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REPORT - Electronic Arts Faces Jury Trial Over 'Madden NFL'
The lawsuit comes from Robin Antonick, who developed a prototype for a football game on the old Apple II operating system and then was hired in 1984 by EA to write the source code for a game called "Football." The following year, EA contracted with Hall of Fame football coach and broadcast announcer John Madden to lend his name to the game, and Antonick worked on the initial videogames in exchange for royalties. But eventually, Antonick was cut out of the franchise, which has collectively sold over 100 million copies and earned more than $4 billion in sales.
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