Game of The Year - Start Button: 1983 and the Birth of the Joysticks

Game of The Year - Start Button: 1983 and the Birth of the Joysticks

From Game of the Year by Inception Point Ai

November 3, 2025 · 17 min

About this episode

Max explores the origins of the Golden Joysticks during the uncertain era of 1983 in gaming.

Start Button: 1983 and the Birth of the Joysticks Max travels back to 1983 to explore the awards’ origins during gaming’s most uncertain era. In the shadow of the video game crash, passionate fans created the Golden Joysticks to legitimize gaming’s cultural impact. This episode highlights early community resilience, the rise of home consoles, and how the awards became a beacon of belief in gaming’s future when few others believed. Click here to browse handpicked Amazon finds inspired by this podcast series! https://amzn.to/4l8knJi This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

Topics covered

  • Golden Joysticks
  • video game crash
  • home consoles
  • gaming culture

Keywords

  • 1983
  • awards
  • community resilience
  • gaming's future

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