Dude that madden 2000 opener with ludacris has no right to go as hard as it does. Brought back so many memories. Thanks for including that in the video.

Madden PS2 era is the GOAT era of Madden.

That Madden 2000 Ludacris was the best game intro ever.

Thank you for playing the whole Madden 2000 intro... 25 years later, I still have "What'chu want? The rock in the palm of my hands! What'chu got? I got John Madden!" stuck in my head at least twice a week.

rip steve mcnair. those old weekend nights in the early 2000s playing madden at my friends houses are the definition of the good old days...we never knew what we had....we never knew

The PS1 to PS2 was the greatest graphical leap in video game history period.

The glory days of Madden are on the PS2 and they haven’t been the same since

Shout out SOFTDRINK for making some beautiful content that has been so consistent for over 5 years now!

I remember being 14 years old playing Madden 2001 in a GameStop. I’ll never forget running a power run play with Eddie George where a real hole developed and I gained about 9 yards. The game may as well have been real life, the jump was so crazy.

i will always remember when i got a playstation 2 for Christmas with Madden 2001, my two brothers and a bunch of our friends stayed up for like 2 days playing that game. it was the most realistic game we'd ever seen to that point.

The madden intro when every time u turned the game on it was a new “ea sports it’s in the game” was my favorite lol

The golden era of gaming. I still play Madden 07 on PS2 nearly every day.

Always a good day when softdrink uploads

Will never forget how Madden 01 on PS2 blew our minds. The graphic and gameplay upgrade was massive. And the game was so fun to play. I remember first seeing images of this game in a magazine and couldn't believe it. And it lived up to those expectations. Such a great time in Video Game History. The only comparable leap was when the original NFL Game Day was on the PS1. But even that just didn''t make the leap like this one. Great job reminding us of this @softdrinktv!

Luda’s lyricism is just underrated

Ps2 madden was the greatest. Madden 07 is my favorite

Madden 2001 was the reason I got a PS2. It was leaps and bounds beyond any other NFL game at the time.

Broooooooooooo the fact the intro got me going is crazy

I can hear the opening theme w/Xzibit spittin' bars in my head right now. Fond memories of this game.

That’s why competition is healthy, EA actually tried when there were other NFL games on the market. They shouldn’t have been allowed to monopolize the NFL gaming market.

I found a copy of 2k5 at a flea market and bought it for 10 bucks. This was an original Xbox version and your videos are the reason I decided to give it a try. I absolutely love it. The depth and immersion for a 2004 game is immaculate. Thank you for the recommendation.

I had the black sega sports Dreamcast with NBA and NFL 2k. Some of the most important sports games I've ever owned. That NFL 2k intro gave me mad nostalgia.

Those intros are insane! Man that takes me back to being a kid for sure honestly

i believe this game in this series also had things like the Lambeau Leap celebration, coaches throwing clipboards when plays go wrong, sideline collisions with personnel and equipment when players get tackled out of bounds, and players showing for the camera. It had impressive attention to detail, even at its time. including the Exclusive NFL Coaches Club where each sideline coach had their own signature playbooks, coaching styles, and voices in the game pacing the sidelines yelling and keeping up with the action. i think some details got lost as it continued on into the ps2 era and the 2010 console era, when NFL begun strong arming their approval on things in the game.

I still know every word to that Ludacris intro! So many memories

Damn, I aint heard that Luda intro literally in over 20 years and still knew every word.

I played madden 01 for the first time recently, and I was shocked when the jets fans (side note I’m a jets fan) started doing the J E T S JETS JETS JETS chant

9:03 😭😭😭😭

3:03 thanks for letting the whole intro rock! i almost cried bro. what a time to be alive!!!!! EA used to be amazing.

Ill always remember this Madden being on display at Circuit City the graphics were incredible back then... And Ludacris killed that intro

Madden 01 blew me away when it came out 😮

Always enjoyed that PS1 Madden 2000 intro/song from Ludacris good times

I remember Christmas 2000 finally getting Madden 2001 and was blown away. My cousins had just got their PS2 for Christmas I had gotten mines prior shortly after release in October but when I brought madden over that Christmas Day everyone couldn’t believe it. Definitely was a huge jump from PS1 madden.

I was a senior in HS and remember the first time I saw Madden on the new PS2…it was awesome!

I have not played as much madden as I did when I played this in 2000-2001. This game absolutely blew me away

I love the nostalgia so much. We surely miss those days.

Man that Luda song is still awesome. One of the best intros

EDDIE GEORGE (Steve McNair, Frank Wycheck) Weitd the names we remember when I'VE FORGOTTEN many names of people I'VE ACTUALLY MET!!! 😂😂😂

That madden wit eddie on the cover was different so fire

one of the last biggest jumps in video game graphics

I first played Madden 2001 on the PlayStation when it was released, and I really enjoyed that game. Then Christmas came along, and I got a PS2 with its version of Madden 2001, and it totally blew me away! It's still my favorite NFL game, even with heavyweights like NFL 2K5 and Tecmo Super Bowl in my collection.

I love the atmosphere of madden 2001-2003’s menus. The chill music in the background is so calming.

I've been waiting for this retrospective for SO LONG!!

Ahhhh the good ole days of Madden 🥲🥲

Madden is the main reason I still play my PS2. Madden 01 and Madden 06 are my favorites.

Thanks for showing the intros. I had Madden 2000 for the PC (my first Madden), NFL GameDay 2001 for PS2, and Madden NFL 2001 for PS2. Put a lot of hours into the '01 games, but when Madden NFL 2002 came out, I logged even more hours. I must say, there are signs of its age, but Madden NFL 2002 has to be my favorite Madden by just a nose over Madden NFL 2004.

I loved playing 2k1 on the dreamcast.

Good video. I was a madden kid growing up. My brother and I had madden 92, 93, and 94 for sega that we got from our uncle. Then Final Fantasy 7 came out and we bought the game before we had a playstation. We got lucky and mom bought the ps. I had madden 2000 and 2001 for ps. 01 was pretty much a carbon copy of 00. I can't recall any changes. Then... christmas 2000, we opened up our ps2 that was bundled with madden 01, tekken tag, and Armageddon dvd. We were shocked at the graphics. I was 13 at the time. It was the best graphics I'd ever seen at the time. We were amazed that the players eyes blinked. Ok, so the one downside switching from ps to ps2 on madden that always bugged me that never got added back on until the ps3 and xbox 360 version..... Carrer Stats!!! Ps2 madden had season stats but didn't have career stats. Another thing you could do on ps but not ps2 was ncaa draft transfers. There was no ncaa game until ncaa 2002. If memory serves, you couldn't transfer draft classes until the 2003 series of ncaa and madden. I don't remember if you did one but if not, you could do a video about ncaa 2001 to ncaa 2002 ps to ps2. Great video. TY.

Ya Luda killed that madden 2000 intro. I had it memorized as a kid

Competition, innovation, and variety. What an era. So many options. Even just the intros and presentation still hit differently today.

Playing Madden on the PS2 inside of a KB Toys is a core memory. I was blown away by how real it looked.

I worked at an EB Games (essential a GameStop) when the PS2 launched in 2000. I remember seeing Madden in the playable kiosk and was blown away. I had never played Madden before that instead opting for Tecmo Bowl on the NES/SNES, NFL Gameday on the PS1 and a little NFL2K on the Dreamcast. I switched to Madden and never looked back (although I've stopped buying it annually going back almost a decade now).

2001 was also the year Grand Theft Auto stepped up there graphics. I remember me and my cousin playing both of these games while listening to the Nas illmatic album that had just dropped lol.

That madden 2000 intro was really nostalgic … crazy thing is that was before Luda blew up up

I love these retrospective videos. They take me back to much better times!

Love these retrospective’s ! Thanks softdrink :)

I've been thinking about this very jump for years and wanted to do my own video on it. I was in 2nd-3rd grade when the PS2 came out and the jump from 2000 to 2001 was incomprehensible. It felt like a BC/AD moment the first time I saw screenshots of Madden 2001.

PHENOMENAL content… nostalgic, I f’ing flipped my head in HS seeing the PS2 the 1st time…. Amazing memories

Madden 01 was the first one I ever played and HO BOY this was a nostalgia blast. Thanks for a cool video.

Madden 2001 on ps2 was just like nascar 2001 and tekken tag tournament being on ps2 for first time getting its feel for ps2 mechanics that paved way for their games on ps2 down the line

I still remember seeing this in the stores for the first time. Back in the day Wal Mart would have PS2's and TV's set up to preview different games. As a kid I was blown away by the light reflecting off of the helmets.

I was 7 years old and was playing Madden 2000... when 01 came out for the PS2 I genuinely could not believe my eyes, i thought nothing could ever look better lol

I’ve been blessed to see all from 1980-Now Madden 2001 on PS2 such a leap from the generations

Madden 2000 intro goes hard 😂 my friend and i used to sing it as lil kids 😂

The best intro ever. Memories flooding back.

Dude seeing jeff blake first thing takes me waaaayyyy back as a bengals fan. Man we have come a long way lol.

Man what a difference in comparison! 😀 I'm completly impressed, plus you have John and Pat as commentary!? I'll defenitly have to get this game on PS2 sometime. Thanks as always for your videos as always SOFTDRINKTV! Looking forward to your NFL Gameday 2001 video!

Madden 02 for ps2 was my first madden on ps2 👍💯👍💯

So I’m from newzealand and in 2005 I was 5 years old and never even heard of American football… I got a ps2 for Christmas and it came with some second hand games.. including madden 2001.. I fell inlove with it, I didn’t understand it at first so all I use to do is kick the ball go to replay and watch what all the players was doing, seeing the big blocks and big returns and bam I was hooked…. We don’t have football here but our whole country revolves around rugby, that being the closest thing to football I started playing it… 20 years later still playing it… in a weird way madden 2001 changed how my life would be.. and I am the biggest American football fan still to this day

Ludacris brought heat on that intro… and it set him up to drop Back for the 1st time too

I remember seeing screenshots of Madden 2001 in GamePro magazine before I got my PS2. It was crazy seeing that big of a jump for the PS2. We had Madden 2001 on PS1. The sound track and the game play was so much fun.

Great video, man. Hard to understand the impact of Madden ‘01 if you weren’t there. I first played it inside of a Circuit City and was mind blown. One of my favorite games of all time, for sure.

I’ve been watching for years you’re such an amazing creator I’ve watched since the madden 19 videos the first year I was able to play video games

All those hits in the 2000 intro would be a flag today 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Jump from ps1 to ps2 was unreal. Those ps2 maddens are still great to this day. Also ncaa 06 on ps2 was goated.

Love how you were able to go over like 4 different games in one video, great as always

Gotta do Jimmy Johnson VR football 98 for the play station. Classic

Another great sports game documentary.

Leave em in the dirt by the Beatnuts is underrated. Goated madden soundtrack for sure.

I think there were more polygons in *just* the football on PS2 than there were in the entire PS1 *game*

Thank you for the video! 🙏 oh memories… i was 15 and i love’d maddens!

Madden 2000 nostalgia. Damn those really were the days growing up

I’ll never forget getting a ps2 at launch and being light years ahead of everyone else

This in my opinion was the beginning of the golden era for Madden series… we’d get the best of EA Sports from 2000 to 2007 🔥🏈 🎮

A very impressive looking game for being nearly 24 years old.

This was the best Madden ever even over 20 years later. This was how the Madden Series was built from the ground up. Why they can't do it now is beyond us. Part of the Reason why PS2 was very successful. Great job with your Sports video game videos Would love to see some more baseball videos soon. Keep up the great work. Thank you.

To this day I remember opening up Electronic Gaming Monthly (remember magazines?) and seeing the preview for the PS2 Madden 2001 and I legit could not believe how good it looked compared to Madden 2000, and those were just the screenshots. The actual gameplay was even crazier to behold. Just an insane jump in quality from fifth to sixth gen and it's still hard to fathom to this day -- especially considering that the most recent generation jump for sports games in general didn't exactly blow anybody's mind. Little did we know back in the early/mid 2000s that we were living in what would end up being the golden era of sports gaming.

‘03 still has the best Soundtrack ever!

First game i had when i got my ps2 for Christmas

My exact words seein u upload "Hell yea"

I remember I always used to watch my dad play Madden 2001 when I was a kid then I played NFL blitz on ps1 that's what got me into football

I have Madden NFL 2001 on PS2. It was awesome. This is probably the best PS2 launch title I own.

Our glorious king softdrink with an upload

Man that Madden NFL 2000 intro goes hard af

Always love your vids. I have been a fan of the ps2 ea sports launch games for a while now. Although Madden took a jump in facial detail when they went to DVD rom in 2003, I honestly think the graphics of 2001 are overall better. Same with the CD rom NHL games. And as you mentioned, very few graphical hiccups that were there in later games. When the deeper features were added (which I honestly didn’t care about) the presentation took a dive too. Looking forward to your NFL GameDay 2001 video (love that one too but passing is pretty rough).

Bro I remember finding this disc at my aunt’s house. Had no idea who it belonged to so I took it home with me. My grandma’s house had a PS2 and I was there for the summer. Popped this in and was WOWED. Only had played Madden on N64 as a 5-6 year old at that point. I couldn’t believe my eyes.

Feels like I've been watching intros for half of this video. I still like it though.

The greatest Madden intro ever! S/O to Ludacris and to SoftDrinkTV for letting that ride! Nostalgia in full effect! Thank you

I couldn’t believe my eyes when Babbage’s got their first ps2 demo in store and madden was the game. Graphics were beyond amazing for the time

I remember seeing the PS2 DEMO at Best Buy with Madden 01 running. I was *BLOWN AWAY* seeing the lights reflect off the helmets. 😲😲😲