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    • svmariscalS
      svmariscal
      last edited by

      Okay, I know the title alone sounds weird. This is the thing: lately I have been very interested in trying sports games, those in which you take your team through a league and such: football, basketball, hockey, whatever. But when it comes to playing, the more praised and recommended games I find really hard to play, as in requiring a lot of skill which I don't have; and that, combined with my lack of knowledge about those sports, is quite frustrating.

      So my question is, are there any good sports games for newbies? as I said, I don't really mind the sport (I have a passing knowledge of football/soccer fwiw, know nothing about the rest) but I do want something with a table league and stuff.

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators @svmariscal
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        @svmariscal I like backyard sports with scummvm. I disdain sports in any form but I can tolerate those games.

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • space cadetS
          space cadet
          last edited by

          Nba jam for sure

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          • meleuM
            meleu
            last edited by

            The best sport game ever is Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge (NES).

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            • pjftP
              pjft
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              Speedball 2 on the Genesis is a nice one.

              You can also try Hyper Sports, Track and Field and the like, on the arcade and NES. Not as much about league progressing but still sports related.

              I used to play an old game on the DOS called "Face Off!" It is a hockey game with fighting in it. I never watched ice hockey nor do I know much about the rules, but as a kid I recall it being loads of fun.

              There was also Kings of the Beach, a volleyball game which also exists for the NES. I can't say if it has aged that well, but it's not very skill based.

              Best of luck.

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              • SanoS
                Sano
                last edited by Sano

                I remember having lot of fun with Nintendo World cup on GB when I was young.
                Part of the Kunio Kun saga (renegade, river city ransom, crash and the boys, ...), it's a really fun and unrealistic soccer game :)

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                • HyruleslinkH
                  Hyruleslink
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                  Mega Man Soccer (SNES) and Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)

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                  • XVOX
                    XVO
                    last edited by

                    Mutant league hockey ;)

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                    • svmariscalS
                      svmariscal @pjft
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                      @pjft said in Sports games for a non-sports fan:

                      There was also Kings of the Beach, a volleyball game which also exists for the NES. I can't say if it has aged that well, but it's not very skill based.

                      I do know about Kings of the Beach, I played the DOS version back in the day, totally forgot about that one! It was loads of fun indeed, one of the very few sportsgames I ever liked. Thanks a lot for the memory :)

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                      • pjftP
                        pjft @svmariscal
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                        @svmariscal yeah, I only knew the DOS version as well.

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                        • spruce_m00seS
                          spruce_m00se
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                          speedball two on the genesis!
                          Athelete kings on the Saturn.
                          Track n field.
                          Other than that just burn the sports carts :)

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                            PatrickS333
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                            nba jam, superstar soccer, wwf wrestlemania - the arcade game, hotgear/ super monaco gp, any nostalgic edition of fifa

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