Is it true that Stevie Wander advertised video games?

An advertising poster is common on the Internet, on which a blind musician talks about the game console from Atari. We checked his authenticity.

On the Internet poster, Wander, holds the Joystick from the Atari 2600 console, which the company Issued In 1977, she supported for 15 years. From above, the poster, which for many in the XXI century looks at least provocative, is decorated with a quote from the musician: "If I could play video games, I would play atari." The picture became viral: it can be found on numerous boards on Pinterest, in posts on Facebook, 9GAG, Reddit and many other sites.

In the year of the release of the ATARI 2600 console, singer Stalandd Morris, who performs under the pseudonym Stevie Under, was 27 years old. By that time, he already received 12 Grammy awards and was incredibly popular. A serious illness did not prevent the musician from achieving such success - shortly after birth he lost vision.  

This tragic fact from the singer’s biography is played several times in the inscriptions on the poster, which was allegedly released in 1981. In particular, on it there are phrases “My friends say that there is the best graphics. I don’t know what it means ”and“ even Stevi can handle this joystick in his own way. ” The text ends with a message that “you don’t need two to play at the Atari 2600 ... or even two eyes. Stevi likes to play alone, even if he does not have a single idea of ​​what is happening. "

However, back in 2014, the originality of this advertising poster raised great doubts. It turned outthat its author quite skillfully changed the original poster of the 1970s. On it, Stevie Wander advertises Mu-Tron III-a device for creating musical effects. There is no provocative inscriptions, unlike a comic fake, on this poster.

Fake

What do our verdicts mean?

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