GAMES MICROSOFT XBOX MADDEN NFL 2003, Manual

Page 1: ...MADDEN NFL 2003 XBOX MANUAL 40 pages envelope hores Parkway y CA 94065 51605 age bc2 ...

Page 2: ...mes including Xbox games are during the normal course of game play may nent shadow of the static image to appear not being played Similar damage may occur a video game on hold or pause Consult mine if video games can be safely played on ormation in the owner s manual contact er to determine if video games can be played ng transmission public performance opy protection is strictly prohibited tainme...

Page 3: ...03 MENU CONTROLS Highlight menu item or Change highlighted item or Select Go to next screen A or G Cancel Return to previous screen B or H Help menu C hold down Change music track C E or F USING THE XBOX CONTROLLER 3 m by following the instructions in the s indicator light will light up ay will open the disc tray with the label facing up er to this manual for more information SCS OR THE DISC DRIVE...

Page 4: ... tap C hold down Jump Hurdle D or Spin B or Juke left right E or F Stiff arm left right I PASSING Bring up passing icons A when Passing Mode is set to NORMAL Pass to the receiver with A B C E or F corresponding control symbol Throw ball away J while passing icons are up Toggle passing icons OFF ON D Route based passing appropriate receiver button Pump fake COMPLETE CONTROL SUMMARY e of these basic...

Page 5: ... left right engaged F KICKING GAME Direction Elevation of kick or Start Kick Meter A Stop Kick Meter upswing power A Stop Kick Meter downswing accuracy A Delay the kick Hold down A Call an audible C then C A B E or F Cancel an audible D before selecting an audible Reset play C then J Flip play C then I Call timeout H 7 A C B D A C B A Hold down A B C D E F A or B or E then or E then J F then or F ...

Page 6: ...ween any two teams TEAM SELECT SCREEN Select the teams for your game SETTING UP THE GAME t hand corner of the screen during owever the Kick Meter speeds up on the ng an accurate kick decreases Try to stop ellow accuracy range for best results y with the directional arrow by pressing A or D man after he catches a kickoff or punt in back 9 Over kick area Away team Team ratings and record Click the r...

Page 7: ...de of the field press I To call a play from the header below the selection window pull F A B or C To call a play from the header above pull E A B or C To ask John Madden for coaching assistance on your next play press C on the formation screen and a suggested play is highlighted in the play selection window PLAYING THE GAME historical teams press J to select any mly select a current NFL team nd Ti...

Page 8: ...s Once the ball is snapped the player runs the same assigned route as before but from his current location on the field To call man in motion 1 While at the line of scrimmage press or or move or to highlight an eligible player 2 Press or or move or to send that player in motion and then snap the ball to begin the play Bullet Touch Pass Throw a bullet pass hold down the button that corresponds to t...

Page 9: ...ticular venue and follow the on screen instructions for help Earn at least a bronze trophy to unlock the game situation at the same city as well as the next difficulty setting for that drill Use the skills that you learned at Mini Camp to complete each stage Pull E or F to change the skill level and visit more NFL cities FRANCHISE Run the table for 30 seasons in Franchise mode SEASON FRANCHISE SET...

Page 10: ...Features Madden Cards Trade Madden Cards between active profiles and view season and game performance records For more information Madden Cards on p 26 Export Team Export your Franchise team to a memory unit or hard disk and make it available for Exhibition and Tournament modes Create a Player Create a new player and add him to a team or the free agent list or edit an existing player Create a Play...

Page 11: ...only make player trades before the sixth week of the season and sign free agents for user controlled teams AFTER THE SEASON Every season ends with the AFC NFC Pro Bowl After pro football s annual All Star game you are prompted to advance to the off season THE OFF SEASON Build your dynasty through the draft or by signing key free agents You control the moves for your team and the computer handles t...

Page 12: ...a player through all three rounds NOTE Don t waste all your scouting slots on 1ST and 2ND rounders Those players will likely be selected early in the draft by other teams before you get a chance to draft them Instead scout some players for the later rounds and try to look for a superstar in the making TOURNAMENT Compete in a single or double elimination tournament with playoff like pressure TOURNA...

Page 13: ...ctice field PRACTICE FIELD Once you re on the practice field you can run every play in your playbook To re spot the ball press g and select RE SPOT BALL from the Pause menu To choose a different play press H or G and select CHOOSE NEW PLAY from the Pause menu SITUATION Throw yourself in any game situation To select your Situation settings To set the game situation press or to change the highlighte...

Page 14: ... an existing route or assign a blocking assignment for your player and press A Highlight a distance rushing route or type of block for the player and press A The new route is set A To customize a route press to diagram the route or assign blocking assignments on the field Press A to alter the route in another direction or to complete a player s route Press G to test the play Save Playbook To save ...

Page 15: ...ns Then press or to highlight RISK CARDS NOTE Both players must have a profile already loaded before you can proceed to the Risk Cards screen 2 Browse through your cards by pressing or or pull E or F then press A to select a card Press B to remove a card 3 When done press G to return to the controller select screen Status Tokens Earned Status of points earned at each level Balance Current number o...

Page 16: ... screen highlight a player from any team roster and press A His last name appears in the trade window 2 Highlight another player from a different team that you wish to trade for and press A 3 Press G and the trade is either accepted or declined If the trade is accepted highlight YES and press A to proceed NOTE In Franchise mode a color bar indicates how enthusiastic a CPU team is about a trade RED...

Page 17: ... symbols Remember Formations When ON the playcalling screen automatically returns to the same formation that you called for the previous play Penalty Offsides When ON defensive players can jump offsides although they will be called for it if Penalties are turned ON When Offsides is turned OFF defenders are physically barred from running offsides Penalty Sliders Adjust the sensitivity for the penal...

Page 18: ...slots or the hard disk Press a to load save or delete a file from a MU or hard disk 2 Highlight the file you wish to LOAD SAVE or DELETE and press A NOTE If you have already saved the file you will be prompted to overwrite the existing file instead of saving a new file NOTE If a Roster User Profile or Settings file is present on the hard disk or a MU it is auto loaded during the initial boot up Th...

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