Game of The Year - Start Button: 1983 and the Birth of the Joysticks

Start Button: 1983 and the Birth of the Joysticks Max travels back to 1983 to explore the awards’ origins during gaming’s most uncertain era. In the shadow of the video game crash, passionate fans created the Golden Joysticks to legitimize gaming’s cultural impact. This episode highlights early community resilience, the rise of home consoles, and how the awards became a beacon of belief in gaming’s future when few others believed.

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