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RaychelSnr · 03-14-2016, 02:51 PM

Almost twenty years ago, I was introduced to the sport of hockey after my father received a copy of NHL 98 as a gift. We installed it on our PC and were presented with the classic EA SPORTS slogan as the game booted up.

Suddenly, the opening video kicked into gear. As a low-pitched voice-over engulfed the speakers, questioning whether I was “afraid of the masked man”, the sport of hockey launched into my life with a two-minute long compilation of some of the preceding years' NHL season highlights. The heavy soundtrack and skillfully edited video imprinted itself on my mind instantly. A similar thing happened with numerous EA SPORTS titles from that time period. Since then, I've had a particular appreciation for these introductory packages.

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NC12 · 03-14-2016, 03:25 PM

Talk about nostalgia

crandolph · 03-14-2016, 03:36 PM

Totally agree. Some of the best were the wrestling games. Wrestlemania 2000 was a great one (no pun intended). Also, what happened to awesome sports game "endings" for when you win the championship and stuff. I believe that NHL 07(??) had an outstanding one.

bcruise · 03-14-2016, 03:38 PM

My favorite EA intro:

w11slim · 03-14-2016, 03:42 PM

I loved the Live intros back in the day. Intros got you hype to play.

baconbits11 · 03-14-2016, 03:48 PM

The Triple Play Baseball ones were really good too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaP3WDEOofo

Nowadays everyone has too short of an attention span, it's button through everything. If sports game makers were still doing those, no one would see it.

Orlandosimgamer35 · 03-14-2016, 04:03 PM

NBA 2k5!!!! I remember the intro was straight fire!

King of Kings · 03-14-2016, 04:03 PM

I loved those intros. I always pretended they were the opening sequence for the "broadcast" of the game I was about to play for my imaginary sports world.

03-14-2016, 02:51 PM	#1
RaychelSnr Executive Editor OVR: 57 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 4,846 Blog Entries: 490	Whatever Happened to the Sports Game Intro Video? Almost twenty years ago, I was introduced to the sport of hockey after my father received a copy of NHL 98 as a gift. We installed it on our PC and were presented with the classic EA SPORTS slogan as the game booted up. Suddenly, the opening video kicked into gear. As a low-pitched voice-over engulfed the speakers, questioning whether I was “afraid of the masked man”, the sport of hockey launched into my life with a two-minute long compilation of some of the preceding years' NHL season highlights. The heavy soundtrack and skillfully edited video imprinted itself on my mind instantly. A similar thing happened with numerous EA SPORTS titles from that time period. Since then, I've had a particular appreciation for these introductory packages. Read More - Whatever Happened to the Sports Game Intro Video?

03-14-2016, 03:38 PM	#4
bcruise Hall Of Fame OVR: 48 Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 23,205 Blog Entries: 8	Re: Whatever Happened to the Sports Game Intro Video? My favorite EA intro: Battle4MY, aldon_47, TracerBullet and 2 others like this.

03-14-2016, 03:48 PM	#6
baconbits11 MVP OVR: 0 Join Date: Oct 2014	Re: Whatever Happened to the Sports Game Intro Video? The Triple Play Baseball ones were really good too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaP3WDEOofo Nowadays everyone has too short of an attention span, it's button through everything. If sports game makers were still doing those, no one would see it. Last edited by baconbits11; 03-14-2016 at 03:50 PM.

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03-14-2016, 03:25 PM	#2
NC12 Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Dec 2014	Talk about nostalgia

03-14-2016, 03:36 PM	#3
crandolph Rookie OVR: 7 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Kingston, TN Blog Entries: 2	Totally agree. Some of the best were the wrestling games. Wrestlemania 2000 was a great one (no pun intended). Also, what happened to awesome sports game "endings" for when you win the championship and stuff. I believe that NHL 07(??) had an outstanding one.

03-14-2016, 03:42 PM	#5
w11slim Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Jul 2008	I loved the Live intros back in the day. Intros got you hype to play.

03-14-2016, 04:03 PM	#7
Orlandosimgamer35 Banned OVR: 0 Join Date: Aug 2015	NBA 2k5!!!! I remember the intro was straight fire!

03-14-2016, 04:03 PM	#8
King of Kings Rookie OVR: 4 Join Date: Mar 2010	I loved those intros. I always pretended they were the opening sequence for the "broadcast" of the game I was about to play for my imaginary sports world.