Games Microsoft XBOX MADDEN 2004 User Manual

ABOUT PHOTOSENSITIVE SEIZURES

A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including ashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these “photosensitive epileptic seizures” while watching video games.

These seizures may have a variety of symptoms including: lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking nearby objects.

Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these symptoms. Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms—children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures.

The risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by sitting further from the television screen, using a smaller television screen, playing in a well-lit room, and not playing when you are drowsy or fatigued.

If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a doctor before playing.

OTHER IMPORTANT HEALTH AND SAFET Y INFORMATION

The Xbox video game system documentation contains important safety and health information that you should read and understand before using this software.

AVOID DAMAGE TO YOUR TELEVISION

Do not use with certain televisions. Some televisions, especially front- or rear-projection types, can be damaged if any video games, including Xbox games, are played on them. Static images presented during the normal course of game play may “burn in” to the screen, causing a permanent shadow of the static image to appear at all times, even when video games are not being played. Similar damage may occur from static images created when placing a video game on hold or pause. Consult your television owner’s manual to determine if video games can be safely played on your set. If you are unable to nd this information in the owner’s manual, contact your television dealer or the manufacturer to determine if video games can be played on your set.

Unauthorized copying, reverse engineering, transmission, public performance, rental, pay for play, or circumvention of copy protection is strictly prohibited.

This product has been rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. For information about the ESRB rating, or to comment about the appropriateness of the rating, please contact the ESRB at 1-800-771-3772.

USING TH E XBOX VIDEO GAME SYS TEM ..............2

USING TH E XBOX CONT ROLLER............................3

BASIC CONTROLS................................................4

COMPL ETE CON TROLS ........................................5

SETT ING UP THE GAME........................................9

MAIN MENU...........................................................................9

PLAY NOW ...........................................................................10

PLAY ING THE GAM E .......................................... 12

FRANC HISE ....................................................... 16

OWNER MODE................................................................... 20

OTHER G AME MODES ........................................25

TOURNAMENT..................................................................25

MINI-CAMP.........................................................................25

TWO MINUTE DRILL........................................................25

FOOTBALL 101 ................................................................ 26

PRACTICE........................................................................... 26

SITUATION.........................................................................26

FEATU RES .........................................................2 7

MY MADDEN..................................................... 32

EA SPORTS™ BIO .............................................................32

MADDEN CARDS............................................................. 34

STAT BOOK........................................................................ 35

GAMEPLAY SETTINGS ..................................................36

SYSTEM SETTINGS........................................................ 37

SAVING AND LOADING.......................................38

PROFILE MANAGER ...........................................38

USING THE XBOX VIDEO GAME SYSTEM

Set up your Xbox™ video game system by following the instructions in the Xbox Instruction

Manual.

Press the power button and the status indicator light will light up.

Press the eject button and the disc tray will open.

Place the Madden NFL 2004 disc on the disc tray with the label facing up and close the disc

tray.

Follow on-screen instructions and refer to this manual for more information about playing

Madden NFL 2004.

AVOIDING DAMAGE TO DISCS OR THE DISC DRIVE

TO AVOID DAM AGE TO DISCS OR THE DISC DRIVE:

v Insert only Xbox-compatible discs into the disc drive.

v Never use oddly shaped discs, such as star-shaped or heart-shaped discs.

v Do not leave a disc in the Xbox console for extended periods when not in use.

v Do not move the Xbox console while the power is on and a disc is inserted.

v Do not apply labels, stickers, or other foreign objects to discs.

USING THE XBOX

Expansion slot A

Right trigger

Expansion slot B

Directional pad

Black button White button

Y button X button B button A button

Right thumbstick

Left thumbstick

BACK button

START button

Left trigger

CONTROLLER

XBOX CONTROLLER CONFIGURATIONS

Connect the Xbox Controller into any controller port on the front of the Xbox console. For

multiple players, insert additional controllers.

Insert any expansion devices (for example, Xbox Memory Units) into controller expansion slots

as appropriate.

Follow on-screen instructions and refer to this manual for more information about using the

Xbox Controller to play Madden NFL 2004.

MENU CONTROLS

Highlight menu item

Change highlighted item

Select/Go to next screen

Cancel/Return to previous screen

Help menu

Change music track

For more info about this and other titles, visit EA SPORTS on the web at www.easports.com.

or L=

?= ?

(hold down)

+ l or r

> <

BASIC CONTROLS

Make your playoff run with the use of these basic controls.

GENERAL GAMEPLAY

Pause game

Call timeout

PLAY SELECTION

Cycle formations

Cycle sets (when available)

Select sets and formations

Select play

KICKING

Start kick meter/Kick the ball

OFFENSE

Snap the ball

Passing: Bring up passing icons (when Passing mode

is set to NORMAL)

Throw the ball

Move player

DEFENSE

Switch player

Move player

Dive

> <

?= ? A ?=

A, B, X, l

or L= then X, A, or B

, or

B L

NOTE:

For information on ALL game controls, ‚ Complete Controls on p. 5.

COMPLETE CONTROLS

New to Madden NFL 2004 is Playmaker Control, an additional control scheme that brings new depth and ability to the Madden experience. Now you have more control on the eld than ever before.

PLAYMAKER - OFFENSE (BEFORE THE SNAP)

Switch the direction of a running play

Hot Route primary receiver on a passing play

PLAYMAKER - OFFENSE (AFTER THE SNAP)

Guide the nearest blocker (on a run play) Direct the nearest receiver (on a pass play) R

PLAYMAKER - DEFENSE (BEFORE THE SNAP)

Cheat the secondary to one side R

PLAYMAKER - DEFENSE (AF TER THE SNAP)

Cheat against the run

Cheat against the long pass

OFFENSE (BEFORE THE SNAP)

Call an audible (‚ p. 13)

Cancel an audible

Run original play

Flip play (at the line of scrimmage)

Quiet crowd Click

Coach’s cam (View receiver routes)

Fake snap

Call timeout

Snap the ball

(immediately after the snap)

then X, A, B, l, or

(before selecting an audible)

then

? B < A

RUNNING

Move player/Run

Sprint

Dive (RB/WR)

Slide/Dive (QB)

Jump/Hurdle

Spin

Juke left/right

Stiff arm left/right

PASSING

Bring up passing icons (when Passing mode is set to NORMAL)

Pass to the receiver with corresponding control icon

Throw ball away (while passing icons are up)

Toggle passing icons OFF/ON

Pump fake

RECEIVING

Control intended receiver

Dive for pass

Sprint

Jump for pass

L A X

(tap) / X (hold down)

X Y B

+ ? or r +

r l

A, B, X, l

c Y b

A X B Y

, or

BLOCKING

Switch to closest blocker/receiver

Dive

Sprint/Engage block

AFTER THE PLAY

Bypass cut scene

Hurry players to the line Hold down

Spike ball

Fake spike ball Hold down

No huddle

Instant replay

appears)

A X B

+ r (before playcalling screen

DEFENSE (BEFORE THE SNAP)

Cycle through defenders

Reposition player

Defensive line shift

Reset defensive line shift

Linebacker shift

Reset linebacker shift

Call an audible

Call coverage audible

Cancel an audible

Reset coverage

Reset original play (after calling an audible)

Flip play

Pump up crowd (LB only) Click

Coach’s cam

Call timeout

then ?= or

then

then ?= or

then

then X, A, B, l, or

then ?= or

(before selecting an audible)

then

L b <

DEFENSE (AF TER THE SNAP)

Control player nearest to the ball

Move player

Dive

Sprint

Jump

Strip ball

Spin move left/right (engaged)

Swim move left/right (engaged)

A ? X B Y b l r

c c b

KICKING GAME

Direction/Elevation of kick

Start Kick Meter

Stop Kick Meter upswing (power)

Stop Kick Meter downswing (accuracy)

Delay the kick Hold down

Call an audible

Cancel an audible

Reset play

Flip play

Call timeout

L A A A

then X, A, B,l, or

(before selecting an audible)

then

KICKING THE BALL

The Kick Meter appears at the bottom left hand corner of the screen during kicks and punts.

Highest desirable point

Best accuracy

Over-kick area

Ü Aim your kick or change the trajectory with the directional arrow by pressing the

moving the L.

v Over-kicking adds power to a kick. However, the Kick Meter speeds up on the downswing

and your chance for making an accurate kick decreases. Try to stop the Kick Meter in the middle of the yellow accuracy range for best results.

KICKOFF/PUNT RETURNING

Switch players

Move return man

Fair catch (while controlling the return man)

NOTE :

If you allow your return man to remain deep in the endzone after he

catches a punt or kickoff, he kneels down for a touchback.

A ? Y

SETTING UP THE GAME

The rst time you start Madden NFL 2004 (without an active User Prole), the My Favorite Team overlay appears. Your selected team is used as the default team for Play Now, Franchise, and Practice mode games. Your favorite team is also featured in all menu artwork and is your default team for Rosters and Create-a-Player.

Ü At the My Favorite Team menu, press the

. If you don’t want to set a favorite team, press B.

MAIN MENU

Check out game

demos and more

with EA SPORTS™

NOTE :

Extras

Default options are listed in bold in this manual.

until your team is highlighted and then press

Madden 101—Al and Melissa tell you what’s new in Madden NFL 2004

PL AY NOW

Play an exhibition game between any two teams.

TEAM SELECT SCREEN

Away team

Team ratings and

record

Click R to select

stadium and game

conditions

Access the Help

Home team

Press Y to load a created team to the Team Select screen (‚ p. 27)

AWAY AND HOME TEAMS

Ü Pull

or r to cycle through Historic teams, press c to select any team at random, or

press b to randomly select a current NFL team.

STADIUM SELECT (WEATHER AND TIME OF DAY)

Click R to choose your stadium. You can select the weather conditions and kickoff time: 1:00 PM, 2:30 PM, 4:15 PM, 8:30 PM, or to the internal clock on your console. To play in the rain or snow, adjust the weather options to vary your playing conditions. Increasing the precipitation while decreasing the temperature creates snow.

Ü Press

from the Select Teams screen to continue to the Controller Select screen.

CONTROLLER SELECT SCREEN

Click R at the

Controller Select

screen to play with

EAsy Play ON. When

enabled, the game is

simplified throughout

for easier learning.

Ü Press

from the Controller Select screen to begin the game.

To choose a team, press the ? and

position the controller icon under your desired team.

Press Y to select more options.

OPTIONS MENU

From the Options menu, you can select your uniform, risk Madden Cards, and select your defensive and offensive playbooks.

Uniform select

(Home team)

Offensive

Playbook select

Defensive

Playbook select

Risk Madden

Cards

PLAYING THE GAME

Before the coin toss, the playing conditions are displayed. To bypass these screens, press A.

PLAYCALLING SCREEN

From the Playcalling screen, select the plays for your controlled team or ask John Madden for his suggestion. You can even change your personnel at the Playcalling screen by subbing in special Package Formations to create match-ups in your favor.

List the plays in the next window (press the cycle through windows)

Defensive Formation/

Play windows

Timeouts remaining

Number of Coaches

Challenges remaining

Down, quarter, and

clock information

TO SELECT A PLAY:

Press the ?= to select a formation and set, then press A.

v From the Formation window, you can view fatigue levels for your players. When red, players

are tired and need rest. A yellow symbol means players are slightly winded. Players are fresh when their symbol is white.

To select the desired play, press A, B, or X. To go back to the previous window,

press Y.

Ü To ip formations and plays to the opposite side of the eld, press

Ü To call a play from the header below the selection window, pull

a play from the header above, pull l+ A, B, or X.

Ü To ask John Madden for coaching assistance on your next play, press

formation and a suggested play is highlighted in the play selection window.

Ü To select a special Package Formation, press

NOTE :

After each play, the offense has 40 seconds (25 after penalties and timeouts) to select a play before a delay of game penalty is called. The defense has 10 seconds to choose a play after the offense is ready to break the huddle.

from the Formation window.

Score

Offensive Set/ Formation/Play windows

+ A, B, or X. To call

before choosing a

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYS

From the Playcalling screen, you’ll also nd punt, kick, and special “trick” plays.

GAME SCREEN

When your player runs off-screen, an arrow points toward him from the edge of the screen. Hold the ? in the opposite direction of the arrow to bring the player on-screen.

Time remaining in quarter

Down and yards

to go

Controlled player

Player identifier

AUDIBLES (OFFENSE AND DEFENSE)

Before the ball is snapped, call an audible at the line of scrimmage and run a new play.

TO CALL AN AUDIBLE:

Ü While under center, press

adjust their set and/or formation as the new play is called out on the eld.

Ü To cancel, press

audibles, ‚ OFF/DEF Audibles on p. 37.

, then press A, B, or X, or pull l or r. The players

(before selecting an audible). To customize your offensive and defensive

HOT ROUTES

Hot Routes quickly change a receiver’s original route before the ball is snapped.

TO CALL A HOT ROUTE:

Before the play begins, press Y, then press the corresponding button of the receiver whose

route you want to change.

After the receiver’s original route is cancelled, press the ?7 to send him on a y pattern,

press the ?3 for a curl pattern, or press the ? to run an in or out pattern. To send receivers on an out slant pass press c for a post pattern press b.

BLOCKING HOT ROUTES

Change your blocking assignments for your halfbacks, fullbacks, and tight ends. Call these at the line of scrimmage when you anticipate the defensive pressure coming from an unprotected side of the line.

TO CALL A BLOCKING HOT ROUTE:

. Press Y, then press the corresponding button of the running back or tight end whose

passing/blocking route you want to change.

Press c to change to a blocking assignment to the left. Press b to change it to the right.

Play clock

RECEIVER/BACK MOTION

Move a player in motion before play begins. Once the ball is snapped, the player runs the same assigned route as before but from his current location on the eld.

TO CALL MAN IN MOTION:

While at the line of scrimmage, press the ?= or move the L= to highlight an eligible

player.

Press the ? or move the L to send that player in motion and then snap the ball to

begin the play.

BULLET/TOUCH PASS

Throw a bullet pass (hold down the button that corresponds to the targeted receiver) and the quarterback res the ball to the receiver. To drop the ball in over coverage, throw a touch pass (tap the button).

QB SCRAMBLE

If your quarterback is under heavy pressure, press Y while he’s still behind the line of scrimmage and scramble for yardage. During the run, you can press Y again to bring up the passing icons. Once the quarterback crosses the line of scrimmage, he’s not allowed to throw the ball downeld.

HURRY-UP OFFENSE

To run a hurry-up offense, hold Y immediately at the end of the play (just after the whistle blows). The offense skips the huddle, hurries to the line of scrimmage, and repeats the previous play.

If you want your quarterback to call the “spike ball” play, hold B at the end of a play to run a stop clock play. To call a “fake spike” trick play, hold X.

COVERAGE AUDIBLES

Coverage audibles allow you to change the strategy of the defensive backs at the line of scrimmage. Press Y then press the ?3 to put the defensive backs into bump and run coverage. Press Y then press the ?7 to put the defensive backs 3-5 extra yards off the ball in loose coverage. Press Y then press the ? to shift the safeties and linebackers into better position to cover their assigned man.

DEFENSIVE LINE SHIF T

Position your defensive linemen in tight between the gaps or outside the tackles. Pull l to activate the Defensive Line audible then press the ?7 to spread the defensive ends outside the tackles, or press the ?3 to move the line in tight between the tackles. Press the ?1 to shift the line left, or press the

to shift all linemen to the right.

LINEBACKER SHIFT

Shift your linebackers around the eld before the offense gets the play off. Pull r to activate the Linebacker audible then press the ?7 to spread the linebackers out, or press the ?3 to move them in tight, protecting the middle of the eld. Press the ?1 to shift the linebackers to the left, or press the ?5 to shift the linebackers to the right.

PAUSE MENU

Ü During the game, press

Use one of the two Coaches Challenges on any questionable

play. If you challenge

a play and it’s not

overruled, you lose a

timeout.

For more

information on

Coaching Strategies

such as substitutions

or editing depth

charts, ‚ Rosters

on p. 29.

to access the Pause menu.

For more information on Madden Cards,

p. 34.

‚

For more information on Settings, ‚ p. 36.

FRANCHISE

Take full command of an organization for 30 complete seasons.

FRANCHISE SETUP SCREEN

When your options are selected, press

to select a team

and a coach from the

bottom half of the

screen.

NUMBER OF USERS Select the number of users you want to have in your

league (1-32).

COACHING CHANGES When ON, coaches may resign after a season when their

coaching points reach 0 in the Coach Options. This option does not apply to Owner mode.

SALARY CAP The NFL salary cap is enforced and you have a limited

budget to sign free agents and draft picks. You cannot turn the Salary Cap off in Owner mode.

FANTASY DRAFT Teams create a custom roster by drafting players from

the entire pool of every active NFL player. For more information, ‚ Fantasy Draft on p. 17.

OWNER MODE Take complete control of the nancial aspects involved in

owning a football franchise. For more information,

Owner mode on p. 20.

‚

SELECTING A TEAM

You can run any NFL team of your choice.

TO SELECT A TEAM:

Ü From the Franchise Setup menu, press

select a team. Press A and the Select Coach overlay appears.

NOTE :

The Select Coach overlay only appears when Owner mode is OFF.

(after options are set), then press the ? to

Press Y to load a created team to Franchise Team Select menu.

TO LOAD A CREAT ED TEAM:

From the Franchise Setup screen, press Y to bring up the Load Team

screen.

NOTE :

Importing a created team disables Owner mode.

Press the ? to select the NFL team your created team will replace.

Press > to add your team and return to the Franchise Setup screen.

Press the ? to select your created team.

SELECTING A COACH

All 32 NFL coaches and their original playbooks are available for you. You can also create a coach of your own.

NOTE :

Owner mode must be OFF for these options to work.

TO SELECT A COACH :

Ü From the Select Coach overlay, select START FRANCHISE and press

the season with the current coach, or scroll through the list of coaches if you wish to change.

TO CRE ATE A COACH :

Highlight NEW COACH from the Select Coach overlay and press A. The Select Coach menu

appears. Highlight COACH and press A again to edit your coach’s name.

Create a name from the edit box, select DONE when complete, and then select a body type for

your coach by pressing the ?.

Highlight OK and then press A when complete.

Once your coach is created, highlight START FRANCHISE and press A. The Preseason Year 1

menu appears.

FANTASY DRAFT

With this option ON, all active NFL players are thrown into a single draft pool. Teams then add players to their rosters in a 49-round Fantasy Draft. Once the draft is concluded, the league begins.

To run a Fantasy Draft:

After you set up your Franchise (with Fantasy Draft option ON), press

to begin the draft. The rst team listed is on the clock (the CPU

drafts players for CPU-controlled teams).

To draft a player, highlight the name of the player you wish to select

and press A. You can browse through the positions lists by pressing

or b. Move through the available players by pressing the ?=.

After you select a player, he is added to the team roster and the draft

continues.

NOTE :

To simulate the draft at any time, press >.

if you wish to start

FRANCHISE MAIN MENU

TRAINING CAMP Before preseason put your key players through various

drills for a chance to boost their attributes. Select a drill and a player whose attributes you’d like to boost. Press

from the Training Camp menu to skip out on camp

activities.

ROSTERS View team rosters and make all player movements. For

more information, ‚ Rosters on p. 29.

OWNER’S BOX The Owner’s Box option is not available until the end of

the rst preseason.

NOTE :

Owner’s Box is not available if Owner

mode is OFF.

SET PRICES: Manage the prices of tickets, concessions,

team merchandise, and more.

INFORMATION: Gauge your team’s fan support, check

out game attendance records, and view other details that assist you in producing maximum earnings for your franchise.

ADVISORS: Consult your advisors for the most pertinent

issues regarding your decisions as owner.

COACH OPTIONS GAMEPLAN: Set your coaching gameplan and strategies

for your team during simulated games.

MANAGEMENT: Set player preferences and assign

various off-season assistance options to be run by the USER or the CPU.

JOB OPENINGS: View all of the user coaches and their

current positions. You can also modify which team you are coaching, if coaching slots are open. (Only available if Owner mode is OFF.)

RATINGS: View player-controlled coach season stats.

STAT BOOK Access all the team and individual stats for the season

and career. View rankings and coach stats as well.

LEAGUE NEWS Check out the weekly and yearly awards, who made the

FEATURES MADDEN CARDS: Trade Madden Cards between active

EXPORT TEAM: Save your current Franchise team to

Pro Bowl, and even who’s on the side of the Horse Trailer this week.

proles and view your Madden Challenge progress. For more information, ‚ Madden Cards on p. 34.

a Memory Unit or hard disk and make it available for Exhibition and Tournament modes.

CREATE-A-PLAYER: Create a new player

and add him to a team or the free agent list, or edit an existing player, ‚ Create- a-Player on p. 27.

MODIFY UNIFORM: If you have created

your own uniform, you can modify it later or create new uniforms for existing teams.

OPTIONS GAMEPLAY: Adjust your game settings. For more

information, ‚ Gameplay Settings on p. 36.

SYSTEM: Adjust your audio and visual settings for the

season. For more information, ‚ System Settings on p. 37.

SAVE: Save or delete your Franchise and other les to/

from your MU or hard disk. For more information,

Saving and Loading on p. 38.

‚

PLAY WEEK MENU

View the weekly schedule, view schedules team by team, and view the league standings.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE MENU

Week match-ups

Selected game

PLAYING/SIMULATING A GAME

To advance through the season, you must either play your designated games or simulate them.

TO PLAY OR SIMULATE A GAME IN FRANCHISE MODE:

Scroll through the games on the weekly schedule and then highlight a game that you wish to

play. Press Y and a red checkmark appears next to your selected game.

With a selected game highlighted, press A to advance to the Controller Select screen. Press

again to start the game.

Ü If you highlight a user-controlled game and press

automatically.

NOTE :

If you are only simulating the current week rather than a group of

weeks, user-controlled games are not simulated.

, all non-user games are simulated

PRESEASON

Before you begin the regular season, each team plays four preseason games. After the preseason is over, you can evaluate rookies before moving on to the regular season. Use this information to help nalize your roster for the upcoming season.

NOTE :

The CPU automatically sets your preseason depth charts so that

starters play the rst half, while rookies and backups play the second half.

DURING THE SEASON

During a Franchise, you run user-controlled teams, on any week, at any point during the year (you can control any team in Franchise mode). You can also make player trades (before the sixth week of the season), sign free agents, and change game settings.

AFTER THE SEASON

Every season ends with the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl. After pro football’s annual All-Star game, you are prompted to advance to the off-season.

THE OFF-SEASON

Build your dynasty through the draft or by signing key free agents. You control the moves for your team and the computer handles the other teams.

IMPORT DRAF T CLASS

Before a new season begins, you can import an entire draft class from NCAA® Football 2004 to Madden NFL 2004 via your MU or hard disk.

TO IMPORT A CLASS:

After the Pro Bowl has been played, Select IMPORT DRAFT CLASS from the end of season

overlay.

Load the desired Draft Class le from your MU or hard disk. The players are imported to

Madden NFL 2004 and the off-season begins.

OWNER MODE

Take complete control of the nancial aspects involved in owning a football franchise. Your goal in Owner mode is to win the Super Bowl and keep your fans happy, all while turning a prot. Hire your staff, set your team’s ticket prices, build your own stadium, reward key players with signing bonuses, and more. Sign the best coaches to give your team an extra edge on the eld. Advertise and market your team, increasing fan support and motivating your team to achieve more victories.

NOTE :

Owner mode is an advanced mode available when running a

Franchise. You may choose to enable it from the Franchise setup menu.

OWNER’S BOX

After training camp and the preseason, begin tweaking prices, gathering information, and marketing your team to maximize prots and performance during the regular season. You can make adjustments on a weekly basis. Gauge your overall fan support, view total cash assets, and check out attendance and win/loss records. The more fan support you have, the more attendance you rack up; more attendance means more cash in your pocket.

SET PRICES

Adjust ticket, concession, merchandise, and parking prices as well as the spending used for advertising and marketing. All price-setting menus display your prices versus the league averages. Remember, you want to attract fans and turn a prot. Set your prices too low and you may not have much on the bottom line, too high and you may drive away your hardcore fans.

TICKET PRICES Set the prices for each section of your stadium.

CONCESSIONS Set prices for a variety of concessions. Specic locales

have unique concessions found only in their respective areas.

MERCHANDISE Adjust the pricing for programs, hats, jerseys, and other

merchandise.

PARKING A wide variety of parking areas can be priced here

according to your preference.

ADVERTISING Spend that extra cash to market your team to a

wider audience. Television, radio, print, and billboard advertisements are all available. Hold a Fan Appreciation Day to boost fan support quickly.

INFORMATION

Discover more in-depth information about your organization.

FAN SUPPORT This is the heartbeat of your team. You want to keep this

as high as possible to ensure fans are coming through the gates.

ATTENDANCE Track attendance as the season progresses.

EXPECTATIONS This chart tracks how the fans expect the team to

perform. Fall below expectations and you can expect to see your fan support go down. Exceed expectations, and your fan support goes up.

INCOME See if your business skills have generated more or less

income per game.

EXPENSES View your total expenditures and a pie chart breaking it all

down for you.

FRANCHISE/TEAM Compare your team’s ratings versus the league averages.

STADIUM INFO Check out the maintenance costs of your stadium.

CITY INFO Get the details about your home city including population,

growth rate, weather statistics, and more.

OWNER RATINGS Check out your revenue, expenses, prots, and attendance

ratings for each year (available after the rst season).

ADVISORS Your board of advisors points out the most pertinent

issues for you to address.

OWNER MODE OFF-SEASON

At the end of each season, a balance sheet appears summarizing your total assets from the previous season. Based on your performance and net income, manage your coaching staff, adjust pricing schemes, and maintain your stadium before the new season begins.

STAFFING Use your charm and savvy to assemble the best coaching

staff in the league.

Sign Coach Sign new coaches to ll various positions. Offers are not

nalized until the off-season begins.

Coaching Staff Get the details on each coach you’ve hired and release

those not performing up to par.

Training Staff Sign a training staff to help players recover from injuries

quickly and avoid them in the future.

Coach Progression See how your coaches’ performances have changed over

the seasons.

Change Owners Switch between User and CPU mode for any team in the

league.

SET PRICES For more information, ‚ Set Prices on p. 20.

STADIUM Rename, maintain, or rebuild your stadium, or choose to

relocate to a new area.

RENAME: You can rename your stadium using the name

of a sponsor who is willing to give you bonuses for outstanding performance. Depending on the sponsor, you receive a variable amount of bonus cash for accomplishing the terms agreed upon (e.g. making a playoff appearance). If you don’t want a sponsor you may simply rename the stadium whatever you wish.

RENOVATE: Only available for user-created stadiums,

this option allows you to change your stadium to suit your whims…that’s if you can afford it, of course.

REBUILD: Choose to ditch your current stadium and build

a new one in its place. Design a new stadium layout that maximizes capacity and brings in more prots.

RELOCATE: Move your home stadium to a new city and

attract new fans to revive your fan support.

UPGRADE: Improve your stadium rating and treat your

fans like royalty by purchasing ashy upgrades like a state-of-the-art arcade, a super screen, massage seats, and more.

OFF-SEASON SCHEDULE

Before jumping to the off-season, be sure to review stats and league news from the previous season. You can also view the draft order and check out current rosters.

RETIRED PLAYERS View the retired players from every roster.

RE-SIGN PLAYERS Negotiate contracts with players from your own team.

Ü To begin contract negotiations, highlight a player and

press A. Adjust the salary and contract length and press A to submit the offer sheet. You are notied if the player has either accepted or declined the offer.

ROOKIE SCOUTING For more information, ‚ Rookie Scouting on p. 24.

NFL DRAFT Begin the seven-round rookie draft. Each team selects

one player per round. You can simulate the draft at any time. The NFL Draft is run similar to a Fantasy Draft (‚ p. 17).

SIGN DRAFT PICKS After the draft, you must sign your draft picks to your

roster. You must t these players under the salary cap in order to keep them on your roster.

FREE AGENT SIGNING Before the draft you have a 30-day period to sign

available free agents. You must t all players you wish to sign under the salary cap.

RE-ORDER DEPTH CHARTS Modify the roster before the new season.

START NEW SEASON Begin a new year of football.

NOTE :

If you wish to skip any steps in the off-season, you can simulate past them. However, if your Coaching Options are not set to CPU for a given step, then your team will not participate in that part of the offseason. After all the off-season steps are complete, a new schedule is generated, and the next season begins.

ROOKIE SCOUTING

Use your scouts to evaluate rookies and help you make a much more informed decision at the

NFL draft.

Scout a rookie through one round of the combine and receive a player note. Scout him through

two rounds, and receive three notes. Scout a player through all three rounds and receive ve

notes.

TO SCOUT A ROOKIE:

Pull l or r to toggle between user-controlled teams and press b or c to cycle among

the different positions. Press Y to sort a column.

To view a Scouting Report, highlight a player and click the R. To return to the Rookie

Scouting screen, press B.

Pick up to 15 players to scout per round. Highlight a player and press A to ag them. To

unag a player, press A again.

Once you have agged the players you wish to scout, press > to proceed to the Scouting

Combine.

At the Scouting Combine, check up on your scouted rookies. Press b or c to cycle among

the player positions until you come to TARGETS. A list of players that you scouted appears.

Click the R to bring up the Rookie Scouting Report. You should now see that player’s

combine numbers, along with a scouting note.

Repeat this process for all of your scouted players. You can scout a player through two more

rounds (scouting workout and then scouting list), or you can choose 15 new players to scout. However, you only receive ve scouting notes if you scout a player through all three rounds.

OTHER GAME MODES

Take it to the house with these other game modes featured in Madden NFL 2004.

TOURNAMENT

Compete in a single- or double-elimination tournament with playoff-like pressure.

TOURNAMENT SETUP BOX

TOURNAMENT TYPE Choose a SINGLE ELIMINATION, DOUBLE ELIMINATION,

ROUND ROBIN, or DOUBLE ROUND ROBIN tournament.

NUMBER OF TEAMS The number of teams you can choose is dependent on the

type of tourney you have selected.

PLAYOFF TEAMS The number of playoff teams is only for round robin

tournaments.

FANTASY DRAFT When ON, conduct a Fantasy Draft before playing in a

tournament (‚ Fantasy Draft on p. 17). The default is OFF.

TO START A TOURNAMENT:

From the Tournament Setup (Team Selection) menu, press the ? to cycle through

available teams and press > when all the desired teams have been chosen.

To play a game, highlight TOURNAMENT TREE (TEAM SCHEDULE when playing a Round Robin

tournament) and press A. Press the ? to select the desired match-up. The Options overlay appears. From here, you can choose to simulate, forfeit, or play the game.

MINI-CAMP

Tour NFL cities in the Madden Cruiser and ne-tune your playing skills in Mini-Camp mode. Unlock game situations by setting high scores while earning trophies and Madden Cards along the way.

TO PLAY MINI-CAMP:

v Each NFL city hosts its own Mini-Camp. Compete in the drill for that particular venue and

follow the on-screen instructions for help. Earn at least a bronze trophy to unlock the game situation at the same city as well as the next difculty setting for that drill. Use the skills that you learned at Mini-Camp to complete each stage.

Ü Pull

TWO MINUTE DRILL

Run the Two Minute Drill and score as many points—and tokens—as you can before the nal gun sounds. You begin on your own 20-yard line with 2:00 left on the clock. If you score before time expires, you keep possession of the ball and start a new drive.

TWO MINUTE DRILL MENU

PLAYERS Up to four players can run the Two Minute Drill.

CPU DEFENSE Choose the defense to play against. All players go up

or r to change the skill level or press the ? and visit more NFL cities.

against the same squad.

PLAY FOR TOKENS When ON, players can earn points during the Two-Minute

Drill and use them to obtain Madden Cards. For more information, ‚ Madden Cards on p. 34.

SKILL LEVEL Choose your playing difculty level: ROOKIE, PRO, ALL-

PRO, and ALL-MADDEN. The higher the level, the more points you can earn.

Ü After all of the options are set, press

NOTE :

Press Y to view high scores. High scores are saved to your

settings le.

to head to the eld.

FOOTBALL 101

With the help of John Madden, get in-depth knowledge of each play and learn how each

formation can help you during a game. Madden runs the play rst and then you take control for a

chance to earn tokens.

NOTE :

Football 101 is run similar to Practice mode (NORMAL mode). For

more information, ‚ Practice below.

PRACTICE

Brush up on your playing skills or master a team’s playbook.

PRACTICE SETUP SCREEN

From the Practice Setup screen, select the offensive and defensive teams that you want to

practice with. If you want to practice offensive plays without a defense on the eld, choose

OFFENSE ONLY. If you want to practice playing offense or defense, choose NORMAL. If you want

to practice kickoffs or returning kickoffs, choose KICKOFF.

Ü Press

or A to reach the Controller Select screen. After you select a team, press > or

to reach the practice eld.

PRACTICE FIELD

Once you’re on the practice eld, you can run every play in your playbook.

Ü To re-spot the ball, press

press A when nished.

Ü To choose a different play, press

menu.

. Then press the ? to select the new spot on the eld, and

or > and select Choose New Play from the Pause

SITUATION

Throw yourself into any game situation.

TO SELECT YOUR SITUATION SETTINGS:

To set the game situation, press the ? to change the highlighted setting.

Press the ?= to choose a new setting to change.

Press > to advance to the Controller Select screen. Continue as you would in Play Now

(‚ p. 10).

FEATURES

CREATE-A-PLAYER

Create a player and add him to an NFL roster.

TO CRE ATE A NE W PL AYER:

From the Create-a-Player Information screen, create a First and Last Name, pick an Age,

College, Team, Position, Jersey No., Years Pro, Throwing Hand, and Throwing Style for your new player. Press > to advance.

From the Appearance screen, select your player’s Height, Weight, Skin Color, Hair Color,

Hairstyle, Face, Face Shape, and Tattoos.

From the Build screen, you can adjust the Muscle and Fat percentage of several areas of the

player’s body. Pull l or r to cycle through Body, Rear, Arms, Legs, and Equipment and press the ? to adjust features in each section.

From the Equipment screen, pick your player’s equipment and adjust the equipment used for

games on Turf, Grass, or Both (Same).

From the Attributes screen, set up your player attributes by pressing the ? for each

attribute. Keep in mind that the higher the attributes a player has, the higher his salary is.

When your created player is nished, press >, highlight YES and press A to add him to the

current roster list.

CREATE-A-TEAM

Create a custom team and add them to the NFL.

TO CRE ATE A NE W TE AM:

From the Information menu, set your team options, including team Colors, City, and more.

Press A or press the ? to change/choose the options. Press > to continue.

From the Stadium Information screen, design your Stadium Type. Pull l or rto toggle

stadium parts. Press > to continue.

From the Uniform Editor screen, press the ? to browse through the options and the color

panel to create your Home and Away uniforms. Pull l or r to toggle to the helmet, jersey, and pants editing screens. Press > when your uniform is complete.

NOTE :

Before you exit out of the Create-a-Team menu, be sure to save the team to your MU or hard drive. After a team is saved, it can be loaded to Franchise, Play Now, Tournament, and Practice game modes.

CREATE-A-PLAYBOOK

Create a custom play and formation from scratch and add it to your playbook, or modify a current playbook.

TO CRE ATE A PLAYBOOK :

. From the Create-a-Playbook menu, highlight OFFENSE or DEFENSE and press A. The

Create-a-Playbook screen appears.

From the Create-a-Playbook screen, highlight CREATE NEW PLAYBOOK (or highlight an

existing playbook to edit) and press A. The New Playbook overlay appears.

Select a practice team and a base playbook type, highlight CONTINUE, and press A. The

Create-a-Playbook menu appears.

ADD PLAYS TO ADD PLAYS TO YOUR PL AYBOOK:

From the Add Plays screen, highlight a coach’s playbook (or basic formation) and press A.

Highlight a play you wish to add to the playbook and press A (press A again to remove it). You have 81 total plays and 11 sets available. An X appears next to selected plays.

v To add all the plays from a formation to a playbook,

highlight the formation name and press A.

v Pull l or r to view Run, Pass, and All Plays/

Types.

CREATE FORMATION TO CREATE A FORMATION:

From the Create Formation screen, highlight NEW (or

highlight an existing formation to edit) and press A.

Press the ? to move the cursor around the grid and

highlight the player you wish to move. Press A to continue.

Press the ? again to move the highlighted player

around the grid, and press A to re-assign the player to a different spot on the eld.

From the Personnel window, highlight the player you

want represented in the particular play and press A. Press > when you’ve nished and the formation is added to the playbook.

CREATE PLAY T O CREATE A PLAY:

From the Create Play screen, highlight a formation you

wish to edit and press A. Choose CREATE PLAY and select RUN or PASS (for new created plays) or highlight a previously created play and press A again.

Press the ? to move the cursor around the grid,

highlight the player you wish to move, and press A. The Routes screen appears.

From the Routes screen, highlight an existing route or

assign a blocking assignment for your player and press

. Highlight a distance, rushing route, or type of block

for the player and press A. The new route is set.

v To customize a route, press the ? to diagram the

route or assign blocking assignments on the eld. Press A to alter the route in another direction or to complete a player’s route. Press > when complete.

PREVIEW PLAYBOOK TO PREVIEW A PLAYBOOK /

SAVE PLAYBOOK TO SAVE A PL AY OR FORMATION:

SWAP PL AYS:

Ü Press the

wish to edit and press A. Select the rst play that you wish to move and press A, then select a second play and press A again. The two plays trade places in the formation window.

to highlight a set you

Ü If you made any changes or additions to the current

playbook, press B from the Create-a-Playbook menu. Press the ? to highlight YES and press A. To complete the save, ‚ Saving and Loading on p. 38.

ROSTERS

Make key roster moves to strengthen your lineup. Trade players, sign free agents, release players, and create a player for that special need.

VIEW ROSTER

View all NFL team rosters by team and position.

Ü Pull

EDIT PL AYER (FROM WITHIN VIEW ROS TER)

Change the Attributes, Equipment, Appearance, Build, and Personal Information of any player.

TO EDIT A PLAYER:

INJUR Y REPORT (FRANCHISE ONLY )

View all the players who are banged up in the NFL and put your own players on the injured reserve.

DEPTH CHART

Re-order the depth chart of all NFL teams.

TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE DEPTH CHART :

Ü Press the

NOTE :

3rd down situation. 3rd down backs typically have better hands and/or are a little faster than the starting running back.

or r to change teams. Press c or b to change positions.

From the Edit Player screen, nd the player you wish to edit and press A.

. Highlight the desired section to be edited and press A (Information, Appearance, Build,

Equipment, or Attributes). For more information, ‚ Create-a-Player on p. 27.

From the Depth Chart screen, highlight a player from the depth chart screen (on top) and

press A. Your cursor moves to the team roster.

Highlight a player from the team roster and press A. The new player is inserted into the

depth chart.

to reorder the depth chart automatically.

3rd down running backs (3DRB) sub in for the halfback on every

SUBSTITUTIONS

Sub in players from the bench into the lineup.

TO MAKE A PLAYER SUBSTITUT ION:

From the Substitution screen (only available in Franchise mode and in the Coaching Strategies

on the Pause menu during a game), select a situation (pull l or r to cycle through the various situations ) and then a formation and set (pressing the ?=).

Select a position by pressing the ? to scroll through the players in a set and then press

when the desired player is highlighted.

From the Available Players list, highlight the player to be substituted and press A. The new

player is added.

TRADE PLAYER

Trade players from team to team.

TO TRADE A PLAYER:

From the Trade Player screen, select an available player slot, then highlight a player from any

team roster and press A. His last name appears in the trade window.

Pull l or r to cycle through the teams. Press the ?= to highlight the player (from

another team) that you wish to trade for and press A.

Press > and the trade is either accepted or declined. If the trade is accepted highlight YES

and press A to proceed.

NOTE :

In Franchise mode a balance meter tilts toward the team the trade

favors.

TRADE BLOCK (FRANCHISE ONLY)

See what the other NFL teams are looking for, or put some of your players on the block to see

what kind of trade you can make with other GMs.

TO PUT PLAYERS ON THE TRADE BLOCK:

On a user-controlled team, press A to bring up the New Proposal screen.

Press b or c to cycle through your team and add players to the block. Press > to

advance.

Select what position you are looking for and what quality of player you want as a minimum.

Finally, select View Offers to see what you came up with.

FREE AGENTS

Sign a free agent to a team.

TO SIGN A FREE AGENT :

From the Free Agents screen, pull l or r to change teams and view

salary cap information for that team.

If the selected team has enough room under the cap, highlight the player you wish to sign and

press A.

v In Franchise mode, the player must be offered a salary that he may accept or reject.

RELEASE PLAYER

Release a player from any team. Once that player is released, he moves to the Free Agent list and his salary is deducted from the team salary for that team.

TO RELEASE A PLAYER:

From the Release Player screen, pull l or r to view a team’s roster. Scroll through the

players list by pressing the ?=.

Highlight the player you wish to release and press A.

When prompted, select YES and press A to conrm the player’s release.

RE-SIGN PLAYER

Take a look at the contract situation of your players and try to avoid losing them to free agency. Re-sign them here, but make sure you can afford it.

BREAKDOWN

View all NFL team rosters by team and position. If a team requires a player for a particular position, the position is highlighted by a blue box. Pull l or r to cycle teams.

HISTORIC TEAMS

Edit the rosters of the greatest teams in football history.

MY MADDEN

Most of the settings featured in Madden NFL 2004 are self-explanatory. The others are listed

below.

EA SPORTS™ BIO

EA SPORTS Bio is a new feature designed to reward you for playing EA SPORTS titles. Your EA

SPORTS Bio, a le shared between all EA SPORTS games via your hard disk, is a résumé that

tracks key accomplishments and time spent playing different titles in the EA SPORTS lineup.

v The rst time you select EA SPORTS BIO from the My Madden menu you are prompted

to create an EA SPORTS Bio. You are also prompted to save when you complete accomplishments or reach a new gamer level (‚ below).

EA SPORTS GAMER LEVELS

When you rst create your EA SPORTS Bio, you start out as a Level 1 gamer. There are multiple

ways that you can earn credit toward a promotion to the next level.

EA SPORTS TITLES PLAYED

Every EA SPORTS title that you add to your EA SPORTS résumé gets you more credit toward the

next level gamer. Play more products and earn a higher-level rating—it’s as easy as that.

GAME TIME

Finally you get rewarded for all your loyalty and devotion to EA SPORTS. The more time you put

in, the faster you rise to the next level.

NUMBER OF GAMES PLAYED

Every game you play and complete gives you credit toward the next level. In addition,

winning games gives you additional bonus points toward your level.

REWARDS

When you reach a new level, you may unlock a game-specic reward. Some rewards are bigger

than others; it all depends on the level you achieve.

v A level increase potentially unlocks rewards for all EA SPORTS titles in your Bio, regardless of

which title the level was achieved while playing.

PRODUCT LISTING SCREEN

Your gamer level

is based on the

number of

EA SPORTS titles

played, hours

logged, and your

accomplishments

Number of all EA SPORTS titles played

Total combined hours logged for each EA SPORTS title included in your Bio

Press Y to delete your entire EA SPORTS Bio

PRODUCT SUMMARY SCREEN

Toggle Major

and Recent

Accomplishments

Recent

accomplishments

Total time spent playing the selected title

Number of games played for this title

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

In each EA SPORTS game, there are certain accomplishments that you can achieve. These accomplishments vary by title.

v When you achieve an accomplishment, a prompt appears asking if you want to save this

accomplishment to your EA SPORTS Bio.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

This list shows your ve highest-ranking accomplishments.

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

This list shows your most recent accomplishments, sorted by date.

NOTE :

Your EA SPORTS Bio le is saved directly to your hard drive and cannot be deleted directly. It can only be removed when all your save games are deleted.

MADDEN CARDS

Earn tokens for each Madden Challenge task completed, and then use those tokens to buy

Madden Cards. Activate one of ve types of cards (Current Players, Historic Players, Teams,

Stadiums, and Cheats) to give your game a boost, or initiate a trade to get that coveted card.

CARD BOOK

View the cards you have collected or buy new packs.

TO BU Y A PACK OF MADDEN CARDS:

From the Card Book screen press Y. If you have the appropriate amount of tokens available,

you receive a message asking if you would like to buy a new pack. Select yes and press A.

Scroll through the pack to see if you earned any new cards.

TO PLAY OR SELL A MADDEN CARD:

From the Card Book screen select a card to sell by highlighting it and pressing A. The View/

Play Card screen appears.

Press Y to ip the card over.

Choose either PLAY CARD (in-game only) or SELL CARD and press A. The Card Book screen

reappears.

v You can sell back a Madden Card to recoup tokens or activate it and reap its benets.

NOTE :

Some cards, such as cheats and players boosts, can only be

activated during a game.

TO RISK A MADDEN CARD:

v Madden Cards can only be risked in multiplayer games where two different User Proles are

being used on opposite teams.

Ü Each User Prole must have Madden Cards.

From the Controller Select screen, select a User Prole (for each player) and press Y to bring

up the Options menu. Highlight RISK CARDS and press A to continue.

NOTE :

Both players must have a prole already loaded before you can

proceed to the Risk Cards screen.

Pull l or r to cycle through the different types of Madden Cards.

Press the ?= to highlight an individual card.

Press A to select a card to risk. The card is added to the Risk Cards list.

Ü A maximum of three Madden Cards can be risked per game.

When you are nished selecting cards, press < twice to return to the Controller Select

screen.

STATUS

TOKENS EARNED Status of points earned at each level.

BALANCE Current number of Madden tokens for

that user.

LEVEL SELECT Pull l or r to cycle through the ve Challenge

Levels.

TOKEN SCALE TABLE The number of tokens earned on each skill level for

completing a task.

CHALLENGE TASK TABLE List of tasks for the selected level.

RATING SYSTEM

There are four categories in which Madden Cards are rated: Power indicates how “strong” a card is. Value determines the number of tokens you receive for selling the card. Rarity tells you the odds of getting that particular card and Life equals the life expectancy of a card.

TRADE

TO TRADE A MADDEN CARD :

From the Madden Cards main screen, choose TRADE, then press A. The Trade Cards screen

appears.

Select the User Prole from which to trade a card by pulling l or r and then scroll

through available cards by pressing the ? or c or b. Press A to select the highlighted card.

Press Y to ip the card.

Select Add, then press the A. The card has now been added to the trade (you can include up

to three cards in a trade).

The second player repeats steps 1-3.

When all cards have been added to the trade proposal, press > to complete the current

trade.

NOTE :

You may remove a card from a trade by selecting a card, ipping it, and then selecting Remove.

STAT BOOK

View personal and league stats from the Stat Book. Here you can view career stats for every active coach, general stats for all User Proles, User vs. User stats, and User Records. You can also view game records and check out the Two Minute Drill leaderboard.

GAMEPLAY SET TINGS

GAME

PRE-EXISTING INJURIES Players begin the rst season with the same injuries as

their real-world counterparts.

MADDEN CHALLENGE When ON, you can take the Madden Challenge and earn

tokens for completing tasks during your game (1 Player games only).

RANDOM WEATHER Leave it up to Mother Nature.

ACCELERATED CLOCK When turned ON, this mode allows you to play games

much quicker by accelerating the clock between plays.

CUSTOM GAME

PLAYER LOCK When on defense, the player that you select before the

snap becomes the default player that you control at the start of the next play.

AUTO SUB OUT Determines the energy level at which your players are

subbed out.

AUTO SUB IN Determines the energy level at which your players are

subbed back into the game.

PASS LEAD SENSITIVITY Determines how much the QB leads his receivers on pass

plays.

PASSING MODE When set to QUICK, you do not need to press A again to

bring up the passing symbols.

REMEMBER FORMATIONS When ON, the playcalling screen automatically returns to

the same formation that you called for the previous play.

PENALTIES

OFFSIDES When ON, defensive players can jump offsides, although

they will be called for it (if Penalties are turned ON). When Offsides is turned OFF, defenders are physically barred from running offsides.

PENALTY SLIDERS Adjust the sensitivity for the penalties. Change the setting

by moving the slider towards + or – by pressing the

PASS/CATCH/RUN ASSIST Turns Pass, Catch, or Run Assistance ON/OFF. When ON,

AI settings are adjusted to make gameplay easier.

OTHER AI SETTINGS Adjust various offensive or defensive AI settings for the

human or CPU controlled teams by moving the slider towards + or – by pressing the ?.

EASY PL AY

EASY PLAY EAsy Play allows novice users to play the game with ease.

NOTE :

If EAsy Play is set to OFF, the following settings do not affect game

play.

PENALTIES When OFF, no penalties are called.

PLAY CLOCK When OFF, the play clock is not a factor.

PLAY NOTIFICATION When ON, the play(s) chosen are

displayed as you are lining up.

PLAY CALL MODE Select NORMAL for the traditional play

calling system or EAsy to choose plays based on a key player.

PASS/CATCH/RUN/KICK ASSIST When ON, Pass, Catch, Run, and Kick AI settings are

adjusted to make gameplay easier.

PAUSE MENU When set to EAsy, the Pause menu is simplied.

CONTROLLER CONFIG.

CONFIG. Scroll through the available controller congurations

to choose the one that best suits your playing style by pressing the ?.

OFF/DEF AUDIBLES

Set your offensive and defensive audibles for each prole. Each team has 10 audibles to set— ve on offense and ve on defense.

TO SE T AN AUDIBLE:

Press the ?= to highlight either OFF AUDIBLES or DEF AUDIBLES and press A. The

Playbooks menu appears.

Press the ?= to choose the playbook you want to adjust the audibles for.

Highlight one of the audible slots from the play windows and press A. The cursor moves to

the formation window.

Select a formation and set by pressing the ? and then pressing A. Highlight the desired

play and press A to accept it.

Ü To ip any audible, press

while it’s highlighted.

SYSTEM SETTINGS

JUKE BOX

SOUNDTRACK Select which songs featured in the Madden NFL 2004

jukebox play while you navigate the pre-game menus, or play to the songs you’ve saved to the Xbox hard drive.

AUDIO

VOLUME SLIDERS Adjust the volume for all sounds of the game. Change the

setting by moving the slider towards + or – by pressing the ?.

VISUAL

FIELD LINES Set the Camera Angle, Player Displays, Field Line display

and turn Auto Instant Replays ON/OFF.

SAVING AND LOADING

Save or load les from your hard disk or MU.

NOTE :

Never insert or remove an MU when loading or saving les.

NOTE :

An MU will hold up to 200 blocks of memory.

LOADING, SAVING, AND DELETING FILES

TO LOAD, SAVE, OR DELETE A FILE:

From the My Madden menu, select Load/Save.

Choose to load or save.

Choose to load from the hard drive, or a desired MU.

v Pull l or r to browse the le types.

v Press A to select the media type.

v Create a new le, or highlight an existing le and press A to overwrite it.

v Press Y to delete a highlighted le.

v Press c or bto toggle autosaving ON or OFF.

NOTE :

If you have already saved the le, you will be prompted to

overwrite the existing le instead of saving a new le.

NOTE :

If a Roster, User Prole, or Settings le is present on the hard disk or a MU, it is auto-loaded during the initial boot up. The game loads the rst roster and setting les it nds on the hard disk or MU, and the rst four User Prole les it nds.

PROFILE MANAGER

Keep track of your career stats with a User Prole. If an active User Prole is associated with a team during a game, the statistics are tracked during the game and updated to the User Prole at the end of the game.

NEW/EDIT PROFILE

TO CRE ATE A NE W USER PROFILE:

From the Main menu, press Y. The Choose Active Prole screen appears. Highlight CREATE

NEW and press A.

Use the keyboard pop-up to create a name for your User Prole. Highlight DONE and press A

to accept the new prole name.

TO LOAD, SAVE, OR DELETE A USER PROFILE FROM YOUR MU:

Ü Proles can be loaded from the MU in the same way you load other les. For more

information, ‚ Saving and Loading above.

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Games Microsoft XBOX MADDEN 2004 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

USING THE XBOX VIDEO GAME SYSTEM

BASIC CONTROLS

COMPLETE CONTROLS

SETTING UP THE GAME

MAIN MENU

PL AY NOW

PLAYING THE GAME

FRANCHISE

OWNER MODE

OTHER GAME MODES

TOURNAMENT

MINI-CAMP

TWO MINUTE DRILL

FOOTBALL 101

PRACTICE

SITUATION

MY MADDEN

EA SPORTS™ BIO

MADDEN CARDS

STAT BOOK

GAMEPLAY SET TINGS

SYSTEM SETTINGS

SAVING AND LOADING

PROFILE MANAGER