Madden NFL 97 (Mega Drive)

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Saturn
Mega Drive

Madden NFL 97 (Mega Drive)

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Electronic Arts

Tiburon Entertainment

Licensor: National Football League, National Football League Players Association

Peripherals supported:

4 Way Play

6Player, Saturn Backup Memory, Saturn Floppy Drive

Genre: Sports

Number of players:

1-4,

1-8

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1996-10-24^[1]	$64.9564.95^[2]	768901
EU	1996-09-14		EAX02401045I
US	1996-09-24^[3]	$59.9559.95^[4]	T-5010H
EU	1996		T-5018H-50 EAX02501045I
DE	1996		T-5018H-50 EAX02501045I
UK	1996-10-16^[5]	£49.9949.99^[6]	T-5018H-50 EAX02501045I
PL	1996
AU	199x

Non-Sega versions
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Madden NFL 97 (Mega Drive) is a 1996 American football game for various systems, including the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Saturn, by Electronic Arts.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Strategy and Play Design: John Madden
Design Adaptation: Scott Orr, Robert Jones, Brian Jackson
Programming: Will Robinson
Additional Programming: Tom McWilliams
Graphics and Animation: Tiburon Entertainment, Joe Vance (LEAD), Lenny Williams
Music and Sound: Joel Simmons, Jim Simmons
Executive Producer: Scott Orr
Associate Producer: John D. Boerio
Assistant Producer: Robert Jones
Design Contribution: Randy Beverly, Dan Baker, Jeremy Strauser
Statistical Data: STATS, INC.
Player Ratings and Rosters: Jeremy Strauser (EA), STATS Inc.
Lead Analyst: Dan Baker
Testing by: Mike Caldwell, Mike McHale, Vu Thai Deng, Clyde Jones, David Jimenez, Steve Jones
Product Manager: Erik Whiteford
Media Relations: Shelly Eckenroth
Quality Assurance: Ollie Ongpin, Rafael Lopez, Barry Dorf
Special Thanks: Steve Sims, Randy Delucchi, Kyra Pehrson, Jim Capuano, Pam Seawell, Maria Bahamondes, Ted Fitzgerald, John Schappert, Sandy Montag, Don Transeth, Chip Lange, Gene Goldberg, Monty Anndursky, George Greenberg, Clay Walker, Doug Ramsey, Ruth Kennedy, Sue Garfield, Siobhan Grady
World Madden Bowl Champion: Reggie Brooks—Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Executive in Charge of Production: Scott Orr

Source:

US manual

Saturn version

Strategy and Play Design: John Madden
Design Contributions: Ted Fitzgerald, Brian Jackson, Rob Jones, Matt McKnight
Programming: Tiburon Entertainment
Executive Producer: Scott Orr
Producer: Steve Sims
Line Producer: Ted Fitzgerald
Assistant Producer II: Brian Jackson
Video Production: Ernest Adams
Technical Director: Ken Zarifes
Product Manager: Erik Whiteford
Project Manager: Kyra Pehrson
Stats Data: STATS, Inc.
Player Ratings/Rosters: Jeremy Strausser, Brian Jackson, Randy Beverly, and STATS, Inc.
Product Analyst: Todd Gilliland, Dan Caraballo
Product Testing: Ben Williams, Mike Dantzler, Warren Beard, Ed Frame
Documentation: Paul Armatta
Documentation Layout: Peter Bruni Associates
Package Art Direction: Cory Higgins
Package Design: Oshiro Design
Package Photography: Ted Kurihara, Tom DiPace
Quality Assurance: Jim Donovan, Barry Dorf, Steve Nix, Dave Koerner, Jeff Juco, Joe Adams
Executive in Charge of Production: Scott Orr
Special Thanks To: John Madden, Joe Madden, Mike Madden, Randy Delucchi, Murray Allen, Derek Boyko, sandy Montag, Gene Goldberg, Damon Caldwell, Monty Amdursky, Carrie Fischer, and Clay Walker

Source:

US manual^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Madden NFL 97 (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #87: "October 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Saturn print advert in Game Power (IT) #57: "Gennaio 1997" (199x-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[8]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[2]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[9]

Mega Fun (DE)

87

^[10]

Player One (FR)

PAL

80

^[11]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

88

^[12]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

88

^[13]

Videogame Advisor (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[14]

	79
Based on 8 reviews

Madden NFL 97 (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual Poster

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, ZA/KE/LS/MZ/NA/BW/SZ/ZW

Cart

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Version	Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

Madden NFL 97 (Mega Drive)

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, DE
Cover
Disc

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	c4b4e112
MD5	c5e4b901ca41524c182e576bedb13981
SHA-1	63544d2a0230be102f2558c03a74855fc712b865

2MB

1996-08-19^[15]

Cartridge (US/EU)

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

530,714,688

CD-ROM (EU)

T-5018H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

530,709,984

CD-ROM (US)

T-5010H V1.000

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1996-08-01

CD-R

Page

References

↑ http://www.bizlink.com:80/~future/release.html (Wayback Machine: 1996-10-30 08:30)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "November 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 142
↑ http://sega-saturn.com/saturn/software/madden97.htm (Wayback Machine: 1996-12-15 06:17)
↑ Press release: 1996-09-26: Electronic Arts Ships MADDEN NFL 97 for the Sega Saturn; Industry's Best-Selling Sports Video Game of All Time Leads EA SPORTS' Holiday Push onto the Sega Saturn Platform
↑ Computer & Video Games, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-09), page 48
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-06), page 62
↑ File:Madden97 sat us manual.pdf, page 23
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 122
↑ Game Informer, "November 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 49
↑ Mega Fun, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 64
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 110
↑ Sega Magazin, "Februar 1997" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 15
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 156
↑ Videogame Advisor, "Volume 2, Number 10: October 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 34
↑ File:Madden97 MD SoundTest1.png

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American Football
John Madden Football (1990) \| John Madden Football '92 (1991) \| John Madden Football '93 (1992) \| John Madden Football: Championship Edition (1992) \| Mutant League Football (1993) \| Madden NFL '94 (1993) \| Bill Walsh College Football (1993) \| Bill Walsh College Football '95 (1994) \| Madden NFL '95 (1994) \| Madden NFL 96 (1995) \| College Football USA 96 (1995) \| Madden NFL 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| Madden NFL 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| College Football USA 97 (1996) \| Madden NFL 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| Madden NFL 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Baseball
Tony La Russa Baseball (1993) \| MLBPA Baseball (1994) \| La Russa Baseball 95 (1994) \| Triple Play 96 (1995) \| Triple Play: Gold Edition (1996)
Basketball
Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs (1990) \| Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs (1991) \| Jordan vs Bird (1992) \| Team USA Basketball (1992) \| Bulls versus Blazers and the NBA Playoffs (1993) \| NBA Showdown '94 (1994) \| NBA Live 95 (1994) \| NBA Live 96 (1995) \| Coach K College Basketball (1995) \| NBA Live 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| NBA Live 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| NBA Live 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| NBA Live 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Golf
Zany Golf (1990) \| PGA Tour Golf (1990) \| PGA Tour Golf II (1992) \| PGA Tour Golf III (1994) \| PGA European Tour (1994) \| PGA Tour Golf II (1995) \| PGA Tour 96 (1995) \| PGA Tour 97 (1996)
Ice Hockey
NHL Hockey (Mega Drive) (1991) \| NHLPA Hockey '93 (1992) \| NHL Hockey '94 (1993) \| Elitserien 95 (1994) \| Mutant League Hockey (1994) \| NHL 95 (1994) \| NHLPA Hockey (1994) \| Elitserien 96 (1995) \| NHL 96 (1995) \| NHL Hockey (Game Gear) (1995) \| NHL 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| NHL 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| NHL 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| NHL 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Racing
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Rugby
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Soccer
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[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19961030083007.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.bizlink.com:80.2F.7Efuture.2Frelease.html-1] ttp://www.bizlink.com:80/~future/release.html (Wayback Machine: 1996-10-30 08:30)

[:File:GamePro_US_098.pdf_p142-2] 2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "November 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 142

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19961215061741.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega-saturn.com.2Fsaturn.2Fsoftware.2Fmadden97.htm-3] ttp://sega-saturn.com/saturn/software/madden97.htm (Wayback Machine: 1996-12-15 06:17)

[Press_release:_1996-09-26:_Electronic_Arts_Ships_MADDEN_NFL_97_for_the_Sega_Saturn.3B_Industry.27s_Best-Selling_Sports_Video_Game_of_All_Time_Leads_EA_SPORTS.27_Holiday_Push_onto_the_Sega_Saturn_Platform-4] Press release: 1996-09-26: Electronic Arts Ships MADDEN NFL 97 for the Sega Saturn; Industry's Best-Selling Sports Video Game of All Time Leads EA SPORTS' Holiday Push onto the Sega Saturn Platform

[:File:CVG_UK_180.pdf_p48-5] Computer & Video Games, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-09), page 48

[:File:MeanMachinesSega51UK.pdf_p62-6] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-06), page 62

[:File:Madden97_sat_us_manual.pdf_p23-7] File:Madden97 sat us manual.pdf, page 23

[8] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 122

[:File:GameInformer_US_043.pdf_p49-9] Game Informer, "November 1996" (US; 1996-1x-xx), page 49

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-02.pdf_p64-10] Mega Fun, "02/97" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 64

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_071.pdf_p110-11] Player One, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 110

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_39.pdf_p15-12] Sega Magazin, "Februar 1997" (DE; 1997-01-08), page 15

[13] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 156

[:File:VideogameAdvisor_US_0210.pdf_p34-14] Videogame Advisor, "Volume 2, Number 10: October 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 34

[:File:Madden97_MD_SoundTest1.png_p-15] File:Madden97 MD SoundTest1.png

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Madden NFL 97 (Mega Drive)

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Contents

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Saturn version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Saturn version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References