Favorite Video Game Sport [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

IntvGene

04-03-2003, 09:34 AM

The Hockey games translate well into video games, and they're only getting better. NHL2K3 was great, and with some tweaking, next year should be awesome.

Hockey is great because of the fights,the hits and the goals and it's quite easy to play just picking up the joystick. With football, there are all the plays, and it is damn hard to play co-operatively (i.e. quarterback and receiver) on most systems. But, football get the Silver.

Baseball? -_-

Basketball isn't bad either. I just want some fighting and hitting.

asharru

04-03-2003, 09:54 AM

Just as in "Real Life", tennis and golf are the only two sport games that I enjoy. I'm such a damn nerd.

:P

ventrra

04-03-2003, 12:25 PM

I've chosen some of the bigger events, but feel free to choose "other" and list your favorite video game sport. Hey, there way be big-time Cricket or Boating fans out there - I don't mean to leave you out.
Might have been easier to choose "other" if it had been an actual poll choice. :D However...
The only "sports" games that I've actually cared to play are racing games (Nascar, DTR, etc.) and FIFA Soccer for the 3DO. I probably wouldn't have even played FIFA if it hadn't came with the system.

ashbourn

04-03-2003, 12:53 PM

Football, well in PSX and newer

ghsqb

04-03-2003, 01:05 PM

Definately football.

Older systems, games like Tecmo Superbowl, and of course the Madden series on the newer consoles.

Honourable mention to Hockey, w/ the EA NHL series. :)

stonecutter

04-03-2003, 01:33 PM

I chose hockey after much debate. I really love tennis as well.

dreamcaster

04-04-2003, 07:41 AM

I voted for Tennis, as it consistently converts into hilarious video game play.

Me and my friends have spent hours volleying the ball in NES "Tennis". Atari 2600 Tennis was also pretty cool.

Mario Tennis also should receive an honourable mention.

Back in the good 'ol 16-bit days though, my fave sports game was NBA Jam on SNES - all night tournaments were spent with that rockin' cart!

klimatron8

04-04-2003, 10:07 AM

Gotta be Caber Tossing! Nothing like a great Caber Toss sim to while away the time -great fun in real life also.

scooterb23

04-04-2003, 12:49 PM

bargora

04-04-2003, 01:10 PM

Ballblazer / Ballblazer Champions

StarBlazer

04-04-2003, 09:05 PM

I had to debate between hockey and golf. I wound up voting for golf because its such a great "lazy" game to play. Play at your own pace. I like to play a round as my "cool down game" at the end of a gaming session(reffering to an Onion parody from a year or two ago....still makes me laugh!).
Hockey is a close second...like others said...seems to translate well and lots of action. I still play the EA versions of both sports in bed on my Nomad before going to sleep fairly often. Also just picked up Tiger Woods 2003 for Gamecube but have yet to try it out.
19 votes so far and none for baseball or basketball...kinda suprises me but then again I dont bother with either myself. Baseball seems to take forever to "learn" how to play well enough for it to be any fun and is usually only good as a 2 player game. I usually quit and just play around in the Home Run Derby mode for awhile.
Im also a sucker for a decent fishing game...though i haven't played one in awhile.
Somebody mentioned bowling. Damn! Been a long time since I played that in a video game version. Used to play 2600 bowling tons when i was a kid! Whats the most recent bowling game released? Anything for the recent gen consoles?

Mike

scooterb23

04-04-2003, 09:47 PM

Whats the most recent bowling game released? Anything for the recent gen consoles?

Nothing so far for the XBox, PS2, Gamecube, or GBA.

The most recently released bowling game is Big Strike Bowling for the PS1. I believe it came out last week. It is pretty good, reminds me a lot of Ten Pin Alley with better graphics, but slightly worse pin physics. In fact, I'd hazard a guess that several people who worked on Ten Pin Alley actually worked on Big Strike. And it's a $10 budget title!! Can't go wrong with that!!!

BIGMIKE

04-04-2003, 10:17 PM

track and field, where else can you really build up some muscle playin a game
my fav international track and field for the psx.........i think i am the greatest at it
it's a new record...........

cheesystick

04-04-2003, 10:49 PM

I enjoy Hockey games, becayse most of they usually encompass boxing games as well :D
-crispy

Captain Wrong

04-05-2003, 12:54 AM

I voted for golf, but now that I think about it, I should have voted Other for bowling. 10th Frame for C64, Ten Pin Alley and Big Strike Bowling for PS1, heck even the bowling games for the 2600 and INTV are lots of fun!!! I haven't seen a totally bad bowling game, with the possible exception of 3D Pro Bowl for the PC...that one was bad.

I'm with you here. I'm WAITING for a next gen bowling game. There was supposed to be one on the DC, with net play and everything, but it went down like so many others as the system crashed and burned.

I've been meaning to check out the Brunswick series on PSX or N64. What do you think, those worth it?

BTW, Ten Pin Alley is now a $10 release as well. Man, those "wacky" characters grate after about 2 minutes, but the bowling physics are pretty solid, even if it takes a little getting used to.

All time fave bowing game, League Bowling Neo Geo. (Though it's pretty easy, it's still fun.)

scooterb23

04-05-2003, 08:46 AM

I've been meaning to check out the Brunswick series on PSX or N64. What do you think, those worth it?

I don't have the N64 version yet...I need to suck it up and spend the $25 the one store that has it wants for it.

If you go for one of the Brunswick PSX titles, get #2...the graphics aren't the greatest, and the load times are a bit long, but the physics (one thing that I'm a stickler about) are excellent. These are appearing to be at least moderately rare titles now...I think #2 is definitely worth the money ($25 last time I found one used).

I'm actually a bit glad that the DC version never made it out...it was being made by Bethesda Softworks, and their PBA Tour games on the PC were not that great. Graphics were alright, but again...there was something not quite right about the pin physics. Eh, maybe they had fixed that problem...who knows.

I thought that game was about 100% finished...wonder if someone has a copy out there??

Six Switch

04-05-2003, 06:17 PM

I would go with either football,tennis,or golf.I hate tennis and golf in real life but I think they make for good games. :/

Sylentwulf

04-05-2003, 11:41 PM

Too many maybes.

Golf and Tennis I like to play single player ( I seem to CRUSH anyone on Tennis, and golf is too slow for normal multi-player).

Hockey, Football, and Soccer all tie for first for multiplayer. Me and my father switch every 3-4 months when a new game comes out, Finishing up FIF right now, then we'll probly move onto Hockey again. All EA Sports of course :)

Arqueologia_Digital

04-06-2003, 08:05 PM

Soccer for me...since Atari 2600 games to FIFA 2003 or WE series, SEGA Worldwide soccer and a lot more...Soccer is the best.
Then maybe i like tennis.

RetroYoungen

04-06-2003, 10:47 PM

I gotta say, dodgeball is the greatest video game sport of all time. I didn't have Super Dodgeball out of my GBA for weeks, and I've recently been getting more and more addicted to the Neo Geo Super Dodgeball.

Ruudos

05-01-2003, 03:32 PM

Soccer (damn it's just football, this is the game you really play with your feet). But not FIFA, but International Superstar Soccer DELUXE!

But boxing too, because of the Punch-Out games

Xipe

05-01-2003, 04:08 PM

I have to say hockey, becuase Ice Hockey for NES is the only sports game i have found so far that I keep coming back to.

As for other good sports games.

I have to say i really liked Neo tufmasters on the Neo Geo.

Sensible soccer on the amiga.

And ofcourse virtua tennis on DC

As for more odd sports, Speed Ball 2, and Cosmic smash

RubbarDucklin

05-01-2003, 08:54 PM

I didn't choose other, but I was wondering...does Marble Madness for NES count? MArbles is a sport right?

girth305

05-02-2003, 08:22 AM

Dodgeball is by far the best video game sport. However it is certainly not the most popular or has really that many games that were released in the states. Who cares its fun.

congobongo

05-02-2003, 08:48 AM

For me it's hockey. Afterall I'm Canadian eh? On this topic, I don't suppose anyone has a list of all hockey games ever released do they? I'm looking to put together a little article on this.

nesman85

05-18-2003, 10:01 PM

wrestling! i like most wrestling games that i've played, not a big fan of most other sports games. only a select few that i like from other sports(super bases loaded, nhl hitz 2002, nba jam ...)

Walter Simard

07-27-2003, 03:32 AM

The first fun head to head sports games for me were Intellivision soccer and baseball. That said, I voted for hockey. I simply cannot count the hours spent going head to head on EA Sports NHL 1993 for the Sega Genesis. My latest version is NHL 2000 for the PC with its customized players obtions just adds to it.

StrychNiNE

07-27-2003, 05:43 AM

I generally prefer unrealistic sports games. It seems silly to me to play a sport virtually unless what you are doing cannot be done in real life.

thegreatescape

08-01-2003, 08:39 AM

I voted for soccer. FIFA '99 is my favourite sports game of all time. Since then the series has gone downhill, and ISS is too complicated for my liking.

If it werent for FIFA '99, i would have voted for Volleyball (the xtreme kind ;) )

Biohazard

08-01-2003, 09:25 AM

I'd definately go for basketball... It's my favorite sport in real life too, and NBA2K and NBA2K3 are just the 2 best sports-simulation games of all time I think....

ECWSandmanECW

08-01-2003, 11:39 AM

Football

AB Positive

08-01-2003, 11:42 AM

Golf, followed by football, however it has to be in or around football season (i.e. now) for me to really get into it. However I can pick up Outlaw or Neo Turf Masters any time.

-AG

XpOsUrE

08-11-2003, 01:15 AM

Hey what about pro wrestling I know it's not really a sport but it is in the area of more of a sport then anything else no? Well anyhow thats what I would choose seeing as how I am not a fan of real sports.

Drexel923

08-15-2003, 01:18 AM

Hockey easily...Blades of Steel, Ice Hockey, EA NHL games, Midway Open Ice Challenge, plus more I'm forgetting. Plus, hockey is my favorite sport so of course I'm gonna vote for it. I'd say basketball comes in second.

MarioAllStar2600

08-15-2003, 01:55 AM

Hockey by a long shot. It's not repetive like basketball (back and forth), and u can check. ANd fighting is a nice little bonus!

jose.yoshitake

08-26-2003, 10:06 AM

Best sport: breaking diamonds... TEST YOUR MIGHT!!!

Kiddin...

My choice is SOCCER, and the best game out there is GOAL!!

Doubtlessly.

Pantechnicon

08-26-2003, 05:10 PM

Basically, I'll try out a sports game for any sport I would never consider playing in real life due to either my lack of athletic ability or various social hangups.

Sports videogames I like: football, golf, hockey, auto racing*.
Sports videogames i don't like: baseball, soccer, basketball and any racket sport.

* - "There are really only three sports in the entire world: Mountain climbing, bullfighting and auto racing. Every other so-called 'sport' is merely a childhood game being played by adults who should know better." - Ernest Hemingway

Miguel_The_Machine

12-14-2003, 10:24 PM

Football is my fav sports games to play, I just can't put Madden 2004 down I keep playing it non-stop.

Dr. Morbis

12-14-2003, 10:34 PM

Hockey by a mile, and I'm not just saying that because I'm Canadian. It just seems to translate so seemlessly. Other sports are really awkward in video game form.

dmhawkmoon

12-16-2003, 05:53 PM

Dodgeball is by far the best video game sport. However it is certainly not the most popular or has really that many games that were released in the states. Who cares its fun.

Ah, you're right. I picked hockey, but Dodgeball is good stuff. I have Super Dodgeball for my Neo-Geo. You can do all kinds of crazy moves and counters. I recommend it.