# National Madden Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-madden-day/316330>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 9, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-madden-day/316330 "2005-08-09T20:33:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-madden-day/316330/21 "2005-08-11T23:06:19Z")

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> [@Madd Maxx](#):
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> There is no R2 reciever. There is an R1 reciever, the R2 button is for changing who the QB is looking at. Good luck playing any of your old Xbox games after you get the 360. I’ll wait for the PS3 and keep playing Madden 2003 for PSOne no less,2004,2005, and 06.

Yeah, there’s no way the 360 (how lame is that name?) will be backward compatible. That’s what I meant by shelling out hundreds of bucks for a two month window.

Thanks for the clarification on the triggers. Working R2 to make the QB look at the RB and then hitting R1 to actually throw to the RB was reported as being an awkward setup.

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**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-madden-day/316330/22 "2005-08-12T13:01:28Z")

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I’m more confused over the way they rearranged some of the buttons. Triangle used to be for throwing the ball away, now that is a reciever button. There used to be an “X” reciever button but that is nowhere to be seen. I had 14 days of playing time on the old Madden, and all the commands had become second nature to me, now it’s almost like playing a totally different game, only just enough buttons are the same so as to screw with my hand eye coordination. Oh well, I beat the Steelers last night 28-0 with my Redskins, so I haven’t totally lost it. I’m still pissed they gained 90 yards on me though.

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**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-madden-day/316330/23 "2005-08-12T13:05:42Z")

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By the way, the whole Xbox hater thing wasn’t directed at you, it was more of an general gripe. I kinda like the Xbox, and many of the games look great, but I can’t help but be pissed the way they are screwing their existing and future customers. I would bitch the same if Sony did it that too, so it’s not a MS thing.

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