Madden NFL 2004

by GameBoy

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• Nintendo

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00009IM9Q
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 1 inches ; 2.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 11, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,532 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good handheld football game, January 8, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Madden NFL 2004 (Video Game)

This is a good football game. I'll give you both the good points and the bad points.

Good Points- You can play any team, and can either go with the traditional way of controlling whoever has the ball or controlling just one player per play. Either way is fun for me. The teams are updated, and almost all roster changes have been made. You can create a player in any position, and you can trade players from one team to another. I have created a kind of "ultimate" team composed of several super-stars.

Bad Points- Graphics not as good as with a big system, but that's to be expected. The team logos aren't in the middle of the field, just the NFL logo, but their names are in the end zone. It can get a little easy once you get the hang of it, but I have yet to try the higher difficulty level, which should change that.

Overall, this is a good game. I would recommend it to anyone who likes football games.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Madden 2004 Gameboy may take some time to enjoy..., September 8, 2003

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Mr. "mark_18" (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Madden NFL 2004 (Video Game)

Madden 2004 is basically a port of the old school Madden game from the old Nintendo NES (with the sprite graphics as oppose to the 3d Graphics from the other more powerful systems like Playstation 2, Xbox, etc.)

Here are a couple of things that bother me about it. First off, you have to pretty much know your football such as the difference between a 4-3 defense and a Nickel defense, etc. A casual fan of football might not understand these things and therefore he (or she) will be at a disadvantage (the manual does not explain football concepts). Also, it took me awhile to figure out that the longer you hold down a button, the faster the pass will be. There was no mention of this in the manual. A small child that buys this game may be a little overwelmed at all the controls.

So all in all, the problems I have with the game are mostly in the presentation. Now having said that, the gameplay is actually quite good. I've heard complaints that you can't run the ball very well but I had no such problem. It may take awhile to actually win some games but once you are over the learning curve, its fun!

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stats are kind of what makes football games fun, August 25, 2003

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Preston K. Crawford (Beaverton, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Madden NFL 2004 (Video Game)

Madden 2004 for the GBA is worthless. Which is sad, because the gameplay is actually quite good, in my opinion. The problem is that the way it handles stats is absolutely embarrassing. EA should be ashamed. A couple examples. Today I went for around 200 yards on the ground with Michael Vick. His stats not only didn't show up in the in-game stats, but didn't show up in the season stats. Now, how hard would it be to track rushing yardage for EVERY player? Tecmo Super Bowl could do this back in like 1991. Why can't Madden 2004? It's especially silly when you consider that the cover features Michael Vick and he's known for being versatile and exciting. There's nothing versatile and exciting, however, about rushing for 200, passing for 300 and only getting credited for the 300. The stupidest part is that in the process I apparantly broke the team rushing record (pretty cool, I thought) but the stats for the individuals are actually "on the books". Not only were Vick's yards not recorded, but they somehow missed keeping track of the stats for my running back who went for 130 as well. Really strange. Also, in the same game I returned a punt for 60 yards by someone not designated as a punt returner (one of my up men) and it didn't record that either. In short, if you care at all about statistics when you play a sports game, stay away from Madden 2004. It's pathetic. EA should just end the sharade and cease releasing games for the Gameboy Advance. At least then maybe someone would feel motivated to fill the gap and give us a rehash of Tecmo Super Bowl or something worth playing.

Preston