Madden 09 20th Anniversary Collectors Edition Details

by pastapadre
Posted March 27th, 2008 at 10:52 am

EA Sports has announced details of the 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition of Madden 09. It will include NFL Head Coach 09, exclusive classic Madden gameplay, and bonus video content. The price of the set will be $89.99 and the release date has been set for August 12th.

Whether you prefer to make your moves on the field, from the sidelines or in the front office, the Madden NFL 09 20^th Anniversary Collector’s Edition has something for every football fan. Madden NFL 09 will feature the most immersive gameplay, the richest online offerings and the most comprehensive feature depth in the history of the franchise, while NFL Head Coach 09 has been reinvented to provide a unique new NFL experience by allowing fans to be in total control of their favorite franchises. The two games offer unique experiences and then can even interact with one another with gamers being able to import their user-designed plays from NFL Head Coach 09 and put them into Madden NFL 09 to create customized playbooks for complete control on the field.

Great to hear about interaction between the two titles. A lot of people will enjoy creating the plays in Head Coach and then being able to use them in Madden.

Sounds like a pretty good deal and one of the few times I would want to purchase a collector’s edition. No word on how much Head Coach will cost if purchased separately (I have doubts that it will end up being exclusive to the Madden CE) but getting it for essentially $30 presents great value and that isn’t even considering the other extras. The biggest problem will be finding time to play both games with them coming on the same day.

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http://youtube.com/profile?user=XxMadCowxX XxMadCowxX

I’m definitely buying 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition.
http://youtube.com/profile?user=XxMadCowxX XxMadCowxX

I’m definitely buying 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition.
lakeallen

wow thats a sweet deal im gonna get the CE
lakeallen

wow thats a sweet deal im gonna get the CE
r00tabaga

classic Madden gameplay? exclusive??…
r00tabaga

classic Madden gameplay? exclusive??…
Bumble14

$90.00 for Madden and some making of videos..and probably some old Genesis version of Madden without the real players…yeah umm..count me out. I can’t believe people would buy this.
Bumble14

$90.00 for Madden and some making of videos..and probably some old Genesis version of Madden without the real players…yeah umm..count me out. I can’t believe people would buy this.
lakeallen

[quote comment="16258"]$90.00 for Madden and some making of videos..and probably some old Genesis version of Madden without the real players…yeah umm..count me out. I can’t believe people would buy this.[/quote]

interesting that you leave out the main selling point of it. a full brand new game being included in Head Coach that will interact with Madden.
lakeallen

[quote comment="16258"]$90.00 for Madden and some making of videos..and probably some old Genesis version of Madden without the real players…yeah umm..count me out. I can’t believe people would buy this.[/quote]

interesting that you leave out the main selling point of it. a full brand new game being included in Head Coach that will interact with Madden.
coogrfan

[quote comment="16258"]$90.00 for Madden and some making of videos..and probably some old Genesis version of Madden without the real players…yeah umm..count me out. I can’t believe people would buy this.[/quote]

…and NFLHC09. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
coogrfan

[quote comment="16258"]$90.00 for Madden and some making of videos..and probably some old Genesis version of Madden without the real players…yeah umm..count me out. I can’t believe people would buy this.[/quote]

…and NFLHC09. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
Zack

What a deal. Basically 2 games for 90$ and then videos and exclusive content. That is a great deal. I will be getting this August 12th at midnight.
Zack

What a deal. Basically 2 games for 90$ and then videos and exclusive content. That is a great deal. I will be getting this August 12th at midnight.
Juan Pablo

Pretty good deal if you’re a fan of NFL Head Coach. However, them touting custom playbook imports doesn’t seem right when that used to be a feature on last-gen Madden. It’s nice that’s back but I just don’t think you should have to buy a separate game just to use an old feature.
Juan Pablo

Pretty good deal if you’re a fan of NFL Head Coach. However, them touting custom playbook imports doesn’t seem right when that used to be a feature on last-gen Madden. It’s nice that’s back but I just don’t think you should have to buy a separate game just to use an old feature.
Juan Pablo

EDIT:

Pretty good deal if you’re a fan of NFL Head Coach. However, them touting custom playbook imports as a “new feature” doesn’t seem right when that used to be in last-gen Madden. It’s nice that’s back but I just don’t think you should have to buy a separate game just to use an old feature.
skinsfan

Nice!!! I’m definitely gettin the CE!!! I think Madden09 will be so much better this year. One thing I would love to see is in-game pop-up player stats during gameplay.
Juan Pablo

EDIT:

Pretty good deal if you’re a fan of NFL Head Coach. However, them touting custom playbook imports as a “new feature” doesn’t seem right when that used to be in last-gen Madden. It’s nice that’s back but I just don’t think you should have to buy a separate game just to use an old feature.
skinsfan

Nice!!! I’m definitely gettin the CE!!! I think Madden09 will be so much better this year. One thing I would love to see is in-game pop-up player stats during gameplay.
Chew13

Are you kidding me!?!? After last year’s incomplete buggy version I vowed never to blindly buy Madden again. I definitely wont be buying the Collector’s Edition, If I buy Madden @ all. I’ve competed in the past, have been in a league for over 10 years, which btw for the 1st time in 10 years was not run due to the franchise patch not being delivered until after the NFL season was over. I agree with the guy above and cannot believe that somebody would pay for this.
Chew13

Are you kidding me!?!? After last year’s incomplete buggy version I vowed never to blindly buy Madden again. I definitely wont be buying the Collector’s Edition, If I buy Madden @ all. I’ve competed in the past, have been in a league for over 10 years, which btw for the 1st time in 10 years was not run due to the franchise patch not being delivered until after the NFL season was over. I agree with the guy above and cannot believe that somebody would pay for this.
Chew13

Juan Pablo is right. EA just trying to sucker you into buying another game for what used to be a standard featured. For those that haven’t figured it out. NFL COACH is the same game engine as Madden so you are not getting two games they are just charging you extra for the same game played differently. It’s coach mode for crying out loud!!!
Chew13

Juan Pablo is right. EA just trying to sucker you into buying another game for what used to be a standard featured. For those that haven’t figured it out. NFL COACH is the same game engine as Madden so you are not getting two games they are just charging you extra for the same game played differently. It’s coach mode for crying out loud!!!
Ross

Wow, STFU….we do not want to hear your stupidity. They are releasing Madden 09, and a Madden 09 Collectors Edition. If you do not want to get either then buy the other football game that is coming out….oh yeah…

THERE ARE NONE! Juan and Chow are stupid fanboys. enjoy College Hoops 2K9, and APF 2K9!
Ross

Wow, STFU….we do not want to hear your stupidity. They are releasing Madden 09, and a Madden 09 Collectors Edition. If you do not want to get either then buy the other football game that is coming out….oh yeah…

THERE ARE NONE! Juan and Chow are stupid fanboys. enjoy College Hoops 2K9, and APF 2K9!
Kev5890

Have you seen the details of NFL Head coach man?

That game is nowhere near a “standard feature”
Kev5890

Have you seen the details of NFL Head coach man?

That game is nowhere near a “standard feature”
jake-the-snake

this is great news. i was planning to buy head coach for $60 so to be able to get it for $30 is awesome
jake-the-snake

this is great news. i was planning to buy head coach for $60 so to be able to get it for $30 is awesome
Eric

So instead of just adding in a playbook editor that people have been asking to be included in the game for the last 5 years, they make it part of NFL Head Coach and essentially charge you $30 to edit playbooks? Should I assume that this means that EA will put no effort into redesigning the playbooks themselves again this year?

Let’s not forget that NFLHC was a terrible failure last year and everyone was disappointed by it. It sounded great on paper and looked good, but ultimately flopped. With EA’s track record, I wouldn’t count on this being a fantastic game with one year of work.

In fact, if EA thought it was going to be so good, they would have released it seperately and made $30 more dollars off selling it, while still including the option to export playbooks to Madden. The inclusion of NFLHC in a bundle tells me they don’t believe in the product and assume it will stink, so they are tossing it in with a guaranteed seller and making some extra money off it.

Watching people design all these money plays with the playbook editor that the AI can’t possibly keep up with will be tons of fun. The AI can’t handle the standard plays in Madden properly now, let alone when people start making their own. Yeah cheese!!

What about the Owner mode funtions of the franchise? Are those basically going to be removed and moved into the Head Coach game? If I want to manage my team, will I have to have the Collectors Edition?

For $90 the game better be fantastic on the field and have way better presentation than ever before. Already sounds like they are working on other stuff (coach integration) that doesn’t really effect gameplay.

Classic Madden would be cool if it actually had classic rosters. Old Madden games with current rosters is wack. I’d rather just play the originals.
Eric

So instead of just adding in a playbook editor that people have been asking to be included in the game for the last 5 years, they make it part of NFL Head Coach and essentially charge you $30 to edit playbooks? Should I assume that this means that EA will put no effort into redesigning the playbooks themselves again this year?

Let’s not forget that NFLHC was a terrible failure last year and everyone was disappointed by it. It sounded great on paper and looked good, but ultimately flopped. With EA’s track record, I wouldn’t count on this being a fantastic game with one year of work.

In fact, if EA thought it was going to be so good, they would have released it seperately and made $30 more dollars off selling it, while still including the option to export playbooks to Madden. The inclusion of NFLHC in a bundle tells me they don’t believe in the product and assume it will stink, so they are tossing it in with a guaranteed seller and making some extra money off it.

Watching people design all these money plays with the playbook editor that the AI can’t possibly keep up with will be tons of fun. The AI can’t handle the standard plays in Madden properly now, let alone when people start making their own. Yeah cheese!!

What about the Owner mode funtions of the franchise? Are those basically going to be removed and moved into the Head Coach game? If I want to manage my team, will I have to have the Collectors Edition?

For $90 the game better be fantastic on the field and have way better presentation than ever before. Already sounds like they are working on other stuff (coach integration) that doesn’t really effect gameplay.

Classic Madden would be cool if it actually had classic rosters. Old Madden games with current rosters is wack. I’d rather just play the originals.
Eric

[quote comment="16269"]Have you seen the details of NFL Head coach man?

That game is nowhere near a “standard feature”[/quote]

I agree 100%. As totally and utterly craptastic as Head Coach was last year, it is definitly not a standard feature. It barely rates as being something worthy of purchase at all.
Eric

[quote comment="16269"]Have you seen the details of NFL Head coach man?

That game is nowhere near a “standard feature”[/quote]

I agree 100%. As totally and utterly craptastic as Head Coach was last year, it is definitly not a standard feature. It barely rates as being something worthy of purchase at all.
hammer

lol @ people who want to make this out to be a bad deal. then buy the normal madden for $60 if you dont want it. but this is awesome getting head coach for only $30 along with it. and head coach is more then just a play creator thats just one of the many features of that game. you can tell who are just haters and would criticize anything ea does
hammer

lol @ people who want to make this out to be a bad deal. then buy the normal madden for $60 if you dont want it. but this is awesome getting head coach for only $30 along with it. and head coach is more then just a play creator thats just one of the many features of that game. you can tell who are just haters and would criticize anything ea does
pat

werd im definitely gonna get this u save a good 30 bucks sweet deal
pat

werd im definitely gonna get this u save a good 30 bucks sweet deal
Ross

I just wanted to add that Backbreaker is comming out and so is Techmo bowl, and that I’m an idiot. I also touch family members while blindly playing and paying for madden everyyear even though i super-sim through 99% of the games i play because it plays like a drunk hobo.

gaaaaahhhhd am i raging-ly ghey
Eric

[quote comment="16274"]werd im definitely gonna get this u save a good 30 bucks sweet deal[/quote]

You don’t save $30 bucks if the product isn’t offered as a standalone anywhere else. It isn’t like NFLHC is going to be $60 seperately and $30 with Madden. You can only get it with Madden.

And until EA says otherwise, you are basically just paying $30 to import plays.
Ross

I just wanted to add that Backbreaker is comming out and so is Techmo bowl, and that I’m an idiot. I also touch family members while blindly playing and paying for madden everyyear even though i super-sim through 99% of the games i play because it plays like a drunk hobo.

gaaaaahhhhd am i raging-ly ghey
Eric

[quote comment="16274"]werd im definitely gonna get this u save a good 30 bucks sweet deal[/quote]

You don’t save $30 bucks if the product isn’t offered as a standalone anywhere else. It isn’t like NFLHC is going to be $60 seperately and $30 with Madden. You can only get it with Madden.

And until EA says otherwise, you are basically just paying $30 to import plays.
Eric

[quote comment="16273"]lol @ people who want to make this out to be a bad deal. then buy the normal madden for $60 if you dont want it. but this is awesome getting head coach for only $30 along with it. and head coach is more then just a play creator thats just one of the many features of that game. you can tell who are just haters and would criticize anything ea does[/quote]

You can also tell who are just blindingly loyal to EA and will praise anything they do.

I won’t buy Madden until some sites that post actual user reviews, like this one, inform me that Madden isn’t crap. Last year, pretty much every major site lied and Madden sucked.
Eric

[quote comment="16273"]lol @ people who want to make this out to be a bad deal. then buy the normal madden for $60 if you dont want it. but this is awesome getting head coach for only $30 along with it. and head coach is more then just a play creator thats just one of the many features of that game. you can tell who are just haters and would criticize anything ea does[/quote]

You can also tell who are just blindingly loyal to EA and will praise anything they do.

I won’t buy Madden until some sites that post actual user reviews, like this one, inform me that Madden isn’t crap. Last year, pretty much every major site lied and Madden sucked.
Patrick

I just wanted to add that Backbreaker is comming out and so is Techmo bowl, and that I’m an idiot. I also touch family members while blindly playing and paying for madden everyyear even though i super-sim through 99% of the games i play because it plays like a drunk hobo.

gaaaaahhhhd am i raging-ly ghey

Keep it classy guys. I am with the original Ross poster…There are a bunch of 2K Fanboys on here. You basically paid $60 for a FAKE football game, with no real teams and legends. Backbreaker, and Tecmo Bowl will not have real players so that also is not a good argument.
Patrick

I just wanted to add that Backbreaker is comming out and so is Techmo bowl, and that I’m an idiot. I also touch family members while blindly playing and paying for madden everyyear even though i super-sim through 99% of the games i play because it plays like a drunk hobo.

gaaaaahhhhd am i raging-ly ghey

Keep it classy guys. I am with the original Ross poster…There are a bunch of 2K Fanboys on here. You basically paid $60 for a FAKE football game, with no real teams and legends. Backbreaker, and Tecmo Bowl will not have real players so that also is not a good argument.
Darkheath

Well.. i was actually more interested in HC anyway. But I will not buy an EA game without reading reviews from Pasta and others. I’ve heard people call Pasta a “fanboy”, but he seems pretty straight up to me.

I am somewhat of a Collector’s Edition whore (Mass Effect, Gears of War, Perfect Dark, Splinter Cell, Assassin’s Creed, etc), so if I were to get a Madden game it would definitely be the CE. As a matter of fact, I just picked up a used copy of Madden 07 HoF edition. The 2K game still feels more “natural” to me… but I kind of like playing Madden as an OLiner. It’s a completely different way to play the game.
Darkheath

Well.. i was actually more interested in HC anyway. But I will not buy an EA game without reading reviews from Pasta and others. I’ve heard people call Pasta a “fanboy”, but he seems pretty straight up to me.

I am somewhat of a Collector’s Edition whore (Mass Effect, Gears of War, Perfect Dark, Splinter Cell, Assassin’s Creed, etc), so if I were to get a Madden game it would definitely be the CE. As a matter of fact, I just picked up a used copy of Madden 07 HoF edition. The 2K game still feels more “natural” to me… but I kind of like playing Madden as an OLiner. It’s a completely different way to play the game.
Darkheath

[quote comment="16279"]
Keep it classy guys. I am with the original Ross poster…There are a bunch of 2K Fanboys on here. You basically paid $60 for a FAKE football game, with no real teams and legends. Backbreaker, and Tecmo Bowl will not have real players so that also is not a good argument.[/quote]

I agree with your “keep it classy” comment. But you are WAY off base saying it’s a FAKE football game. Some of us older guys don’t give a damn about the the hip-hop/me-me-me world of the NFL players. The APF game is still the most realistic football game I’ve played, despite not having “real” <<<( read: egotistical NFL whinebags) players.

Actually it is pretty cool to play with players I grew up with and even older guys you know were playing for the LOVE OF THE GAME. None of the guys in the APF game ever sat out of training camp and the first few games of the season because $7mil/year was NOT ENOUGH money to PLAY a game where you are idolized across the country.
Darkheath

[quote comment="16279"]
Keep it classy guys. I am with the original Ross poster…There are a bunch of 2K Fanboys on here. You basically paid $60 for a FAKE football game, with no real teams and legends. Backbreaker, and Tecmo Bowl will not have real players so that also is not a good argument.[/quote]

I agree with your “keep it classy” comment. But you are WAY off base saying it’s a FAKE football game. Some of us older guys don’t give a damn about the the hip-hop/me-me-me world of the NFL players. The APF game is still the most realistic football game I’ve played, despite not having “real” <<<( read: egotistical NFL whinebags) players.

Actually it is pretty cool to play with players I grew up with and even older guys you know were playing for the LOVE OF THE GAME. None of the guys in the APF game ever sat out of training camp and the first few games of the season because $7mil/year was NOT ENOUGH money to PLAY a game where you are idolized across the country.