Madden '96 on Game Boy yɛ wɔn a "ɛyɛɛ dɛn na wɔfata bɔɔlbɔ wɔ ha?" Ɔkwan bi so no, hyɛn gyinabea ahorow. Woanya sprites nketenkete a ɛrebɔ petee wɔ pixelated field bi so, nanso ɔkwan bi so no ɛda so ara te sɛ bɔɔlbɔ —squint kakra kɛkɛ. Agorudi nhoma no trimmed down, ɛda adi sɛ, nanso woda so ara wɔ akwan a ɛdɔɔso a wubetumi afa so ayɛ fake a handoff anaasɛ wobɛkɔ deep sɛ wote nka sɛ wowɔ akokoduru a.

Nneɛma a wɔde di dwuma no yɛ mmerɛw (D-pad ne button abien, ba), nanso nhwɛ kwan sɛ Madden '23 physics. Agodifo no twetwe wɔn ho te sɛ nea wɔwɔ nsukyenee so ɛtɔ mmere bi a, na AI no yɛ amemene mu awu anaasɛ ahonhonsɛmdi —wɔn ntam. Ɛno akyi no, biribi wɔ hɔ a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɛma abotɔyam wɔ grinding fi 4th-quarter drive wɔ monochrome mu. Nostalgia yɛ dodow no ara a emu yɛ duru a wɔma so wɔ ha, nanso sɛ woanya baabi a ɛyɛ mmerɛw ama Janky Old Sports Games a, ɛyɛ anigye bere mu owudifo.

Kɛkɛ nhwɛ kwan sɛ wubehu Jerry Rice anim wɔ saa 8-bit mfonini ahorow no mu.