Madden's Impressive Jump to the PS2

Under immense pressure from NFL 2K, NFL GameDay, NFL Fever, and other competitors, EA delivered the best football game of its time with Madden NFL 2001, the first Madden making the jump to the PlayStation 2.

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[RandyPeterson]

Dude that madden 2000 opener with ludacris has no right to go as hard as it does. Brought back so many memories. Thanks for including that in the video.

[johnbasedow]

rip steve mcnair. those old weekend nights in the early 2000s playing madden at my friends houses are the definition of the good old days...we never knew what we had....we never knew

[gakster]

Thank you for playing the whole Madden 2000 intro...

25 years later, I still have "What'chu want? The rock in the palm of my hands! What'chu got? I got John Madden!" stuck in my head at least twice a week.

[jtwhitt]

Madden PS2 era is the GOAT era of Madden.

[Dever]

That Madden 2000 Ludacris was the best game intro ever.

[icrashout]

The glory days of Madden are on the PS2 and they haven’t been the same since

[dougg]

Will never forget how Madden 01 on PS2 blew our minds. The graphic and gameplay upgrade was massive. And the game was so fun to play. I remember first seeing images of this game in a magazine and couldn't believe it. And it lived up to those expectations. Such a great time in Video Game History.

The only comparable leap was when the original NFL Game Day was on the PS1. But even that just didn''t make the leap like this one. Great job reminding us of this @softdrinktv!

[mrppg]

Shout out SOFTDRINK for making some beautiful content that has been so consistent for over 5 years now!

[GGUOD]

The madden intro when every time u turned the game on it was a new “ea sports it’s in the game” was my favorite lol

[zedoggie]

Always a good day when softdrink uploads

[DatOneGuy]

i will always remember when i got a playstation 2 for Christmas with Madden 2001, my two brothers and a bunch of our friends stayed up for like 2 days playing that game. it was the most realistic game we'd ever seen to that point.

[YTC]

The PS1 to PS2 was the greatest graphical leap in video game history period.

[RULESOFW]

2001 was also the year Grand Theft Auto stepped up there graphics. I remember me and my cousin playing both of these games while listening to the Nas illmatic album that had just dropped lol.

[Theopress]

I found a copy of 2k5 at a flea market and bought it for 10 bucks. This was an original Xbox version and your videos are the reason I decided to give it a try. I absolutely love it. The depth and immersion for a 2004 game is immaculate. Thank you for the recommendation.

[roljamas]

I remember being 14 years old playing Madden 2001 in a GameStop. I’ll never forget running a power run play with Eddie George where a real hole developed and I gained about 9 yards. The game may as well have been real life, the jump was so crazy.

[Kinshinobi]

I had the black sega sports Dreamcast with NBA and NFL 2k. Some of the most important sports games I've ever owned. That NFL 2k intro gave me mad nostalgia.

[BearDown]

Madden 2001 was the reason I got a PS2. It was leaps and bounds beyond any other NFL game at the time.

[clabrayphillips]

the fact the intro got me going is crazy

[FidoArtz]

i believe this game in this series also had things like the Lambeau Leap celebration, coaches throwing clipboards when plays go wrong, sideline collisions with personnel and equipment when players get tackled out of bounds, and players showing for the camera. It had impressive attention to detail, even at its time. including the Exclusive NFL Coaches Club where each sideline coach had their own signature playbooks, coaching styles, and voices in the game pacing the sidelines yelling and keeping up with the action. i think some details got lost as it continued on into the ps2 era and the 2010 console era, when NFL begun strong arming their approval on things in the game.

[firewalker]

That’s why competition is healthy, EA actually tried when there were other NFL games on the market. They shouldn’t have been allowed to monopolize the NFL gaming market.