Bo Jackson, a former NFL running back for the Los Angeles Raiders and Major League outfielder Bo Jackson is the only player who has been named as a Pro Bowler in football and All-Star with Mut 22 coins baseball. So, in 1990, American toy manufacturer Tiger Electronics released a handheld game that let players play with Jackson in both fields of baseball and football. The next calendar year Nintendo brought Bo Jackson's Hit and Run for Game Boy and Bo Jackson Baseball for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
But the trio of games wouldn't be even possible without the virtual stardom he garnered in 1989's Tecmo Bowl, the first console game to get an authorization by the NFL to include players' name, image and similarity. In the present, Jackson in Tecmo Bowl and 1991's Tecmo Super Bowl is considered as one of the most iconic video game avatars. He's also Michael Vick from Madden NFL 2004.
Madden was released for the first time to PC in 1988 during Jackson's second season in the NFL. But due issues with licensing and a hip injury sustained during his 1990 NFL season, which forced his premature retirement from football, Jackson was never a part of Madden during his playing days. The year 2014 was the first time Jackson first made his Madden debut as a special-edition athlete playing in the Ultimate Team game mode.
On Wednesday, EA Sports announced that not only will Jackson return to the game as he hasn't played following Madden NFL 15 however, Jackson will also be given the privilege of becoming an official Madden cover player. In the next 35 years, nearly 35 years since his NFL career started at the age of 1987 Jackson has been selected to be on the cover featuring a digital version of Madden NFL 22. And beginning Friday, gamers will once again be capable of playing with him on the internet. EA Sports also teamed up with Nike to recreate the brand's famous Bo Knows ad campaign by creating a digitally rendered version of his iconic shoe which is his Nike Air Bo Turf which is incorporated into the game.
Jackson was the 7th running back named as a Madden cover athlete. He is followed by cheap Madden nfl 22 coins Eddie George (Madden 2001), Marshall Faulk (Madden 2003), Shaun Alexander (Madden 2007), Peyton Hillis (Madden 12), Adrian Peterson and Barry Sanders (both Madden 25).