From Atari Joyboard to Wii Fit: 25 years of “exergaming” @ Boing Boing Gadgets – wow, this is really comprehensive!

After hugely successful launches in Japan and Europe, Nintendo’s Wii Fit exercise game is coming to the United States May on 19th, where it is sure to find sales success. But Wii Fit is hardly the first example of an attempt to meld videogaming and exercise — it’s not even the first fitness offering from Nintendo.