John Madden Football (Championship Edition)

Description

John Madden Football '93 is a 1992 sports video game developed by Blue Sky Productions (later Looking Glass Studios) and Electronic Arts and published by EA Sports Network. Based on the sport of American football, the game tasks the player with controlling a football team in modes such as tournament play and sudden death. It was officially endorsed by John Madden.

The game's Sega Genesis version was developed by Blue Sky Productions, which was simultaneously creating Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss. The team received the project because of Electronic Arts' dissatisfaction with the work of another studio. John Madden Football '93 adds new animations and features, and it allows players to play as and against famous teams such as the Oakland Raiders of 1976. Aside from Madden Football 64, the game was the last in the Madden franchise to lack the NFL license, which was featured in Madden NFL '94 onward.

A rental-only version of the game, John Madden Football: Championship Edition, uses only "championship caliber" line-ups from the 1966-1991 era. Although it still lacks official names, this version features correct team colors.