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2000 · EA Orlando · American football · Sports

Madden NFL 2001

Madden NFL 2001 includes several customizable modes. Players have the ability to create a play, create a player, run a franchise, and collect Madden Cards, allowing players to perform certain actions during gameplay (for example, adding 5th downs, or limiting the CPU-controlled team to 3rd downs). The cards can also alter individual player ratings, unlock special stadiums, and unlock Hall of Fame and All-Madden teams.

Released
22 August 2000
Platforms
Game Boy ColorNintendo 64PlayStationPlayStation 2Windows
Genres
American footballSports
Developers
EA Orlando3d6 Games
Publishers
EA Sports
Series
Madden NFL
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Non-fiction
Country
United States
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English, Japanese

About

Madden NFL 2001 is a 2000 American football video game developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA Sports. It is the third in the Madden NFL series to include an NFL player, Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George, on its cover (the first being Madden NFL '95, which featured Erik Williams and Karl Wilson along with Madden himself). In addition, it is the first game in the series to have a player, instead of John Madden featured prominently on the box art. Madden's picture is shown on a small logo, which would reappear for every following game until Madden NFL 06.

It is also the first game in the Madden NFL series to appear on the PlayStation 2 game console. This is the first Madden game to feature NFL Europe teams.

Keywords

  • soccer
  • football
  • american football
  • artificial intelligence
  • instant replay
  • game critics awards
  • polygonal 3d
  • launch titles
  • year in the title
  • difficulty level
  • touchdown
  • buffalo bills

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Reception

The PlayStation and PlayStation 2 versions received "universal acclaim", while the Nintendo 64 and PC versions received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Rob Smolka of NextGen said of the PlayStation 2 version, "If you were looking for a reason to buy a PlayStation 2, this is it – superb gameplay, even better graphics, and enough substance to make you forget about all those other, weak launch titles." In Japan, where the same console version was ported and published by Electronic Arts Square under the name Madden NFL Super Bowl 2001 (マッデンNFLスーパーボウル2001, Madden NFL Sūpā Bouru 2001) on January 18, 2001, Famitsu gave it a score of 35 out of 40.

Official UK PlayStation Magazine gave the PlayStation version a score of nine out of ten and the Starplayer Award and said that it "expertly mixes arcade action with sim-deep stats and playbooks". Emmett Schkolven of Extended Play gave the PlayStation 2 version all five stars and said, "Madden NFL 2001 for the PS2 is the best-looking, smartest, most immersive game I have ever played. There's no comparing this game to anything else. From now on, all other sports titles will be compared to this."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Releases by platform
PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation22 August 2000Worldwide
Windows25 August 2000Worldwide
Nintendo 6428 August 2000Worldwide

Title IDsone per regional release, with its latest update

Title ids and disc serials by release
PlatformTitle IDRegionLatest update
Game Boy ColorCGB-BNFE-USANorth America—
Nintendo 64NUS-NFLE-USANorth America—
PlayStationSLES-03067Europe—
SLUS-01241North America—
PlayStation 2SCES-50021Europe—
SLES-50021Europe—
SLPS-20065Japan—
SLUS-20093North America—

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