In the game you control the ball by players of your favorite team to win the match. Opposite players also has tactic commands of their coach to take the ball from you.

The game for first time features on-line gaming capability and also adds new teams like Houston Texans, and new NFL division alignment.The game also has Create-a-Player option, where the players can determine in mini-games their physical conditions, for example, to be receivers or quarterbacks. Later you can include these players into teams. However, there is also availability to trade players instead of train them. Also the game has an option, which allows to play from playbook and then practice it.

In XBox, Windows, PS2, PSX, GameCube versions the commentary is provided by Al Michaels. The game has rendered graphics with all animation based on it.

The GBA version has graphics similar to Madden '94 for SNES and Genesis, but has multiplayer mode using GCN/GBA cable.

The game is up to 4 players.

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Alternate Titles

"疯狂橄榄球2003" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"Madden 2003" -- Informal title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Madden NFL 2003	Xbox	$0.01
	Madden NFL 2003	GameCube	$0.01
	Madden NFL 2003	PlayStation 2	$0.01
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The Press Says

Game Informer Magazine	GameCube	Sep, 2002	9.25 out of 10	92
PSX Extreme	PlayStation 2	Aug 15, 2002	9.2 out of 10	92
4Players.de	GameCube	Oct 15, 2002	91 out of 100	91
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Oct 25, 2002	90 out of 100	90
Armchair Empire, The	Xbox	Sep 15, 2002	8.8 out of 10	88
GameSpot	GameCube	Aug 19, 2002	8.6 out of 10	86
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation 2	Oct 07, 2002	17 out of 20	85
Cubed3	GameCube	Oct 04, 2003	8 out of 10	80
PAL Gaming Network (PALGN)	Xbox	Feb 24, 2003	8 out of 10	80
Netjak	PlayStation 2	Aug 13, 2002	7.8 out of 10	78

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Trivia

EA cover curse

Marshall Faulk suffered the curse with a recurring ankle injury that cause him to miss five games in 2003 and the Rams to miss the playoffs for the first time in four years.

Awards

Computer Gaming World
- April 2003 (Issue #225) – Sports Game of the Year (Editors' Choice)
- April 2003 (Issue #225) – Sports Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
GameSpy
- 2003 – PC Sports Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)

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