Sports
Here we have all the games in the Sports Section.
Super Famicom
Sports
Sammy uses its arcade know-how to produce a fine version of all-American football. Players can feel a bit floaty, but the tackles are crunching bringing them back to earth. The gameplay is fast with some impressive speech. Known as Football Fury in the West.
Nintendo 64
Sports
Impressive speed as the rally cars take on mountain tracks in the rain, atmospheric snow-filled courses in the night with headlamps and which programmer could resist the chance to reduce the draw distance by using a bit of fog? A fine 64 racing game.
Sega Saturn
Sports
Well crafted kick around with four player mode a scream, although as such unlikely to be contributing much to the Respect campaign. Utilises world teams and the game engine has a good balance of arcadey feel with varied goal scoring.
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Sports
Reminiscent of ‘Big Run’ on the Super Famicom in that both were the first driving games released for their respective systems and both cover the Paris – Dakkar Rally. Complete with Eiffel Tower sprite of course!
Dreamcast
Sports
Losing nothing in the home conversion, best played with four players. Not merely button bashing though as timing is the essence of most events. The 1,500M event captures plenty of the pain and anguish the real athletes must feel.
Dreamcast
Sports
Where as the passing system isn’t perfect, this arcade classic still can set the heart a flutter with some very special goals. The first to introduce a very clever crossing system and the potential for wing wizardry.
Dreamcast
Sports
Where as the passing system isn’t perfect, this arcade classic still can set the heart a flutter with some very special goals. The first to introduce a very clever crossing system and the potential for wing wizardry.
Gamecube
Sports
The solid Virtua Striker engine refined with added management options. Where as the passing system isn’t perfect, this arcade classic still can set the heart a flutter with some very special goals. The first to introduce a very clever crossing system and the potential for wing wizardry.
Virtual Boy
Sports
Accomplished take on the sport with players choosing their peg before casting off. A nice feeling of satisfaction at bagging a beauty and true fishermen and ladies will relish the challenge of the fight. Well presented and nicely animated. Whilst not up there with Virtual Bowling and Gundam, its slowly becoming a bit of a dark horse in VB collecting.
Sega Saturn
Sports
Imagineer pushes the boundaries of this tennis title in going for a polygon approach to this Saturn title. The outer space court particularly impresses with Earth looming large in the background and some breath taking tennis.
Virtual Boy
Sports
Utilising the VB’s technology to the maximum as balls get pitched towards the batters face, sometimes coming a little too close for comfort inducing the odd, embarrassing finch. Pitching allows a variety of techniques to be used to catch the batter off guard including a fast pitch, a curved pitch or a forkball. Players are nicely represented in super deformed form. An enjoyable ballpark blitz.
Sega Saturn
Sports
International clash of polygon based volleyball teams. Not quite up to Dead or Alive standards, but puts up a solid enough spike in a limited field on the Saturn.
Famicom Disk System
Sports
Genki must confess we don’t come across too many sets for the FDS – this one fits two games in Volleyball and Pro Wrestle onto one disk. Nintendo have done a sterling job to ensure the two games well represent the sport with graphics that are the right size to keep it playable, but also sufficient attention to detail.
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Brilliant Gamecube
Sports
Minna no Golf style graphics with fine attention to detail such as the rainbow after the shower and weather sound effects adding to the uber kawaii look and feel good factor, yet its the unique control system untilising the analogue stick to make shots that makes Wai Wai head the leaderboard. Proper course design with realistic 3D so you can visually judge the run of the greens. And the cussing and yelping of the players helps endear you to the game further. Four player mode with just a single controller too.
Mega Drive
Sports
Realistic golf game employing an impressive 3D engine to realisticly realise the Hawaiian course. The sun shifts too producing a warm glow of early evening on the back nine. A fine stroll in the park with good interface.
Sega Saturn
Sports
Very eighties feel about this driving game complete with night tracks and lovely ladies. Includes a bonus disk jammed with foxy felines hot enough to warrant a yellow label warning. Unfortunately, the quality of the FMV footage on the bonus disk is poor without the Saturn MPEG card being installed, but it still runs without one. Developed by Genki, there was another version of this same game done by Pack In, but that uses anime characters instead.
Gamecube
Sports
Genki feared the worse when the news leaked of a GC debut sequel of the delightful Wave Race. Nintendo well and truly delivered the goods keeping the originals relentless, arm pit tingling gameplay and improving the water transparencies beyond anything seen before. Truly miraculous effects that remain cutting edge even today.
Gamecube
Sports
Genki feared the worse when the news leaked of a GC debut sequel of the delightful Wave Race. Nintendo well and truly delivered the goods keeping the originals relentless, arm pit tingling gameplay and improving the water transparencies beyond anything seen before. Truly miraculous effects that remain cutting edge even today.
Wii
Sports
Grounds Wii fans in the basics of boxing, tennis, golf, baseball and ten pin bowling at the same time boosting dab handedness with the Wii controller. Bowling will have you cruising along the living room carpet, eyes focused hawk-like to the screen. Boxing satisfies the animalistic instinct with the chance to slug away at your opponent with a tactical guard element to ensure this game goes the full rounds. Tennis thankfully leaves the running to the AI as you build up a rally against your opponent. Golf and baseball have you swinging for the ball, all straight forward but enjoyment is massively enhanced by the Wii controls.
Playstation
Sports
An unusual game in that it puts players in a canoe heading downstream rapidly, especially when you hit the rapids.
Super Famicom
Sports
FX chip utilised to full potential to generate a cutesy feel to the 3D race action. But as with every Nintendo title its the play mechanics that make this a real pleasure to play. That and the characterisation of the four different vehicles. Oh and the hidden secrets.
Super Famicom
Sports
FX chip utilised to full potential to generate a cutesy feel to the 3D race action. But as with every Nintendo title its the play mechanics that make this a real pleasure to play. That and the characterisation of the four different vehicles. Oh and the hidden secrets.
PS2
Sports
Konami makes waves with its fluid flowing football engine taking it a good twelve points clear of its nearest rivals at the top of the table.
PS2
Sports
Konami tweaks its smooth engine in this update of the winning formula. Instantly playable but its the subtle moves and flicks that separate the Uefa Cup place chasing teams from the mid table outfits.
PS2
Sports
Gon Nakamura kindly models this sixth installment of the Winning Eleven formula. Possible to pick up and play by any old Tony Adams, but with hidden depth in the controls it takes time and training to become a George Best.
PS2
Sports
Special and very limited edition pack containing the game playable in six different languages (including English.) The ultimate inclusion is a very high quality Adidas football shirt complete with Winning Eleven club badge. Ever more realistic with even the players hair (and mullets in some cases) moving in the direction they turn in.
PS2
Sports
Special and very limited edition pack containing the game playable in six different languages (including English.) The ultimate inclusion is a very high quality Adidas football shirt complete with Winning Eleven club badge. Ever more realistic with even the players hair (and mullets in some cases) moving in the direction they turn in.
PS2
Sports
As with each update Konami has worked hard on its game to improve and cement its position as league leader. The instantly recognisable stars of the modern game look more detailed than ever. Opponent AI makes the series’ rivals look like clod hopping donkeys. But it is in providing the raw clay for the player to craft unique goals that deserves the highest praise – never channelling strikers down the same avenue to goal.
PS2
Sports
As with each update Konami has worked hard on its game to improve and cement its position as league leader. The instantly recognisable stars of the modern game look more detailed than ever. Opponent AI makes the series’ rivals look like clod hopping donkeys. But it is in providing the raw clay for the player to craft unique goals that deserves the highest praise – never channelling strikers down the same avenue to goal. The Liveware refers to being able to play online and enter Konami cups to become the top player in the whole country.
PSP
Sports
Konami’s elegant but deadly striker once again dons the cycling shorts to fire a flurry of well crafted volleys into the Fifa Soccer net. Looks an absolute delight on the small screen with realistically animated players that obey the laws of physics. Also has beautifully animated close ups of incidents such as players fighting, substitutions and, of course, the goal celebrations. But gameplay has always been where the series excels and this provides another footballing lesson to the opposition. Full complement of teams including Premier League, but only Chelsea and Arsenal are listed by their proper name and club badge. The rest still have all the correct players intact: accurately represented and very recognisable.