Madden NFL 97
| Madden NFL 97 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Tiburon Entertainment High Score Productions Stormfront Studios Tiertex Design Studios |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
| Series | Madden NFL |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy, Genesis, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Super NES, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS |
| Release | PlayStation Windows, Saturn Genesis Super NES
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Madden NFL 97 is a football video game released in 1996. It was the first Madden game released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. 16-bit versions were also made for the established Super NES and Genesis platforms, as well as a portable version for the Game Boy.
This is the first edition of Madden to implement a salary cap when customizing team rosters. It also features the new Baltimore Ravens, formerly the Cleveland Browns for the 1996 season. The game also adds a team of real free agents (as opposed to the blank slate used in Madden 96), which can be traded and added to other teams' rosters (led by recently semi-retired quarterback Randall Cunningham), and can be played by using a cheat code.
Madden NFL 97 was the best-selling PlayStation game of 1996.