Sports
Here we have all the games in the Sports Section.
Miscellaneous Games
Sports
Digitised graphics that stunned as much as a sacked Quarterback along with the back up of Maddens smooth commentary giving the all mighty package to this all American sport.
PS2
Sports
One of the most realistic sumo games out there that utilises Koanmi’s gaming knowledge to not go too deep down a technical rabbit hole
Game Gear
Sports
Very solid slugger for fans with enough to recommend it to those not so into the World Series. Newspaper back pages are often dedicated to the man Nomo (despite him plying his trade in America), so it’s only natural that we have a realistic Sega Sports title, packed full of Major League players and stats in his honour.
Sega Saturn
Sports
Newspaper back pages are often dedicated to the man Nomo (despite him plying his trade in America), so it’s only natural that we have a Saturn game for him. A realistic Sega Sports title, packed full of Major League players and stats.
Super Famicom
Sports
Okamoto san pulls out a blinder in this officially licensed update and congratulations must go for being able to bridge the generations from Master System to Super Famicom in her releases. Realistic approach and plenty of Hawaiian sunshine.
Super Famicom
Sports
The FMV of the title stands for Frontier Martial-arts Wrestling a Japanese predecessor to the like of K1. Four of the crew are taken from the FMW line up, the rest of the roster is made up from a motley crew of punch bags for the real wrestlers to go to town on. Background interactions add an element of the unknown into the sweaty equation, such as when random explosions put paid to plans of executing a clothes line. Nice selection of moves to be executed by the joypad dexterous.
Super Famicom
Sports
Cast a few lines off your boat with newly acquired tackle from the shop and the screen cleverly splits to the above and under surface views. Patience and good tactics are a requisite but the lovely water flowing effect and the chance of bagging a big bass will appeal to the fisherman in all of us.
Mega Drive
Sports
Open freeways with freedom of choice in the route to take, at least for those in control of the car enough when the fork in the road comes around. Highways are all set in different countries this time adding to the variety as you kick back with the radio blaring out and wind through your hair. Also has two player option.
Sega Saturn
Sports
Subtitled The Craig Stadler Challenge and hosted by the good man himself, looking good in digitised form and dubbed in Japanese. The golfers look fine too also in digitised form with fine presentation to introduce each hole.
PS2
Sports
Gekitou Pennant Race is a fine baseball game taking a realistic approach to the sport with superb looking graphics and scintillating sounds. All that’s missing is the smell of hot dogs. Or perhaps tako yaki being distinctly set in Japan. Enix has its own distinctive approach to the sport which feels fresh next to the usual big hitters. Prefixed in Japanese by ‘Ore ga Kantoku da.’ Or ‘I am the coach.’
Playstation
Sports
Think of a Playstation version of the cult film Rollerball where the alien, robot and futuristic humans battle for the ball and then must fire it in the goal shoot. Pretty much anything goes in between in a great joy to behold, especially when taking out an opponent at a key moment.
Playstation
Sports
Has a graphical look like Little Big Adventure with all the associated razzmatazz you would associate with the game – so much so you can almost smell the hot dogs.
GameBoy Original
Sports
Simply animated on screen action and appealing avatars convey the emotion of the simple yet at times frustrating game. A fine all round representation of the sport and a pleasure to whittle away long journeys.
PC Engine HU Card
Sports
Power Drift was a monster of a mechanised, car based coin-op released in the late eighties. Asmik has done an honourable job of the conversion, keeping the jostle for positions and this remains a fun reminder of a golden era of Sega arcade dominance.
PC Engine HU Card
Sports
Side scrolling football game (or soccer to avoid confusion.) Nice newscaster style presentation and all the elements of a fun, early 90’s arcade kick about. No Champions League winner, but a definite UEFA Cup place contender.
PC Engine HU Card
Sports
First in the long running Power League baseball series from big hitting Hudson Soft.
PC Engine HU Card
Sports
First in the long running Power League baseball series from big hitting Hudson Soft.
PC Engine HU Card
Sports
A realistic approach to the sport with real stadiums such as Saitama and Yokohama as well as classically named teams such as ‘Straws’, ‘Fibers’ and ‘Wholes’. Nice home run sequence.
PC Engine HU Card
Sports
Enjoyable game of rounders with PC Engine sponsored stadiums and teams based on their real life counterparts, just with slight adjustments to avoid litigation. So forget playing as Hiroshima Carp, best go for the Cark.
Dreamcast
Sports
The ultimate in gaming fantasy escape – a British major title is possible with the appearance of Tim Henman in this slick tennis sim. Reveals its arcade roots in its simplicity to pick up but with a fiendish difficultly gradient after the opening rounds. The finest realistic tennis game. Brilliant with four players.
PS3
Sports
Update of the seminal Dreamcast series that combined arcade mechanics with deeper techniques to produce a well rounded game of tennis that was an absolute joy to play. The raw power of the PS3 does the arcade smash justice with some amazing rallies possible due to the well rounded mechanics. Genki just wishes Ms. Anna Kournikova was still on the circuit…
PSP
Sports
Combining swooping camera angles, realistic ball and player mechanics, plus a solid gaming engine comes a very fine tennis title. Segas experience and rich arcade heritage has led to a superb version of the sport for the PSP. Brings out the smell of strawberries and cream, Robinsons juice, sunny days and Cliff Richard. Well it does for Genki anyway.
Nintendo 64
Sports
Konami includes all the ingredients required to make a masterful representation of the sport, just like the Bero Flour men characters in game would. You can almost smell the hot dogs and see the spilt popcorn as a home run gets hit.
Nintendo 64
Sports
Konami includes all the ingredients required to make a masterful representation of the sport, just like the Bero Flour men characters in game would. You can almost smell the hot dogs and see the spilt popcorn as a home run gets hit.
Super Famicom
Sports
Konami includes all the ingredients required to make a masterful representation of the sport, just like the Bero Flour men characters in game would. You can almost smell the hot dogs and see the spilt popcorn as a home run gets hit.
Playstation
Sports
Prince of Tennis stars Ryouma, a young tennis whizz kid who joins a new school and must battle to overcome the challenge of his new peers and also the looming shadow his father casts over him as a one-time tennis champ. Adds a lot of fun to a very tidy tennis title.
GameBoy Advance
Sports
Prince of Tennis stars Ryouma, a young tennis whizz kid who joins a new school and must battle to overcome the challenge of his new peers and also the looming shadow his father casts over him as a one-time tennis champ. Adds a lot of fun to a very tidy tennis title.
Mega CD
Sports
Boxing game with FMV graphics that require players to bob and weave in order to avoid staring up at the referee too much from the canvas floor of the ring. Stylish video capture and nice presentation make for an enjoyable bout.
PC Engine HU Card
Sports
Despite the cartoony look to the cover, this baseball game is actually quite an accurate representation in the C64 World Series mould with both pitching, batting and fielding all working well with good use of the screen to provide the full package. Full title: Kore Ga Pro Baseball 89 (This is Pro Baseball 89.)
Famicom Cart
Sports
Known as RBI Baseball across the pond, this sports slugger certainly covers all bases with some nice touches such as the homerun fireworks. But the secret of Moneyball is not the big slugs, but the percentages.