Sports Games

[Ayen]

Play any good sports game recently?

First sports game I ever played was a golf game for the NES. I can't remember which golf game, exactly. I knew there were a couple. I just remember the guys wearing plain shirts in colors like white, red, purple (I think purple) and hitting the ball into the air. My brother and father played the game too. Dad was always a big golf fan. If you heard him screaming in the other room while it's on you'd think he was watching football.

After that I played a baseball game for the NES that I borrowed from my best friend. I sucked at it. Couldn't for the life of me figure out how to make first. I also played two basketball games for the Sega Genesis. I can't remember the first one (other than them always giving a closeup of the player when you went to dunk the ball through the hoop) but I believe the second one was NBA Jam.

I wouldn't play sports game again until the PlayStation/Nintendo 64 era when I played NFL Game Day 2000 and then later bought Game Day 99. I also have NBA Live 2001 for the PS1 (my favorite basketball game ever) and I played two racing games in the form of Gran Turismo 2 and Need for Speed. I only own Gran Turismo. Also played a demo of a hockey and soccer game once, that was fun. Also played a Tiger Woods game my dad got for the PS1. I own NFL Blitz 2002 for the Gamecube as well. I always enjoyed just walking up to a player while he's on the ground and elbow dropping him. Yes, you can actually elbow drop in that game.

And if they count... pretty much every professional wrestling game from 97 on up. Played one tennis game thanks to Mario, too.

Discuss.

[Botchmun]

I like sports games, did you get many field... points in the local sporting event?

[escobert]

I like to play Madden or Hockey. If racing games count then those are fun. Problem is there aren't many sports games on PC and I don't like buying consoles for pretty much just sports games.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I sometimes play Nintendo World Cup on the NES for a good time. I've played newer FIFA and NBA games in college with other people, but I'm not a huge sports game person.

[Ayen]

I like to play Madden or Hockey. If racing games count then those are fun. Problem is there aren't many sports games on PC and I don't like buying consoles for pretty much just sports games.

Yeah, sports games don't seem to be very computer savy. I don't know if it's the control schemes not being very good on a keyboard or if most sports fans just happen to be console owners.

[Bubba]

I sometimes play Nintendo World Cup on the NES for a good time.

Some of the special shots on that were pretty meaty!

The only sporting games I play are FIFA and MLB: The Show. The latter has taken far too much of my life.

[Agent Proto]

I like playing sports games, but out of my brothers, I seem to be the only one who do. I try to get a game or two played with them, but they can never seem to finish the game with me. :/

[Sephex]

I love Super Baseball simulator 1.000! The powers are ridiculous. Though, I wish that version had a space stadium like the NES version did.

[edczxcvbnm]

Sephex, the space stadium automatically make the NES version superior in every way shape and form.

I don't play many sports games as they are all trying to be so super serious and realistic. A game of Tecmo Super Bowl lasts 10 minutes or less and that gave me all of the football action I could want and it is completely awesome.

[Spuuky]

There is no sports game better than Mutant League Football. That's simply a fact of life.

[Rostum]

Mutant League Football

That was one of the first games that came across my mind when I said to myself "I used to like sports games!". I guess they needed some sort of gimmick / arcade feel to them for me to enjoy.

[I Took the Red Pill]

I play FIFA regularly. I also play NBA 2K and Madden semi-frequently, but FIFA will always be king.

Back in the day, before Madden gained sole rights to distribute NFL games, the ESPN NFL 2K games were superior to Madden. I was heartbroken when they lost the legal ability to make them.

Also NFL Blitz was the trout. NBA Street and NFL Street were also pretty cool.

[Mirage]

Play any good sports game recently?

Not recently, no. Actually, not in the last 28 years either.

[Pike]

Mario Golf (for N64) is absurdly fun.

[Ayen]

Mario Golf (for N64) is absurdly fun.

I know what you mean. I rented that game from Blockbuster (or was it Movies & More?) and played it for hours. The same thing happened with Mario Tennis. Count on Mario to make sports I would otherwise find boring tons of great fun.