''John Madden Football '92'', released as ''Pro Football'' in Japan, is a football video game released by Electronic Arts Sports Network in 1991. It was the second Madden title released for the

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, following the original ''

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'' from the previous year, starting the tradition of annual installments. New aspects of this version include instant replay, two-player cooperative play, quarterback injuries, highlights, and more audibles. There are also new play modes, such as pre-season games, regular season games, playoffs, and sudden death, which was a way to simulate overtime in NFL games. Quarter lengths have been adjusted in this version to be set at 5, 10, or 15 minutes. As in previous versions of the video game, there are no

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licenses for authentic teams, player names, and stadiums. Teams are organized by city name and colors.

Development and release

''John Madden Football '92'' was released in December 1991.

Reception

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'' gave the game 95% and a Hyper Game Award, saying that "you'll enjoy it, even if you don't care much for the sport". In October 1992, '' Mega'' placed the game at #1 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time.

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* * 1991 video games EA Sports games Electronic Arts games Madden NFL MegaTech Hyper Game awards winners Multiplayer and single-player video games Park Place Productions games Sega Genesis games Sega Genesis-only games Video games developed in the United States {{Amfoot-videogame-stub