The Modders Keeping Madden ’08 Alive

In 1984 the Baltimore Marching Colts (an NFL marching band) were abandoned by their team. In the middle of the night (literally) the then-Baltimore Colts moved to Indianapolis. Their fans and the Marching Colts were stunned. Team-less, the band continued to practice and play at events, hoping football would someday return to their city.

In 2007, EA Sports decided to discontinue Madden on computers, leaving PC gamers without a modern football title. But, like the Marching Colts, the Madden PC community played on.

Thanks to the dedicated (and slightly obsessed) Football Idiot modding community, there’s been an updated mod of Madden 08 every year on computers during the 11-year hiatus.

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