If people don’t know 989 studios ended up becoming SDS that makes MLB The Show. If you know how amazing graphically and gameplay wise The Show is imagine what they could do to MADDEN!

love the retrospective series, especially when it’s about the time period when EA wasn’t infested with their Monopoly crisis

The Ps2 era was an amazing time for sports games. Miss those days.

Back when life was simpler and each NFL game brought something different to the table. The pure nostalgia warms my soul

Madden's decline for the past decade is insane

That beautiful LT Chargers jersey ♥️

I just hate EA so much that I would rather play these old football games than any EA Sports game!

It really is fascinating seeing people revisit the older sports titles that many, even back when they were released, simply passed over. There really was a lot of stuff out there back in the day

God I used to buy all the football games as a kid madden ESPN 2k gameday and blitz and even nfl fever for Xbox with Peyton on the cover 😭😭I have great memories of all of them ps2 was the greatest era for 🏈 games

The very first football game I had as a kid was GameDay 2004 for the PS1. Played the hell out of it and actually preferred it over Madden 04 on the PS1. Also don't forget about NFL Street that came out January '04. It was such a good time to be a football video game fan. Soooo many options

The level of nostalgia and love of SoftdrinkTV for that era is so strong, watching these videos make me feel 14 year old again. God I love this channel.

I love the Gameday’s on the PS1. I would love to see you do a retrospective on the Gameday series in general.

I do want to mention that NFL GameDay had Super Bowl stadiums in 2002 and 2003 as well. Also, Madden did include different Super Bowl stadiums as well but only from Madden 10 to Madden 12.

This channel motivated me to buy ESPN NFL 2K5 and play it with the fan-made NFL 2K23 update. Thanks so much for your vids!

Great work, as always! I actually have a fond memory of this game. Back in 2003, I had just graduated Air Force basic training a few weeks prior, and they were doing a tournament at the BX (basically, a department store) on base for Gameday 2004 prior to its release. I entered as the New York Giants, and got all the way to the finals. Oddly enough, contrary to your part about the earlier games and not having money plays, I was able to get far due to 3 plays that I found that worked for me. Well, I get to the finals and blow a 4th quarter lead and lost my shot at winning a PS2 and a copy of the game. I played in the 3rd place game and showed no mercy to the poor kid that was matched up against me; I beat him like 80-21. I ended up winning a copy of the game and some PlayStation merchandise. I think I still have the messenger bag they gave me!

Gameday 98 was my 1st football game and i loved it. even though you could literally juke through everyone and score on almost any possession. ahhhh the memories

I miss the early ps2/Xbox sports game era. We had so many choices between something realistic or arcade based it didn't matter. So much freedom. Now it's all soulless cash grabs 😕

Never played Gameday but I'm loving all the tiny details here that modern Madden just skimps on. Those pre-game positional warm ups are amazing, the sidelines look so much more realistic on a 15 year old title, the pre-play player movement looks so damn solid, the tench interactions look so great.

NFL GameDay on ps1 was my favorite

Every retrospective you make is a treasure, long time viewer and subscriber but first time commenting. Just want to tell you that we appreciate your hard work and attention to detail, so much.