<s>
John	B-Device
Madden	I-Device
Football	I-Device
,	O
released	O
as	O
John	O
Madden	O
American	B-Application
Football	I-Application
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
American	B-Application
football	I-Application
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loosely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1988	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
of	I-Device
the	I-Device
same	I-Device
title	I-Device
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
entry	O
in	O
what	O
eventually	O
became	O
the	O
yearly	O
Madden	O
NFL	O
series	O
on	O
home	O
consoles	O
,	O
initially	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
which	O
incorporated	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
second	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
installment	O
released	O
during	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
(	O
John	B-Application
Madden	I-Application
Football	I-Application
'	I-Application
92	I-Application
)	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
reworked	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
played	O
from	O
above	O
and	O
behind	O
the	O
quarterback	B-Application
rather	O
than	O
from	O
the	O
side	O
as	O
most	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
release	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
16	O
teams	O
are	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SNES	B-Application
release	O
features	O
twenty-eight	O
teams	O
and	O
the	O
All-Madden	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
in	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
release	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
all	O
generic	O
,	O
but	O
each	O
NFL	O
city	O
is	O
represented	O
and	O
uses	O
their	O
respective	O
colors	O
(	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
Cleveland	O
’s	O
team	O
colors	O
are	O
orange	O
and	O
brown	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
also	O
working	O
on	O
Joe	B-Application
Montana	I-Application
Football	I-Application
for	O
Sega	O
,	O
they	O
contracted	O
out	O
Park	O
Place	O
Productions	O
to	O
develop	O
Madden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Arts	O
had	O
expected	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
to	O
sell	O
around	O
75,000	O
units	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
the	O
title	O
sold	O
roughly	O
400,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
a	O
killer	O
app	O
for	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
,	O
helping	O
the	O
console	O
gain	O
market	O
share	O
against	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
John	O
Madden	O
American	B-Application
Football	I-Application
and	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
95%	O
score	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
realism	O
and	O
the	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
1990	O
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
,	O
John	O
Madden	O
American	B-Application
Football	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
won	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
best	O
console	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
(	O
16-bit	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
The	O
Strong	O
National	O
Museum	O
of	O
Play	O
inducted	O
John	B-Device
Madden	I-Device
Football	I-Device
to	O
its	O
World	O
Video	O
Game	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
.	O
</s>
