Rich Hilleman, former EA Chief Creative Director and the man who helped create EA Sports’ Madden Football drops inwith Cellini & Dimino to discuss the Development of “Maddeen Football,” the number one football game simulation on earth!
And now, Hollywood is telling the Madden story with “Madden” premiering on Prime Video on November 18th! Learn more about this historic game franchise from Rich Hilleman, creator of the game that convinced millions of Americans they could coach an NFL team!
I had worked on a number of games before Madden and so had other people. There were three previous producers who worked on the Apple II version of John Madden football that ended their employment at Electronic Arts while working on that project. And so my goal was not to get fired, mostly. My job was to get that particular product over the finish line.
I also then was responsible for the line and getting the most business that we could make out of that.When I first started working on the game, they had just added John Madden to the game and all the characteristics that came with John, his playbook and his focus on some particular aspects of how the game worked. And it was my job to get that thing finished and shipped into the marketplace in 1988, which we managed to do. – Rich Hilleman
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