordinate distribution there.  Specifically, the location is 'Langley, Berks, SL3 8YN England'.
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> Ah yes, the Langley Business Centre, the well known EA/CIA undercover 
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> I thiink the original game was developed in California, but gary Roberts 
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> EA were very keen on the Amiga, but I think back then there was a lot of 
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> My main problem with the game, and I'm not blaming the game, is I find 
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> it tricky to string together a sequence of moves, without losing 
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> posession of the ball so any tips on this would be welcome. I guess its 
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> I recorded a game shown some weeks back on the TV which I keep meaning 
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It is tricky, but one thing to realize is that football is just a hard sport.  In real life as well as in the game, a team will often try three plays to get 10 yards, fail to do so, and punt the ball.  Even if they get the 10 yards, then they have to do it all over again until they score.  A majority of sequences will in fact typically end in a punt, which is realistic, but there will occasionally be those sequences in series that get you points on the board.  It's a game of maneuver in an attempt to have more scoring sequences than your opponent.

Nate

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Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2012-11-13 20:20 +0000
  Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2012-11-14 09:50 -0800
    Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2012-11-21 07:30 -0800
      Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2012-11-23 20:57 +0000
        Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2012-11-27 07:05 -0800
          Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2012-12-09 13:01 +0000
            Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2012-12-13 05:39 -0800
              Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2012-12-24 23:21 +0000
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2013-01-20 10:23 -0800
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Hidehiko Ogata <wile_e_hide_no@spam_ybb.ne.jp> - 2013-02-03 18:40 +0900
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2013-02-04 06:20 -0800
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Hidehiko Ogata <wile_e_hide_no@spam_ybb.ne.jp> - 2013-02-09 16:35 +0900
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> - 2013-02-16 11:42 +0000
                Re: Amiga Rediscovery - John Madden American Football - Electronic Arts Nate Brazil <natebrazil@comcast.net> - 2013-02-18 05:59 -0800

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