SirFozzie Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 So, over on another board I hang out at, they've been doing a "Greatest One Hit Wonder" poll series over the last few weeks, and it's gotten some good interest, so I decided to create a tournament to decide the greatest SPORTS GAME/SERIES ever. I honestly came up with 100+ games that could be in the tournament, but decided to keep it to thirty-two of the best. Random seeding, so there's going to be some really tough matchups: (oh, and I know that A) there's some OOOOOLLLLD games on this list. I'm old. I played just about all of these) and B ) That some games will get a confused shrug out of folks who haven't played some of the more esoteric games on the list: 1 Double Dribble 32 MicroLeague Baseball 16 Blades of Steel 17 Madden series 8 Cyberball 25 NES Pro Wrestling 9 NFL 2K sports series 24 Tony Hawk Pro Skater series 4 Tony Larussa Baseball 29 Football Manager series 13 Mutant League Football 20 NES Ice Hockey 5 Front Page Sports Football 28 Tecmo Bowl 12 Front Office Football 21 Rocket League 2 NHL Hockey (EA Series) 31 High Heat Series 15 NCAA Football 18 Mike Tyson's Punchout 7 MLB The Show 26 Earl Weaver Baseball 10 Nintendo World Cup 23 Super Spike V-Ball (NES) 3 NBA Jam 30 Epyx Summer/Winter/California Games series 14 Mario Kart 19 FIFA (EA Series) 6 NBA 2K Series 27 OOTP Baseball 11 NCAA Basketball Series (EA) 22 Baseball Stars Just Missed Out: Daytona 500, F1 game series,RBI Baseball, Ken Griffey Jr's Super Baseball, Links. PGA Tour Golf/Tiger Woods golf) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) This will be fun balancing out the best and worst entries in each series as most have both. Looking at omissions, no Smackdown or Fire Pro Wrestling on a primarily wrestling board? No Pro Evolution Soccer? Edited January 13, 2020 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 No WWF No Mercy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 16 minutes ago, J.T. said: No WWF No Mercy? we can just agree that this tournament is for #2 best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) yeah, I missed a few. Tell you what. Let's build a 32 or 64 game bracket. Tell me what you think should be in there. here's mine: The 32 I posted + the Omissions (Indy 500, F1 game series,RBI Baseball, Ken Griffey Jr Presents MLBl, Links. PGA Tour Golf/Tiger Woods golf, No Mercy, Fire Pro Wrestling,, WWF No Mercy, Smackdown HCTP, {PES Soccer) What's missing? Edited January 13, 2020 by SirFozzie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 We were just giving you a hard time (or at least I was) because this is a pro wrasslin' board at heart. I really didn't expect you to include wrestling games in a pure sports Best Of list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) If you are including arcade games and not just consoles, Track and Field (trackball version) should be in there. I would also say Madden should be a top seed, if not #1 overall. Edited January 13, 2020 by odessasteps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 The problem JT is that I put NES Pro Wrestling in there, and I think it deserves to be in there. So yeah, No Mercy, FPW and Smackdown do eserve to be in there. NFL Blitz/ Blitz the League also 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 If you include wrestling games (which I would have excluded), then Fire Pro, the Toukon Retsuden series and Giant Gram 2000 should be in there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 If we ditch wrestling games, do we ditch racing games too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 nfl blitz n64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) the obvious series that are still missing are Fight Night and the Backyard Sports games oh and Sensible Soccer I'd also put a vote up for Virtua Tennis for the Dreamcast A better question is, does the Mario stuff count? And also relatedly, Hot Shots/Everybody's Golf? Edited January 13, 2020 by Lamp, broken circa 1988 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Literally no one else will likely agree with this but the 1992 Olympic game for the NES, CAPCOM's Gold Medal Challenge, rules. It's the zenith and best possible version of those old school button mash style track and field games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 UFC Undisputed 3 is a fantastic game. can't speak to the first 2, or the EA UFC game, but if we're expanding the bracket it deserves a spot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Only one I can think of that's not been mentioned is Super Baseball 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Speedball 2? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, SirFozzie said: yeah, I missed a few. Tell you what. Let's build a 32 or 64 game bracket. Tell me what you think should be in there. here's mine: The 32 I posted + the Omissions (Indy 500, F1 game series,RBI Baseball, Ken Griffey Jr Presents MLBl, Links. PGA Tour Golf/Tiger Woods golf, No Mercy, Fire Pro Wrestling,, WWF No Mercy, Smackdown HCTP, {PES Soccer) What's missing? Fair play for listening. Hope I didn't come across as an arse questioning your omissions. Considered Gran Turismo? Surprised you haven't slipped Brian Lara Cricket in ;). Edited January 14, 2020 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, twiztor said: UFC Undisputed 3 is a fantastic game. can't speak to the first 2, or the EA UFC game, but if we're expanding the bracket it deserves a spot EA Sports MMA from 2010 gets my vote as the best MMA game ever then UFC Undisputed 3. If you haven't played that, I recommend it. Edited January 14, 2020 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 7 hours ago, The Natural said: Fair play for listening. Hope I didn't come across as an arse questioning your omissions. Considered Gran Turismo? Surprised you haven't slipped Brian Lara Cricket in ;). I'd rather throw in Cricket Captain or Cricket Coach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Cricket Captain was actually quite good. Out of the Park Baseball is the king of spreadsheet sports that isn't Football Manager (which is obviously the most popular by far), but CC destroys, like, Franchise Hockey Manager. That one is super frustrating because it's by the OOTP guys but just... isn't great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Alright, this is what I came up with: Seeds (16) (one per Pod of 4) Madden NFL 2K NCAA Football (EA) Football Manager Front Page Sports Pro Football NBA Jam NBA 2K NHL (EA) MLB The Show Punch-Out (Tyson/Super,switch) Mutant League Football FIFA (EA) Tecmo Bowl Fire Pro Wrestling WWF No Mercy Tony Hawk Pro Skater Non-Seed (48, Three per pod of 4) Double Dribble Micro League Baseball Blades of Steel Cyberball NES Pro Wrestling Rocket League Tony LaRussa Baseball Front Office Football High Heat Baseball Earl Weaver Baseball Nintendo World Cup Epyx "Games" series (Summer/Winter/California) Track and Field OOTP Baseball Baseball Stars Indy 500 series (including the later nascar games they did) Formula 1 Game series RBI Baseball Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball PGA Tour Golf/Tiger Woods Everybody's Golf Smackdown Here Comes the Pain NFL Blitz/Blitz The League NES Ice Hockey UFC Undisputed series (includes EA MMA) Giant Gram 2K Super Spike Volleyball Links Golf Pro Evolution WWE 2K series Virtua Tennis Super Tennis (NES) Front Page Sports Baseball Series Pro Evolution Soccer Baseball Stars Series Baseball Simulator Series - ExciteBike RC Pro Am Super Mega Baseball Hardball 4th and Inches NBA Live series Road Rash series Knockout Kings - Fight Night Champions Sensible Soccer ABC Wide Wold of Sports Boxing 4D Boxing Mario Kart Series Any suggestions on what to add/what should miss out? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 one nitpick: Punch-Out! doesn't have an entry on the switch. you're either thinking of the Wii release, or ARMS for the Switch (which i've never played because it still goes for damn near full price, 3 years later!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 The only things you listed that I give a shit about are Cyberball, Punch-Out!!, Nintendo World Cup and THPS series. If I had to pick a top 5 it'd probably be: NHL 2k3 THPS3 Tyson's Punch-Out!! UFC Undisputed 3 (probably the sports game I've put the most time into post-PS2) Skate3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Oh, the skate franchise is a must. Skate 2 is an answer I'd accept for Best Game Of That Generation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Speaking of skating, what do you regard to be the best from the Tony Hawk's series? For me it's 4 all day long, then 2. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater #1-4 were awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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