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Madden NFL 2002

[FAQ's]

Dancing into the endzone
Press L or R before running into the endzone and your player might do a dance. Note: He must be wide open. A second way to dance into the endzone with two different dances is to hold Z + L or R.

Hints & Tips

Thanksgiving commentary
Set the system date to the third Thursday in November.

Christmas commentary
Set the system date to December 25 to hear Pat Summerall will say ''Season's Greetings''.

New Year's commentary
Set the system date to January 1 to hear James Brown say "Happy New Year".

Unlimited creation points
Create a player, then go to "Edit Player" at the roster screen. Press Up or Down to choose the player you want to edit. Press Right to get to the speed category. Press A and choose attributes to adjust them up to 99 points.

Created player announced
Give a created player a pro's last name to hear his name be announced.

Easy punt blocking
Choose the play Punt Return Right, Middle, or Left. Before everyone lines up on defense, take your LE and bring him to the right of the MLB. After you bring the LE over, press the C-stick Right so your line moves over. As soon as the offense hikes the ball, use your turbo and head straight for the Punter. Once you get close enough, jump (Y) and you will either block the punt or hit him solidly. If you happen to miss the ball, you will usually end up getting a penalty. Refer to this diagram (O is defense and X is punting).

Before snap:
           Punt Returner
                      |
                     o
          MLB       LE
                \          /
     oo        oooooo        oo
     xx        xxxxxx        xx
                 x
                         x
                     x
                     |
                Punter

After Snap:

         Punt Returner
                     |
                     o
        LE    MLB
           \      /
     oo   o  ooooo o        oo
     xx        xxxxxx        xx
                 x
                         x
                     x
                     |
                Punter

Easy sacks
In easy mode, go on the other side of the line of scrimmage and stand in front of the quarterback. Stay there in front of him until he hikes the ball, then tackle him. Make sure you do not touch anybody while getting in front of him.

On defense, pick the defensive formation "4-3," then pick the play "Whip Man." After the offense chooses their play, shift your four linemen to the left (C-stick Left) and shift your three linebackers to the right (R) before the snap. Chances are the ROLB (right outside line backer) will take the quarterback down. The DT(defensive tackle) might also sack the quarterback if the ROLB is held in the line. Note: To get better results, either choose the ECKO team or pump up your favorite team's defense.

Easy scoring
Turn penalties off. On the coin toss, choose kick. Then, select "Onside Kick" for a play. Pull Back + Right (if your kicker is left footed, pull Back + Left) and kick with full power then recover the onside kick. Choose your quarterback then scroll down and select "Hail Mary" as a play.

Avoid tackles
Stop running for a moment. You can sometimes easily avoid being tackled. Sometimes you will need to juke, spin, or stiff arm to get by defenders.

Good protection
To get good protection on kick returns, choose "Onside Kick" as your play. When you run back the ball, you will usually go past the 20.

Easy 2-point conversion
After you score a touchdown, select the "Ask Madden" button. He will almost always suggest kicking a field goal. Instead, go up one set of plays, and pick the play "RB Direct Snap". No matter what defense you are playing against, you will get the 2-point conversion. Note: If you cannot get in right away, press B to dive near the goal line.

Easy recovery
Use this trick to always recover the ball when kicking. Go to a play where most of your players are on the left. When kicking, put the arrow to the bottom left and kick at full power. Your players will have a real good chance to keep the ball.

Easy passes
When you are the QB, you can throw the ball two different ways: straight (hold the button of the receiver you want to throw it to) and up high (press and release the button for that receiver). When you throw it up high, the QB will throw the ball over the safety to your receiver. He will catch the ball nearly all of the time. Throwing it straight is the most familiar way. He just throws it to the receiver and it will not go over the safety. It is best to use the straight pass if the WR is open.

Cracked helmet
Play an AFC vs. NFC Pro Bowl game at Aloha Stadium in season mode. During the game, get a player's helmet popped off (try getting hit in the middle of a throw). After that same play, view an instant replay and zoom in on the helmet that popped off to see that it is cracked.

Get the ball at the start
Set the weather to "Heavy Rain" before the game. If the CPU wins the coin toss, it will choose to kick most of the time.

Unlimited money in franchise mode
First, select season mode. Next, choose a team, but do not select "Start" just yet. Go to "Salary Cap" and change it to "No". Play all the games of your season. When a prompt appears asking you to convert season to franchise, select "OK". Choose your team to play with again and resume to the off-season schedule. When you want to sign a player, you will see "No Cap" at the top. You may now sign anyone you desire.

Kiss a cheerleader
After your first five seasons in franchise mode, at the end of the Super Bowl there will be a cheerleader waiting for you. You have to be a running back, corner back, wide receiver or a linebacker for this trick to work.