Madden Football 64
Madden Football 64 — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Madden Football 64 on?
- Madden Football 64 was released on Nintendo 64.
- When did Madden Football 64 release?
- Madden Football 64 was first released on October 31, 1997.
About Madden Football 64
Madden Football 64 is a football video game. It was the first game of the Madden NFL series to be released for the Nintendo 64. The game has commentary by Pat Summerall and John Madden. This edition does not use real NFL team names or logos. Instead the teams use banners that consist of two bars with the team colors, and the team name on top of them in white, accompanied by players in their uniforms. The Pro Bowl is referred to as the "Madden Bowl", and the Super Bowl as the "EAS Championship".
Summary via IGDB.
Madden Football 64 on Wikipedia
Madden Football 64 is a football video game. It was the first game of the Madden NFL series to be released for the Nintendo 64, as well as the first Madden game to be fully in 3D. Essentially an upgrade of Madden NFL 98 designed around the particular capabilities of the Nintendo 64, it replaced the 2D players with 3D models but lacked the full NFL licensing which was customary for the Madden series. While this lack of licensing significantly hurt critical response to the game, reviews were mostly positive, with elements such as the detailed player models and realistic gameplay garnering praise. The game has commentary by Pat Summerall and John Madden.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).
Game details
- Platforms
- Nintendo 64
- Developer
- EA Orlando
- Publisher
- EA Sports
- Game modes
- Single player, Split screen
- Series
- Madden
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Collector value & authenticity
Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAL release | $10 | $50 | $57 |
What it needs to play
- RequiredController Pak — to save your progress: the game saves to a Controller Pak, not to the cartridge (game manual).
How often it sells
- Loose: about once a week
- Complete: about once a week
- Sealed: about 5 times a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $0.11 in Jul 2008, $1.06 five years ago, and $4.50 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2009 | $0.75 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $0.75 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $0.75 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $0.87 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $0.87 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $2.50 | $5.00 |
| Jan 2015 | $3.49 | $4.00 |
| Jan 2016 | $2.98 | $3.99 |
| Jan 2017 | $3.38 | $8.49 |
| Jan 2018 | $3.73 | $8.99 |
| Jan 2019 | $2.66 | $7.25 |
| Jan 2020 | $2.42 | $9.25 |
| Jan 2021 | $2.44 | $13.28 |
| Jan 2022 | $4.28 | $24 |
| Jan 2023 | $5.75 | $16.74 |
| Jan 2024 | $3.47 | $17.19 |
| Jan 2025 | $4.84 | $17.75 |
| Jan 2026 | $6.14 | $22 |
| Oct 2026 | $4.50 | $19.99 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Cartridge serial | Known board |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 24 October 1997 | NUS-N8ME-USA | NUS-01A-02 |
| Europe / PAL | December 1997 | NUS-N8MP-EUR | — |
- Region
- NA+EU
- Released
- 1997
- Authenticity
- Low
A fast, arcade-leaning football game without real team names, and about as cheap as N64 cartridges get.
Madden Football 64 was the first Madden game on the Nintendo 64 and the first fully 3D Madden. Tiburon Entertainment built it as an upgrade of Madden NFL 98 designed around the N64, with 3D player models in place of 2D ones, and with commentary by Pat Summerall and John Madden. It came out in North America in October 1997 and in PAL regions in December 1997.
It does not use real NFL team names or logos, because Acclaim held exclusive rights to the NFL license for Nintendo 64 games for the rest of the 1997 season. One period review called it the fastest-playing football game on the system, better as an arcade game than as a serious football game. According to NPD figures through November 1997, it was the ninth best-selling video game in the United States.
What the press said at the time
| Next Generation Issue 37 | January 1998 | 2 out of 5 stars |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 8.5/10 | |
| GameSpot | 8.6/10 | |
| IGN | 7.8/10 | |
| N64 Magazine | 92% |
“This is by all means one of the most solid N64 games to date. Too bad you have to buy an extra memory pak and an atlas to play it.”
“Despite its lack of merit as a serious football game, Madden 64 is the fastest-playing N64 football game around and as such is just slightly better than QBC 64 as an arcade game.”
“The players are all made up from 3D polygons and have very good animation, the graphics of the game at this stage would indicate that the Nintendo 64's capabilities are being pushed quite well ,with graphics looking smooth and detailed.”
Next Generation rated games from one star ("Bad: crucially flawed in design or application") to five ("Revolutionary"); three stars meant "Good: a solid and competitive example of an established game style." Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Nintendo 64 version.
Before you buy
The game saves to a Controller Pak, not to the cartridge, so you need a Controller Pak to keep your progress. This is among the cheapest carts in the library loose, and complete copies cost several times that. PAL copies cost much more than the North American cart. Fake risk is low.
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