This Week in Gaming History ? Early Days of Video Game Sports Star Endorsements
The video game cover athlete has seemingly replaced the ol? Wheaties box as the most prestigious thing a sports celebrity can do outside of their chosen profession. ?It took decades to become that big of a deal, even though sports stars have always been a staple of promoting video games.
This week?s history lesson touches on this, going back to the late 70s as some of the biggest legends in sports endorsed the ?realistic? Atari sports video games. ?Also included is a pre-Madden game series John Madden, an acrobatic baseball legend, another baseball legend totally slacking at his job, one of the toughest boss enemies in the NES era and a bonus piece you?ll have to stick around to see.
Check back every Monday for more history lessons on the storied past of video games. ?I will be calling names and you will be graded.
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Patrick Scott Patterson ? who has written 101 posts on The Jace Hall Show.
Patrick Scott Patterson is a Video game personality & historian who has been gaming since 1981. He contributes two weekly columns for The Jace Hall Show: "This Week In Video Game History" and "This Week in Gaming News".
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