The U.S. National Video Game Team (USNVGT) was an American esports team in the early 1980's. It was founded in July 1983 in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States by Walter Day and Jim Riley as part of the Electronic Circus tour, with Steve Sanders as the first captain. After the Circus folded, Day re-established the team with himself as the captain, taking the team on a bus tour. The team challenged the players of arcades across the country and attempted to challenge other countries through visits to foreign embassies. In the years that followed the team ran numerous competitive contests.
Founded | July 1983 Ottumwa, Iowa, United States |
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The U.S. National Video Game Team founded many publications in the 1980s. The first was the Top Score Newsletter (published by the Amusement Players Association), which was followed by the four-issue Electronic Game Player Magazine. In 1989, the Electronic Game Player Magazine format was improved and relaunched as Electronic Gaming Monthly. The USNVGT name appeared in the title of the magazine for the first several issues and within the magazine until 1995.[14]
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