Madden NFL 2003

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Great looking portable football sim
• Detailed scouting mode
• Full season stat-tracking
• Create-a-player feature
• Up to 2 players with Game Link Cable

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000690ZW
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 12, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,285 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This portable version of Madden NFL 2003 offers a detailed, high-action simulated football experience. Link your GBA to a friend's for head-to-head play, then track your stats over the course of an entire season. Scout new players and build your own from scratch, then develop your team through experience and hard work.

Product Description

In its 13th year, Madden NFL? Football is the undisputed leader in authentic NFL football simulation. Its combination of jaw-dropping graphics and animations, realistic player AI, in-depth play modes, and the most innovative features is beyond comparison. With a primary focus on in-game graphics and game play, this is the best looking, sounding and playing football game ever. This season Madden NFL Football continues to establish why it is the definitive interactive football experience. Madden NFL 2003 features online gaming capability for the first time and also includes the new Houston Texans and the new NFL divisional alignment.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD GAME, October 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Madden NFL 2003 (Video Game)

It's a good game. Not so great graphics but a lot of fun. That's pretty much all you can expect on a GBA, though. It has all the teams and is the best portable football game on the market. It even has a create a player mode where you can put the player through a training camp. Overall, I would give it a 4 out of five, only because of it's poor graphics. Buy it ****

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent, August 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Madden NFL 2003 (Video Game)

OK - it ain't brilliant but it's the best GameBoy football game out there. You better have specs and a magnifying glass handy because to choose plays, you have to read the settings - it's nasty to see and requires real patience. But once you get the hang of it, the game moves along with solid graphics and pretty realistic game play. Penalties, sacks, dancin' in the end zone, it's all here. But the darned thing brings out the shortcoming of the Advance system: it's too hard to see and you pray for direct sunlight, no glare and no distractions.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Decent Football Game But Is a Real Disapointment., February 9, 2003

By 

Kent (Iowa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Madden NFL 2003 (Video Game)

I have bought every single Madden game dating back to Madden 2001 for the N64. Now I know it isn't fair to compare GBA games to high-powered systems like the Xbox. So I won't. I bought this game thinking I was going to get a pretty good football game for my GBA. Well, after experiencing what this game has to offer, I may never buy another Madden game for the GBA. The sound is crisp but only plays one song, Andrew W.K. Party Hard. The controls are decent, the graphics are a real letdown compared to what EA did with the NHL 2002 for the GBA, and the replayability is only there if you wish to play as another team, because the schedule is the same when you start a new season. The playoff mode will provide some replayability, but like the season mode, after a while, you just won't want to play it again. The real big problem I have about this game is that you cannot run worth beans and most passing plays are decent. I found a passing play that worked for me 96% of the time, and everytime it was completed, my receiver would run in the length of the field for a touchdown. So the A.I. is a REAL drawback to this game. Plus you can rack up the score real easily in this game. It would be nice if the schedule could change after each season. NHL 2002 is a much bigger game, as far as to develop, than Madden was. You would think that they would be able to easily squeeze in a chip that would change the schedules!

Overall: Madden 2003 for the GBA is the best footbal game out there for the GBA system. But the system's graphics, A.I., and consistant schedule make the game a bad experience compared to what EA has done with the NHL franchise for the GBA. Hopefully they can have better graphics, better A.I., better running, passing and defense abilities, more modes of play, and a chip that can change the schedule after you play a season. Oh yeah, did I mention that the creat-a-player was the worst?