Sports games for a non-sports fan

svmariscal

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.

herb_fargus

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

space cadet

Nba jam for sure

meleu

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

pjft

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.

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 :)

Hyruleslink

Mega Man Soccer (SNES) and Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)

XVO

Mutant league hockey ;)

svmariscal

@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 :)

pjft

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

spruce_m00se

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

PatrickS333

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