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John Madden Football cheats & codes

70 codes for John Madden Football on the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, including Action Replay codes.

John Madden Football Action Replay codes

How to use: Datel's Action Replay sat between the console and the game. Enter codes on its menu before starting the game, or paste them into your emulator's cheat menu.

EffectCode
Infinite Time-Outs P1FFAD89:63
Infinite Time While Timed Out P1FFAD63:99

John Madden Football Other codes

How to use: Additional codes collected by the community. Enter them through your emulator's cheat menu, choosing the format that matches your emulator.

EffectCode
MASTER CODE--MUST BE ENTEREDRH9A-R6V2
Random time on play clockB8KA-AADG D4KA-AADG
Play clock starts at 60 secondsHWKA-AADG
Play clock starts at 90 secondsMLKA-AADG
Each quarter lasts 30 secondsD2XT-CADL
Each quarter lasts 1 minuteHTXT-CADL
Each quarter lasts 2 minutesSAXT-CADL
Each quarter lasts 10 minutesMAXT-CEDL
Each quarter lasts 18:20NAXT-CJDL
Each quarter lasts 30 minutesBAXT-CRDL
Home team starts with 0 timeoutsAB4A-AAGE
Home team starts with 1 timeoutAF4A-AAGE
Home team starts with 2 timeoutsAK4A-AAGE
Home team starts with 5 timeoutsAZ4A-AAGE
Home team starts with 9 timeoutsBF4A-AAGE
Visiting team starts with 0 timeoutsAB4A-AAGL
Visiting team starts with 1 timeoutAF4A-AAGL
Visiting team starts with 2 timeoutsAK4A-AAGL
Visiting team starts with 5 timeoutsAZ4A-AAGL
Visiting team starts with 9 timeoutsBF4A-AAGL
Infinite timeouts for both teamsRF5A-A618
Only get 1 play to get a first downALHA-AAB2
Only get 2 plays to get a first downARHA-AAB2
Only get 3 plays to get a first downAWHA-AAB2
Have 5 plays to get a first downA4HA-AAB2
Have 6 plays to get a first downA8HA-AAB2
Always first downALHA-AA3W
Only need 5 yards for a first downFCJA-AAFJ
Must get 15 yards for a first downSCJA-AAFJ
Must get 20 yards for a first downYCJA-AAFJ
Must get 30 yards for a first down8CJA-AAFJ
Always goal-to-go--must get touchdownALJA-AA7R
Touchdown worth 0 pointsALHT-AA9E
Touchdown worth 1 pointGCHT-BE1E
Touchdown worth 2 pointsGCHT-BJ1E
Touchdown worth 3 pointsGCHT-BN1E
Touchdown worth 4 pointsGCHT-BT1E
Touchdown worth 5 pointsGCHT-BY1E
Touchdown worth 7 pointsGCHT-B61E
Touchdown worth 8 pointsGCHT-BA1E
Extra point worth 0 pointsACHT-BE5J
Extra point worth 2 pointsALHT-BE5J
Extra point worth 3 pointsARHT-BE5J
Extra point worth 4 pointsAWHT-BE5J
Extra point worth 5 pointsA0HT-BE5J
Extra point worth 6 pointsA4HT-BE5J
Extra point worth 7 pointsA8HT-BE5J
Extra point worth 8 pointsBCHT-BE5J
Field goal worth 0 pointsACHT-BE46
Field goal worth 1 pointAGHT-BE46
Field goal worth 2 pointsALHT-BE46
Field goal worth 4 pointsAWHT-BE46
Field goal worth 5 pointsA0HT-BE46
Field goal worth 6 pointsA4HT-BE46
Field goal worth 7 pointsA8HT-BE46
Field goal worth 8 pointsBCHT-BE46
Safety worth 0 pointsBLJA-AA4E
Safety worth 1 pointGCJA-BEWE
Safety worth 3 pointsGCJA-BNWE
Safety worth 4 pointsGCJA-BTWE
Safety worth 5 pointsGCJA-BYWE
Safety worth 6 pointsGCJA-B2WE
Safety worth 7 pointsGCJA-B6WE
Safety worth 8 pointsGCJA-BAWE
Random Time On Play ClockB8KA-AADG
Random Time On Play ClockD4KA-AADG
Infinite Time-Outs P1FFAD88:0063
Infinite Time While Timed Out P1FFAD62:0099

Using cheats today

Original cheat devices like the Game Genie, Action Replay and GameShark still turn up second-hand and work with original cartridges. Most modern emulators also have a built-in cheat menu that accepts these formats, so you can toggle codes on and off without extra hardware. Codes can differ between regional releases and revisions of a game; if one doesn't work, try the code list for another version.

Cheats can corrupt save files in rare cases, so back up your saves before experimenting.

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Cheat codes are from the libretro-database community collection, used under CC BY-SA 4.0; the code tables on this page are shared under the same license. Codes are provided as-is: some may not work on every version of the game.