Winter Games
Developer: Action Graphics Publisher: Acclaim Release: 09/87 Genre: Sports To this day I still remember my crushing disappointment with Winter Games. Fresh off of the NES port of Track and Field and the wild Summer I spent...
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WWF Wrestlemania
Developer: Rare Publisher: Acclaim Release: 02/89 Genre: Sports As an early adopter of the NES you eventually became use to disappointment. While the early years were full of wide eyed promise as games began to explore new genres eventually...
Tecmo Bowl
Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 02/89 Genre: Sports Sports games on the NES were usually of the arcade variety early on. That is probably the reason I was into them, the quick pick up and play aspect. I am...
Blades of Steel
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 1988 Genre: Sports Believe it or not Blades of Steel was my introduction to Hockey. Growing up Hockey was not really shown on local television like the NFL or NBA so it always seemed...
James Buster Douglas Knockout Boxing
Developer: Taito Publisher: Sega Released: 1990 Genre: Sports Ah Sega, you crude bastards. It is no small exaggeration to say that Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out is still the most popular boxing game of all time. Nintendo absolutely nailed the ga...
Track & Field II
There are few games that have frustrated me as much as Track & Field II. I absolutely adored the original Track & Field despite its simplicity because it was easy to pick up and play. At its core it was...
Track & Field
If I had to trace my love of the occasional mini game collection it would probably come from Winter Games on the Commodore 64. The limited animation looked goofy as hell but if you could nail a triple somersault in...
Double Dribble
I’m sure like many Double Dribble was one of the first Basketball games they every played. I’m sure I might have played some random B-ball title on the Atari 2600 prior but whether that actually resembled the sport is up...