Q 01/05

Which Electronic Arts founder conceived the Madden series and first approached John Madden in 1984?

A) Larry Probst

B) Trip Hawkins

C) Bing Gordon

D) Rich Hilleman

Answer · why

B) Trip Hawkins

Hawkins had written a football simulation on a PDP-11 as a Harvard student and said his real reason for founding EA was to make computer versions of g...

Q 02/05

The very first John Madden Football, released in 1988, debuted on which computer?

A) Commodore Amiga

B) Apple II

C) Atari ST

D) IBM PC

Answer · why

B) Apple II

John Madden Football debuted on the Apple II in 1988 after roughly three years of development, more than twice the usual time; its box called it 'The ...

Q 03/05

Early plans for EA's first Madden game had six or seven players a side; Madden insisted on how many?

A) 11

B) 12

C) 14

D) 22

Answer · why

A) 11

11 a side was non-negotiable: 'I'm not putting my name on it if it's not real', Madden said, and the full complement slowed the home computers of the ...

Q 04/05

Because of the long delays, the first Madden game earned what nickname inside Electronic Arts?

A) The Eleven-Man Problem

B) Project Gridiron

C) Madden's Mistake

D) Trip's Folly

Answer · why

D) Trip's Folly

EA staff nicknamed the long-delayed game 'Trip's Folly'; it took roughly three years, more than twice the usual development time, before finally shipp...

Q 05/05

Because John Madden feared flying, EA's Hawkins and Joe Ybarra held their two-day 1984 pitch meeting with him where?

A) On an ocean liner

B) On an Amtrak train

C) In a Las Vegas hotel suite

D) On his tour bus

Answer · why

B) On an Amtrak train

On an Amtrak train, from sunrise to midnight over two days, Madden taught the executives football plays; he had taught a Berkeley class called 'Footba...