U.S. National Video Game Team

The U.S. National Video Game Team was founded on July 25, 1983 in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA by Walter Day and the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard.

Members

Walter Day was the Team Captain and the first five members chosen by Twin Galaxies for the team were:

• Billy Mitchell, Hollywood, Florida (Had five listings in Guinness that year, a record)
• Steve Harris, Gladstone, Missouri (Later founded Electronic Gaming Monthly [EGM])
• Jay Kim, Miami, Florida
• Ben Gold, Dallas, Texas (Won history's first Video Game World Championship, televised by ABC's That's Incredible)
• Tim McVey, Ottumwa, Iowa (Achieved history's first Billion-Point-Score on a video game.)

Additional members accepted in 1983:

• Tom Asaki, Bozeman, Montana
• Tim Collum, Boyd, Texas
• Eric Ginner, Mountain View, California
• Todd Walker, Milpitas, California
• Mark Bersabe, San Jose, California
• Jeff Peters, Etiwanda, California

Additional members accepted in 1984:

• Mark Hoff, Ottumwa, Iowa
• Leo Daniels, Wilmington, North Carolina
• Chris Emery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Additional members accepted in 1985:

• Perry Rodgers, Seattle, Washington
• Donn Nauert, Austin, Texas ^[1]
• Dwayne Richard, Alberta, Canada

Additional members accepted in 1986:

• Gary Hatt, Ontario, California
• Jim Allee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Brent Walker, Austin, Texas
• Todd Rogers, Bridgeview, Illinois (First paid pro video game player)
• Scott Rogers, Bridgeview, Illinois
• Eric Gater, Oskaloosa, Iowa

Additional members accepted in 1994:

• Terry "Trickman" Minnich, Lombard, Illinois
• Ken "Sushi-X" Williams, Lombard, Illinois

Additional members accepted in 2005:

• David Nelson, Laconia, New Hampshire

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