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

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On Monday, December 24, 2012 6:21:27 PM UTC-5, Angus wrote:
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> > This is definitely a game that takes some getting used to.  Ok I have another weekend coming up - another chance to try to get down into my basement and give this game a go.  I keep asking my wife if I can just bring my Miggy upstairs and put it in the living room, but so far the answer has been a resounding NO.  I could play this using an emulator, but it would not be the same.
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> Seppo, Hidehiko? Are you there? We need your input, and I need somebody 
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> I don't think JMAF would lend itself to a tiny screen.

Well with 'SuperBowl' weekend approaching, I figured I'd spend some time playing and finally posting to the group.  Though I do watch a lot of football (especially college but not so much Professional football), there are a lot of 'terms' used in the game that I wasn't really familiar with, so I decided to pull out the manual and read up to learn what I don't know.  I'm glad I did...  The manual exposed me to a few features of the game with which I was not familiar (such as 'pushing forward' when you 'anticipate the snap', and the reading is fun and occasionally humorous.

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'.

Now I always thought that all of Europe was on the PAL standard, whereas I have an Amiga based on NTSC standard and have to use a special utility to boot into PAL mode.  Isn't England on the PAL standard as well?

So for my first game, I pulled out my old 'Dungeons and Dragons' dice so I could roll randomly to see who would play who as well as randomly roll for field conditions.  I ended up with a match-up between Atlanta (whom I would play) and Minnesota (who would be played by the system).

It's interesting to note that you can have the team play itself, which I found interesting.  I decided to re-roll if the 'All-Madden' team came up as I believe this team is 'the best of the best' and would be very difficult to beat by a regular team.

As I played, I began to find that I have a major issue trying to catch a pass when thrown during a pass play, and went into a mode where instead of actually playing a game to win, I was just trying to get used to the game again.  At this stage, I'm going to read more of the book and continue to practice pass receptions before playing a 'real' game and posting back the results and my other findings.

If anyone has any questions about the game or football in general, go ahead and post and I'll reply here, pulling the answer from the manual when possible.

I'll be back...

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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