User Guide

Take your game online to see if you’ve got the skills to match up

with thousands of other pigskin players. New this year, Madden

NFL 2003 can be played through EA SPORTS Online Service, your

destination for the best sports games on the PC. Create your own

online hero, join or start your own clubs, compete in games, quick

tournaments and mini-camps for tokens and experience points.

NOTE:

EA reserves the right to retire the EA SPORTS Online Service

for this product after 90 days notice, or 30 days after the last day of the

2002–2003 NFL football season.

LOGGING ON

Before you can play at EA SPORTS Online Service (EASO), you must register

your product and create a new EASO account, or use a pre-existing AOL/AIM

account.

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To register with EASO, click NEW on the Logon tab on the right side of the

Main menu. Madden NFL 2003 is minimized, and your internet browser is

launched and directed to EASO, where you can register.

REGISTRATION

You can register through three different ways:

1. Use a pre-existing EA account if you already have one.

2. Create a new EA account.

3. Use a pre-existing AOL,

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AOLInstant Messenger,

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Compuserve 2000,

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or Netscape AOL Instant Messenger account.

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Select your option and then click NEXT. Follow the on-screen instructions

to complete your registration.

ONLINE GAME MODES

When you successfully logon to EASO, you see your Online Hero Card in the

upper-right corner. Your Online Hero Card displays your Hero’s picture and all

of his current accessories. At the online store, you can buy accessories with

tokens earned by playing games and entering tournaments.

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To use your tokens to buy new equipment, click EDIT beneath your Hero,

and then click SHOP. After you purchase an item, you will need to put it on in

the equipment screen.

ONLINE