Trainers and videogames have a long history together. Notable footwear within videogames include Toki’s blue sneakers, Sonic’s red and white Topman winklepickers and NBA Jam’s many generic court shoes, to name just a few. but what about when the shoe is on the other foot, what about videogame-themed trainers?

Well, surprisingly enough, this list is also quite full. More recent examples of videogame-themed footwear have included the fresh Adidas ZX range, the ugly looking Gears of War skate shoe and these tastefully themed Air Max Classic from Nike, which somehow manage to make the colours gunship grey and pillar-box red work well together again. Note the little nods to the NES D-pad and the ‘Select’ and ‘Start’ button references, and the laces, which ought to have been thick black leads we reckon. 

Apparently, the visible bubble of air trapped in the sole is a neat homage to the ridiculous amount of cartridge-blowing everyone had to suffer to actually get the machine to pick up the bloody games.

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