From Atari Joyboard to Wii Fit: 25 years of “exergaming”

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By Phillip Torrone

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May 15th, 2008 2

From Atari Joyboard to Wii Fit: 25 years of “exergaming” @ Boing Boing Gadgets – wow, this is really comprehensive!

After hugely successful launches in Japan and Europe, Nintendo’s Wii Fit exercise game is coming to the United States May on 19th, where it is sure to find sales success. But Wii Fit is hardly the first example of an attempt to meld videogaming and exercise — it’s not even the first fitness offering from Nintendo.

2 thoughts on “From Atari Joyboard to Wii Fit: 25 years of “exergaming””

toyotaboy says:

May 16th, 2008 at 11:27 am

I actually HAD one of these. I only remember using it for the skiing game, buttons didn’t respond very well on it.