Madden NFL 2004 PC was published by Electronic Arts under its EA Sports label and released in August 2003, for the PC platform modeling the NFL 2003-2004 football season. For this project, I was the Lead Programmer and was responsible for the entire development of this project. My duties were the scheduling and management of the three engineers and one artist as well as a full engineering workload. I also coordinated our online component, which was beingcreated by a team at EA-Canada. My engineering duties included the porting of current Madden NFL 2004 PS2/XBox/NGC features to the PC as well as the integration of the EA Sports Online component from EA-Canada. From a management perspective, the project was a great success. We passed every milestone without a single failure from Tiburon's Quality Assurance department. It was also the first time in two years that we delivered the final product to EA's Central Quality Control on the originally scheduled ship date as well as going through on our first pass.
PLAYMAKERS WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS
FEATURES
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New Playmaker Control - Revolutionary new feature allows you to control players off the ball. Change receiver routes pre-snap and mid-play, direct blocking downfield during a run, and more. Dual analog stick gamepad required.
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Enhanced EA Sports Online - Create and join online leagues and tournaments, or find players online fast with the EA Sports messaging system.
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New Owner Mode - Hire staff, set ticket and concession prices, and build your stadium with luxury boxes, scoreboards, and more. Keep score by tracking your team's revenue and fan support.
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New Integrated Playcalling Presentation - Speed up the pace of the game without missing any of the on-field action. An all-new interface allows you to call plays while watching in-game replays, celebrations, and reactions.
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Custom Play Editor - Design your own plays from scratch or change existing plays to fit your offensive and defensive strategies.
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Madden NFL 2004 System Requirements
OS: Windows XP, ME, 2000, or 98
CPU: 700 MHz or faster
RAM: 128 MB or more (256 MB for Windows XP)
Disc Drive: 8x for faster CD/DVD drive
Hard Drive: 600 MB or more free space
Video: DirectX 9.0a compatible video card (see below)
Sound: DirectX 9.0a compatible sound card
Input: Keyboard, mouse, or gamepad (dual analog gamepad required to use Playmaker feature)
Video card must have 32 MB or more memory and use one of these chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce FX series, GeForce4 Ti/MX series, GeForce3; GeForce2 (except MX), ATI Radeon 9000 series, ATI Radeon 8500; Matrox Parhelia
Multiplayer requires one disc per PC, one input device per player, a 56 Kbps or faster connection, and Internet Explorer 6.0. Internet (2 players), Network (2 players), Single System (up to 7 players)
