It was 20 years ago that video-gaming Irish sports fans had their prayers answered.
Fifa, Pro Evolution Soccer, Madden NFL – back in 2005, these were the sports games dominating living rooms. Indeed, some still are today, helping to make the sports video game industry a £17bn-per-year behemoth.
But while most sports, from snooker to bizarre basketball superstar kung-fu tie-ins, had a title to offer, fans of Ireland's national sports - Gaelic football and hurling - had never seen their heroes in pixelated glory.
That is until Gaelic Games: Football dropped in November 2005.
The highly anticipated release, which saw eager gamers queued outside one store in Belfast, became one of Sony's biggest selling games in Ireland.







