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Electronic adventures: Titans emerge in battle of football titles.(The Dallas Morning News)

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| September 01, 2004 | Godinez, Victor | COPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Victor Godinez

Football fans have a simple choice this year.

Electronic Arts and Sega are the only two major developers with professional football games this season, and each company is making a different pitch to gamers.

EA's latest Madden title, "Madden NFL 2005," is out for the major consoles, with a PC version on the way. But its Xbox version is the most interesting because it has added online play this year.

Previously, EA's games were playable online only with Sony's PlayStation 2 but now are also online-compatible with Microsoft's Xbox Live service.

On the Xbox, "Madden" looks great, and there are so many play modes and options that only serious football fans will care about most of them.

There are some fun ...

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