There’s a great story told by Electronic Arts co-founder Bing Gordon about his effort to gain John Madden’s endorsement of the company’s latest video game – football, of course – for the Apple II. In Video Game Invasion, Gordon describes how limited RAM of the era allowed for only seven players on each digital team. “Madden looked at it and said, where’s the other guys? That’s not football!” Gordon reports that Madden didn’t put his stamp of approval on the game until the technology had evolv...