billman29 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Despite the fact I'm not sure ANYONE could possibly be interested by this, I've decided to take some screenshots of different sports graphics packages over the years (overlays, swipes, bugs) and have made collages out of them. The purpose of this thread, I assume, is to show the evolution of graphics packages over the years. My first three examples are of ESPN's various hockey graphics packages. Also, the dating (year-wise) is roughly the exact time frame these packages were used.1995-19981999 (virtually the same as 2000-2004, with the scorebug obviously being the one main difference)2000-2004 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I find this stuff intriguing, although hockey isn't my sport. Graphic overlays can really change the perception of a game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycumbee19 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Man do I miss the old days of NHL on ESPN.... Lots of nights spent watching hockey in those days.This needs to happen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Those were the days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billman29 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Two ESPN centric baseball packages. IMO, the post 2003 set is kind of really drab and gaudy looking. Way too much emphasis on looking futuristic.1999-20032004-2006 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 The best scorebug/package/sounds ever, in my opinion (also used for college football and MLB): 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Here's some MLB score bugs:National Broadcasts:ESPN:(1997, 1999, 2000)FOX:(1997, 2000)TSN/RDS (Canada):(1997 TSN, 2002 RDS) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old School Fool Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Man, those ESPN graphics from early 2000's is classic.Always loved the NFL on Fox bar.This one was amazing. It had animated snow on top, with a snow plow coming in to rake it up every now and then, and also had Christmas lights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Local Broadcasts:NESN (Red Sox):(2000, 2002ish?)FOX 25 WFXT (Red Sox):(2000)MSG (Yankees):(1998, 2001)FOX 5 WNYW (Yankees):(2000)YES (Yankees):(2002) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 FOX Sports Net (Various):(1998)Home Team Sports (Orioles):(1999)WB 11 KPLR (Cardinals):(1998)UPN 50 WKBD (Tigers):(1999) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billman29 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Here's something from the NBC catalogNBA on NBC, 1994-1996 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billman29 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 1999-2002 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynine Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 It's wild to think at one point, the ABC Sports GFX package drove ESPN's overall look, then the priorities change, and ESPN pushes ABC Sports off into the sunset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the admiral Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Those ESPN graphics up through 2003 were so nice and simple. Those early-mid-2000s Fox bars were so garish and distracting, like the one that had colored dot-matrix city abbreviations. The 2006 one was good, and lasted a pretty long time by Fox standards, as I recall. They usually figured out new ways for numbers to do backflips and cartwheels every four months or so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billman29 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Actually it was used only in the 1995-96 season. The 1993-95 graphics used the same designs above, but used Compacta for the fonts. For the 1996-97 season, those graphics above were used, but a smaller score box with team abbreviations were used.I see. Thanks for the clarification as I was kind of questioning my dating of those caps (Although I did know about the smaller bug in 96-97 and 97-98) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billman29 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 MLB on NBC, 1999 to 2000MLB on FOX, 1996-1998 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 In honor of the Cup Finals, here's some scorebugs from Bruins and Blackhawks broadcasts of old:NESN (Bruins):(1998, 2000)UPN 38 WSBK (Bruins):(2000)FOX Sports Net (Blackhawks):(1998, 2000) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billman29 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 NHL on OLN, 2005-2006 regular seasonNHL on OLN, 2006 playoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billman29 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 NBA on TNT, 1996-1998NBA on TBS, 1996-1998 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 In honor of the Finals...FOX Sports Net (Spurs):(2001)Sunshine Network / Sun Sports (Heat):(2002, 2003, 2005) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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