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1980s vs. Today: Sports video games

By Patrick Hruby
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

1980s In the beginning, there was "Pong" … and then, a great swirling vortex of sports video game suckage. Early '80s home consoles simply weren't powerful enough to produce decent sports sims ("Pole Position" being the lone exception; Atari's blob football doesn't count). Enter Nintendo. Beyond saving the video game industry from a massive crash, the NES rescued sports gaming. Titles like "Double Dribble," "Blades of Steel," "RBI Baseball" and the still-enjoyable "Tecmo Bowl" paved the way ...

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