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TIL The original John Madden Football (1988) took 3 years to develop due to John Madden insisting that each team have 11 players while EA was entangled in a legal battle with Bethesda Softworks. The game was known internally as "Trip's Folly" in reference to Trip Hawkins, the founder and CEO of EA.

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