Madden NFL 09 20th Anniversary Collectors Edition | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $89.99
Buy New: $79.00
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 335
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: football_games
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: Video Game
Edition: Collector's
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.8 x 1.4
MPN: 19108
Model: 19108
UPC: 014633191080
EAN: 0014633191080
ASIN: B0017I1FSU
Release Date: August 12, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Contains the full version of Madden NFL 09 | | • | Contains the full version of NFL Head Coach 09 | | • | Contains exclusive Bonus Content | | • | Fully playable version of Madden NFL 93 | | • | Retro playbooks featur the best plays from every year of Madden NFL Football history |
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Two decades ago Madden NFL exploded onto the scene with staggeringly authentic football action and a strategic, by-the-playbook approach to the game previously absent in sports video games. With Madden NFL 09, 20 years of innovation culminate in a new apex in the series' groundbreaking realism. Savor the pulse-pounding excitement as Madden NFL 09 delivers an intense, real-world pro football experience like only legendary coach John Madden can. The action of the gridiron comes alive with stunning graphics, innovative plays and multiplayer competition that thrusts you into the center of the game with no nonsense and no mercy. | | Key Features
- Step into the world of pro football like you can experience only with the legendary John Madden
- Play like a pro no matter what your skill level with the Adaptive Difficulty Engine that tailors your experience to suit your proficiency
- Hone your skills in the Virtual Training Center, featuring a holographic environment designed to help you fine-tune your game
- Execute plays and celebrations like never before with the Total Control Animation System that delivers the most authentic gameplay ever in the series
- Receive customized feedback from EA Sports BackTrack to learn from your mistakes as you play and correct them so you can achieve total dominance on the field
- Access stats, customized tips and in-game options without pausing the game and losing your momentum by using the new Options OnDemand Picture-in-Picture
- Battle it out on the gridiron with up to 32 teams in Online Leagues,complete with trades and statistical tracking
- For 1 to 4 players
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Thrilling Next-Gen Graphics
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Total Control Animation System
View Image | | | The NFL bursts from your screen with multiplayer action and gameplay that pushes you to the limit, no matter what your skill level. In Madden NFL 09, the play is more realistic than ever before with the all-new Total Control Animation System. Execute instantaneous combo moves, bobble catches, user-controlled celebrations and more for a game that looks and feels like it's straight out of the NFL. Stadiums leap off the screen to dazzling effect with an enhanced graphics engine that delivers turf and grass so realistic you can almost feel it give beneath your feet, as well as authentic weather and stadium lighting effects. New player models more genuinely replicate the real physiques of the pros, from sleeker receivers to bulkier linemen, to provide an even more authentic experience on the field. Immerse yourself in the full NFL experience with an all-new network television-style broadcast featuring Cris Collinsworth and Tom Hammond. The new Options OnDemand Picture-in-Picture window gives you instant access to stats, tips and more without having to pause the game. Plus, for the first time make a run for the postseason online as you battle among up to 32 teams. Live the NFL experience in all its brutal glory with Madden NFL 09 as you savor the thrill and punishment of professional football like you can find only in this renowned series. |
Product Description
Madden NFL 2009 Collector's Edition includes both Madden NFL 2009 - With the best gameplay, deepest online experience and most features ever - and NFL Head 2009, offering absolute control of your favorite franchise plus the ability to create custom playbooks for Madden. Madden NFL 09 delivers its most complete NFL football package ever. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or picking up the game for the first time, players of all skill levels will enjoy a unique, yet challenging experience with the innovative Adaptive Difficulty Engine, which tailors the game to match your playing style. Instantly improve your game with the all-new virtual Training Center or incorporate feedback with EA SPORTS BackTrack, allowing you to learn from your mistakes on the fly. With a new broadcast presentation and online leagues, plus more than 85 new features and enhancements, Madden NFL 09 is the most authentic and adaptable game in sports video game history. An all-new Adaptive Difficulty Engine assesses your proficiency in the core skills areas of football. An innovative, Virtual Training Center allows you to fine-tune your game in a holographic environment, while EA SPORTS BackTrack provides customized feedback, giving you a chance to learn from your mistakes. Take what you've learned and run the play again with EA SPORTS Rewind. Set your sights on the Vince Lombardi Trophy in an all-new network-television-style broadcast as Cris Collinsworth and Tom Hammond call the action from the booth. A more immersive and visually stunning presentation package also includes a new Options OnDemand Picture-in-Picture playcall window giving you access to a wealth of stats, customized tips, and in-game options--all at your fingertips without having to pause the game. Make a run for the post-season for the first time online. Featuring trades and statistical tracking for Online Leagues, up to 32 teams can battle it out using all-new flex scheduling. Wi
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| Customer Reviews:
 Madden 09 August 27, 2008
Rodrigo Yanez
So far one of the best of the Madden games ever made the best part is the your skill level play.
it also fun playing some old school Madden to realize how far we have gone.
 Madden 2009 Collector's August 20, 2008
Weirdo (FL, USA)
First off, I'd like to say that it is getting old every game manufacturer putting out something, adding little trinkets like an eight-ball keychain, adding a couple of extra features, and calling it a "collector's edition."
EA Sports did an awesome job when they released Madden 05 and its "Collector's Edition." They did an awesome job adding the interviews and showing the progression all the way from the beginning of Madden to the then current generation and even including THREE different versions of Madden. Since then, I've been duped into buying the 07 collector's edition and this one. The "extra" disc is okay, but it doesn't warrant really being called an "extra" disc. I will review Head Coach 09 right now before I review Madden. :YAWN!!! I tried to play, and even made it through one game. Yawn. Anyway. On to the game..
CONS:
1. Way too much information on the screen prior to the snap. After a few games, I've gotten the preplay options down fairly well. I do hit the right stick, but it still does pop up every so often during the game.
2. While I do appreciate the attempt at commentary upgrade from prior versions, Cris Collinsworth is rather dull, and the next time i have to hear him say, "The joy about the NFL is watching qbs throw the ball, and WRs catching the ball." My, how insightful. Worse yet, "the tight end is like a pacifier." comment. enough!!! I feel at times that eugene levy is doing the play by play
2a. if Tom Hammond mentions one more frickin' time that today's game is brought to me by EA Sports, i will Elvis my TV and shoot it.
3. Bring Madden back into his own game.
4. bring back the all the officials, not just the referee, and the chain gang.
5. when i challenge a play, let me know what I'm challenging first. I hate challenging a catch on the sidelines, b/c the guy looked like he was out of bounds, but when I challenge, it challenges the spot of the ball.
6. every so often, Cris will go to show me a backtrack, the logo will come up, and w/o pressing anything, it will disappear and go back to normal gameplay w/o doing squat.
7. the td celebrations are a nice touch, but only make them available only after a cool TD like an INT ran back, or a kickoff, not when I QB sneak from a yard out with the game already in the bag.
PROS:
1. gameplay and graphics are awesome.
2. they brought back the option to allow the cpu to play itself if you are bored and just want to watch.
3. the ability to bluff your plays. when i play humans, the main one i play against tends to watch my play.
4. If I lose a challenge, the salt isn't rubbed into the wound anymore by showing me the scoreboard graphic of "TIME OUT." It's a little subtler now.
It took a little bit for this game to grow on me for some reason. I do at least enjoy playing the 93 version. I must be dumb b/c i don't know where all these extra plays are supposed to be. This is probably a partial wish list for next year, but at least attach the field goal nets to something instead of casper the friendly ghost raising them. bring back the chain gang, and the ability to truly squib quick. it would also be nice if they would put up a sports ticker at the bottom like on the ps1 with ongoing scores of the other games going on when you are playing on the ea sports ticker. It's too bad that they can't throw in real time scores as well.
overall, the game is an improvement over the past two incarnations of madden for the xbox 360, but it really didn't live up to the hype that this game was getting. the box mentions 85 new features, but i've yet to find 20. That being said, i do enjoy playing it.
 Freezing! August 18, 2008
Timothy R. Cherepko (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
Freezes all the time. In the second year of my franchise on Madden, I can no longer train my players. Even before this, I couldn't play two consecutive games in my franchise or else it would freeze. Online games drop all the time. I assumed the 08 problems would be on the top of EA's priority list with 09, but they weren't. In fact, it's gotten worse. What EA does should be illegal. It probably is.
Extras! Extras! Read All About Them! August 16, 2008
Dmitry Kristal (Brooklyn, NY United States)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
As with most of my "deluxe" video game edition reviews, I will review the extras that you get with the Collector's Edition, rather than the game itself.
*Fully Playable Madden 93 Game: Turn back the clock and play the 16-bit Madden 93 game. Because I played Madden 93 fifteen years ago, I pondered to myself "WoW! I used to play this game?" This is not a game you would play for hours these days, but its nice addition to play and appreciate the past and how far the game came to this day.
*NFL Head Coach 09: If you are a fan of this series, you just might have to buy the entire Collector's Edition to play it this year.
*Extensive Playbook: This can certainly be useful for avid online players who might be looking for some extra weapons. There are 3 sets of extra playbooks available(Generation 1, 2 and 3.) Some of the plays go back 20 years ago!
*BONUS DISK: About 2 hours total time of 8 videos. Most of them are footages from NFL Network. Therefore if you do not get NFL Network in your area, this can be another selling point. The videos and their time in minutes and seconds are as follows:
Super Bowl 31 Highlights(23:41) - Packers Vs Pats
Week In review: Superbowl 31(20:41) - Packers Vs Pats
Week In Review: 2008 NFC Championship(14:02) - Packers Vs Giants
Manning, Brady, and Favre - The Quarterbacks(16:05) - Quarterbacks of today.
In Just One Play(14:37) - Join Chad Johnson as he discusses today's playmakers.
Moment of Impact(12:36) - Today's defensive playmakers.
NFL Greatest Follies, Volume 3(13:58) - Focuses on Touchdown Celebrations.
Madden NFL Concept Gallery(2:36) - Short Madden Game Art Gallery.
Bottom Line: If you can afford it and you are a Madden and NFL Fan, then definitely go for it and get the collector's edition. Also, the attractive packaging and box makes this a great gift.
 Madden 09 is fun but... August 15, 2008
J. Dela Cruz (Jacksonville, FL)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
Everything about Madden 09 has improved, but there is more that can be improved. The new commentary is okay, but most of the time the commentators just say "the player, he, or the receiver." I also would not recommend getting the collectors edition if you only will really play Madden 09. The included "bonus features disk" is just a DVD!!!! Of course you will get Head Coach 09, but Head Coach really isn't for those who really want to play the game of football (control players), it's just all about strategy, like picking a play and watching to see it works. Unless you are really a football fanatic and know a lot about what plays to call, how to manage players, and how to manage your team, I highly recommend only getting Madden 09 by itself. The only difference is that you won't be able to play Madden 93 which is on Madden 09 Collector's Edition, and unless you want to relive some memories, Madden 93 shouldn't be much of an attraction. The games themselves do not come in individual packaging, so you won't get any jewel cases for the games, it's like opening up a box set of dvd's and having the games set in place, with no individual covers, (you won't get to see Brett Farve in his Packers uniform, and print out the Jets one) you'll just have a pretty cool, yet somewhat boring case with 2 games, and a dvd that isn't even in HD. Overall, if you're like me and only want to play Madden 09, this is a great waste of 30 more dollars for a gray box-case and a game I won't play, and a dvd I won't watch.
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