Vintage Athletes' Fame Lives On In Videogames

JoeCotellese writes "Salon is running an article (ad click-through required) discussing how athletes live on in video games long past their retirement. In some cases, the article claims: 'The fond memories that a particular fan may have for a sports star owes more to the performance of his pixelated version than his actual on-court heroics'."

super nintendo?

[drcobb]

I haven't a clue who bill lambeer was but that basketball game for snes was awsome. perhaps that is another effect is that it makes us geeks know at least a little bit about sports.

Tecmo Super Bowl

[Unholy_Kingfish]

Can anyone say Ivy Joe Hunter.....?

The most injured player ever.

Shaquille O'Neal

[alan_dershowitz]

Will always be remembered by me, not for whatever crap he did on the basketball court, of which I have no idea. I will always remember him for starring in one of the world's shittiest games, SHAQ-FU (and to a lesser extent, the movie KAZAM.)

Re:old news

[alan_dershowitz]

To this day I am not precisely sure what Dr. J. looks like in real life. My only recollection of his face was about 5 pixels high. He was the brown one, and Larry was the pink and green one.

Re:Tecmo Super Bowl

[WaKall]

Also ridiculous in that game:

QB Eagles (aka Randall Cunningham). Pick a pass play, QB sneak/draw and run it for 80 yards.

Jerry Rice - he would catch ANYTHING you threw at him. Anything.

Christian Okoye - the running back that couldn't be tackled. Defensive players bounced off of him.

Barry Sanders - a close second at the RB position to Bo Jackson. Barry had some speed in that game.