Why Don't Footballers Have Their Own Video Games Anymore?

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Before EA Sports turned football gaming into a global business model, the genre was a lawless frontier of experimentation, football personalities and for some reason, Anders Limpar .

In the 1980s, 90s and 00s, it felt like every footballer had their own video game. Pelé, Shilton, Lineker, Gazza, even Chris Kamara got one. Some were okay, but most were .... err ... a bit pants.

This is the story of the rise and fall of player-licensed football games; from Pelé’s Soccer on the Atari 2600 to Michael Owen's WLS, there were literally dozens of them, so why did the go away?

A nostalgic and ever so slightly sarcastic deep-dive into how football video games went from personality-driven chaos to corporate franchises of FIFA, EA FC, Pro Evolution Soccer, and Football Manager.

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