John Madden Football '93 (SNES)

John Madden Football '93 was the last game in the Madden series before EA acquired an NFL license.

Regional Differences#

As with the previous title in the series, this game was stripped of its John Madden license when it came to Japan.

Intro#

The intro is completely different. Instead of John Madden's likeness, the Japanese intro features a football player throwing a football and smashing a TV screen... or something.

Title Screen#

Japan	International

The difference carries over to the title screen as well.

Revisional Differences#

This game was the subject of a lawsuit from ESPN over the game's EA Sports Network (EASN) branding. The following is a list of changes that were made as a result.

Publisher Logo Sequence & Title Screen#

Version 1.0 features several spinning EASN logos that transform into plaques representing various sports. Version 1.1 replaces it with a flipping EA Sports logo and doesn't play music until the title screen.

Menus and Credits Sequence#

US v1.0	US v1.1

Version 1.0 has the EASN logo tiled on its menu and credit sequence background and has a credit for the opening sequence. Version 1.1 replaces the logo on the background with the EA Sports logo and removes the opening sequence credit.

Matchup Screen#

US v1.0	US v1.1

A simple logo change.

Play Select Screen#

US v1.0	US v1.1

Another logo change.