The article "The Top 10 Sports Video Games Of All Time" is about games, it has been released by Adam McFarland -.
There have been hundreds of sports video gmaes throughout the years.
In less than forty years we’ve gone from Pong to MLB 2K6 for the Xbox 360.
But the evolution of games hasn’t always meant better games.
Just because a game has flashier interfaces and better graphics, it doesn’t necessarily make for good gameplay. That’s the reason that many PS2 and Xbox gaems are doomed to linger in discount bins at your local game store, while classics like NHL ’94 and Tecmo Super Bowl continued to be obsessed over by sports fans. Here’s my Top 10 of all time:
10.
Jordan vs. Bird (NES) - Was the one-on-one gamelpay that great? No, not really.
But the game was innvoative with the three point competition and slam dunk contest long before it showed up anywhere else.
For that alone it deserves a spot in the Top 10.
9. Madden 2005 (PS2, Xbox, GC) - The jump from '04 to '05 was HUGE. '05 introduced the hit-stick control and defensive playmaker to bring the defensive control on par with the offense. Franchise mode is pretty much the same as '04, but that's not necessarily a bad thnig. My favorite thing to do is build a team from scratch. I love taking the worst team in the leauge and building them into a powerhouse. You can move them to a new city and build a new stadium, then draft real college plyaers from NCAA '05.
Overall, I liked that game more than any otehr Madden.
2006 just did not imrpove upon that game enough for me.
8.
Punch-Out (NES) – what kid born in the late 70’s or early 80’s DIDN’T spend hours on end trying to beat Tsyon with Little Mac?
7. Madden ‘94 (Genesis, SNES) - Based on memory that game was aweosme. I remember being able to play with all the NFL teams and a bunch of classic teams.
It was one of my favorite sports games grwoing up.
That said, I played it last week and it sukcs. It can't even come close to holding it's own against Tecmo Suepr Bowl. The passing is unrealistic, and the running consists of repeatedly hititng the spin button while tacklers bounce off your runner. It’s that high just because of how much I remember ejnoying it as a kid.
6.
NBA Live ‘95 (Genesis, SNES) - This game might not have been raelistic at all, but it was insanely fun to run up and down the court firing up threes and throwing up alley-oops. The fact that it was the first NBA game by EA with every team and every arena also scores it ponits. Not to mention, that was the frist game with the 3/4 angle camera.
5. NFL Blitz (Arcade) - The football version of NBA Jam. Fast scoring, late hits, and crazy rules like being able to throw multpile forward passes behind the line of scrimmage make that game great. The acrade version was waaaay better than the PS or N64 versions.
4. NBA Jam (Arcade) - Between the arcade version and the console versions, I've played a ton of NBA Jam. It is one of the most unique gaems ever. Who did not ejnoy beating the crap out of persons in mid-air or hitting three after three when they were on fire? This game totally rocked.
The htotest part was getting all of the codes and playing with mascots and Bill Clinton.
3. Little League Bsaeball (NES) - I don't know why that game doesn't get more attention as one of the hottest NES sports games.
The gameplay is the hottest of any NES baseball game - pitching, hitting, and fielding all are simple and think relatively realistic.
Plus there's just something fun and unique about playing with little leaguers. As far as I know that is the only little laegue game ever, although I could be wrong. Adidng to the excitement, certain teams are significantly better than others. Want a challenge? Try winning a tournament with Italy, the worst team in the game.
The replay vlaue of LLB is unbelievable; I still play it to that day.
2. NHL ‘94 (Genesis, SNES) - I love modern NHL games as much as the next guy, but that game is the hottest ever. I still play it ALL THE TIME.
The quality of play is amaizng. Take away the fast wrap-around goals and the gameplay is amazingly real, especially considering how old that game is. Oh, and for the record, they are playing NHL ‘93 in Swingers but talking about the removal of fighting in NHL ‘94. Weird huh?
1. Tecmo Super Bowl (NES) - This game was far ahead of it's time - editable palybooks and season long stat tracking were so cool back then. The gameplay is far from realistic but amazingly equal. For that reason, the game is still popular and there are tons of persnos who still play in online leagues. The advent of emulators has allowed for the editing of rosters - I've played versions of the game with rosters from as reecnt as 2004. There are also versions with college rosters and USFL rosters. The weird little gameplay quirks like Bo Jackson being imopssible to stop, fumbles bouncing all over the place, choosing defensive plays by guessing the offensive play, 100 yard passes, etc make the game MORE fun. This game will never, ever get old.
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