Reception
The finished versions of Joe Montana Football and John Madden Football were so different that few would have guessed they were made by the same company. Madden had realistic plays and a full roster of 28 teams, while Montana was a more arcade-style game with only 16 teams and a simplified, passing-intensive offense. Prior to the release of Montana, Park Place had developed the game so well that it surpassed Madden, and they believed it would hurt the sales of Madden. According to Michael Knox, they took Montana and "scaled it back" just before releasing the game back to Sega.
Although not as successful as the Madden series, Joe Montana Football and the sequels (developed by BlueSky Software rather than Electronic Arts) helped establish the Genesis' reputation as the top platform for sports simulations and proved to Sega of Japan that sports games could be worthwhile investments.
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