U.S. National Video Game Team
| Founded | July 25, 1983 Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S. |
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The U.S. National Video Game Team (USNVGT) was founded on July 25, 1983 in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States by Walter Day and the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard.
In 1986, the USNVGT continued on without Day with Donn Nauert as team captain. The team extended their reach to include publishing the Top Score Newsletter and Electronic Game Player Magazine a short time later. Nauert appeared in television commercials for the Atari 7800 and served as the referee for Incredible Sunday on That's Incredible!, a three-game competition on the Nintendo Entertainment System that served as a precursor to the Nintendo World Championships 1990. The USNVGT also endorsed various video game products with a Player's Seal of Approval from 1988–1989.
On August 7, 2015 Patrick Scott Patterson assumed ownership of the defunct U.S. National Video Game Team and registered a trademark (86718839) with the United States Patent Trademark Office.
In keeping with the previous National Video Game Team, the new organization's purpose is to:
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