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Madden NFL 09 20th Anniversary Collectors Edition | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $89.99
Buy New: $69.99
You Save: $20.00 (22%)
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1275
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: football_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: 20th Anniversary Collector's
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: PlayStation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 19109
Model: 19109
UPC: 014633191097
EAN: 0014633191097
ASIN: B0017I8L9Q
Release Date: August 12, 2008
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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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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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. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Great Set for Madden and NFL fans. August 14, 2008
Daimyo (New Jersey)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
My review of Madden NFL 09 isn't very long, cuz I wanted to focus on this collector's set.
Some game play positives
Animations are incredibly realistic and varied. Like the throwing mechanics vary with the type of throw. The tackles take longer to animate. The guy won't just immediately fall down when hit. There are various ways a defender approaches a ball carrier for a tackle and u can react differently to it. The catches by receivers are fantastic as well.
The graphics look very good. U can easily notice when compared with game play graphics of NFL head Coach.
The player or your ball carrier isn't locked to the animation any more. IF the defender has his arms around u can still try to get out.
The players run very fluidly and look very realistic.
Madden IQ really helps with the difficulty. Some drills are easy, so it actually makes running the ball for instance a bit too hard; which forces u to try passing more, thus making u better at the game.
Rivalry games are noticeably harder. I played with the eagles against the giants and it was tough, I lost.
A few negatives:
Franchise mode is untouched pretty much.
Online league so far isn't very organized and is not all it was hyped up to be.
Superstar mode doesn't offer anything to make u wanna try again.
AS FOR THE COLLECTOR's EDITION ONLY:
I think the set is a great value if u love doing the off season in Franchise mode, cuz I love the strategy and depth of headcoach. U have to be very patient and into football management. But creating your own coach and trying to turn around a struggling team like the Falcons is real fun. I warn u that it is really slow, I played hours and I am still in my first off season.
Now for the type of stuff. For instance, if u invite a draft prospect for an interview, it will give u his potential rating which is crucial. Ur owner puts pressure on u to make sure u don't draft a bust. The GM wants to do things his way, but u also must demand the respect of ur staff. So it is alot of depth. If u just wanna sim most of the game, u can pre set over 100 different philosophies of ur organization. From running a cover 2, and option attack, value of future draft picks, the type of each player (speed back, mobile QB, etc.), to how much control u give up to new staff members.. It is deep I haven't looked at all of them yet. Also signing free agents is more fun cuz ur bidding with other teams, and the u must decide what to spend within a minute, and try to match the offer of other teams. Now that is the just the right to negotiate a contract. Then u must offer with incentive and the signing bonus. That's just the offseason.
As for coaching ingame, there is also alot of strategy. From letting ur coordinators call the plays to the way u respond after ur team makes a mistake, to the way u make a slight adjustment to the play at the line, ur team will respond. U can jump in and just coach a game, but that is very less in depth than in career mode. U have to work on plays in practice and then try to translate them to the field. Also when considering new players u also have take into account their ability to learn new plays or their performance will suffer. U also have to satisfy egos as well.
A good amount of video features
Madden 93 makes u laugh and appreciate how far technology has come.
Overall:
If u look at it this way, u get another game for $30. In my opinion, it is a very intuitive game that can get you hooked. I am already more into it than madden, cuz I haven't found the right league online yet. Plus if u get into headcoach u can log over a hundred hours, which is definitely worth the $30. The game gets very addicting if ur into football management which I am. If u haven't picked up madden this gen or in awhile but still are a fan of the series or just love the series this collectors set is a great item.(The case is pretty nice looking as well)
Update September 7, 2008
R. Westmoreland
So this is a update on my review I did a few days ago. It wasn't as much a review as a plea for help with the glitchy pile "o" crap that is Madden 09.I have been looking around on the web to find an answer to my question which was is any else having the game stick in franchise mode,and the answer is a firm YES! Most people say that it happens a lot midgame but for me it happens when I have saved my franchise and profile and exit and its loading to the main menue,it happens 1 out of 4 times I play I don't know if there is any thing you can do about it i here there is the same problem with 08.All that being said I love this game if you are a fan of madden I say get it anyway
Update 2
ea released a patch for the game has not stuck since
Great game... September 17, 2008
Jose C. Arreguin (Los Angeles, CA)
adapts to your play and calculates your football IQ. my passing IQ ain't so great but i make up for it on my running side. good game. collector's edition comes with NFL Head Coach 2009 and Madden '93 is was a classic if you had a Genesis or an SNES back in the day. '93 was all i played after school. good times i tell you what.
Rating from a true Maddenologist: Spectacular August 14, 2008
BEZO (Florida)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been with this franchise since the beginning and I can truly say that they have made the gaming evolution complete with this edition. I have been disappointed with the last three editions, but MD 09 makes it worth the wait. Kudos to EA Sports on yet another "smash hit". Oh....and the 20th Anv Ed is worth the extra cash; do not deprive yourself of the additional features.
Overall a really good offering from EA August 14, 2008
R. Doll (Jackson, MI)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am returning to the Madden franchise after taking a few years off so I can't compare to any of the previous next-generation Maddens but I can say this is a very entertaining package. Madden 09 still has the traditional Madden with next-generation graphics. Game play has the traditional ups and downs of older Maddens but the overall game play is fun. (Running the ball is not easy.) The real benefit is getting Head Coach packaged in. I have not spent too much time exploring head coach yet but early reviews sound promising and I saw nothing challange that. Bottem line, two PS3 games for $90 is a deal and I am sure that I will get more than $90 worth of enjoyment out of it.
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