and arcade action. Much of the development team was made up of former Cinemaware developers who previously had worked on TV Sports: Football, a football game released the same year of the previous John Madden Football release, which, according to IGN, "stole some of EA's thunder" Reception Electronic Arts had only expected the Genesis version to sell around 75,000 units, but instead the title sold roughly 400,000 units. It became a killer app for the Genesis, helping the console gain market share against the NES. Computer and Video Games reviewed the Mega Drive version John Madden American Football and gave it a 95% score, praising the realism and the sound. Sega Power gave it a 92% score. At the 1990 Golden Joystick Awards, John Madden American Football for the Mega Drive won the award for best console game of the year (16-bit). In 2018, The Strong National Museum of Play inducted John Madden Football to its World Video Game Hall of Fame. References External links Madden NFL 1990 video games Electronic Arts games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Sega Genesis games EA Sports games Imagineer games Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games scored by Rob Hubbard Golden Joystick Award for Game of the Year winners World Video Game Hall of Fame Video games developed in the United States