[DaBigManOnCampus]

I was thinking of the childhood I had with sports and saw it as a lifesaver from the troubles of reality, I remember the first sports video game I ever played, World Cup 98 for the Playstation, now back then I had no idea of what the world cup or soccer in general was, but I loved that game none the less. My favorite part was the classics it had, I played that all the time from west germany vs england to uruguay vs argentina. After 98 I lost touch with soccer till well 02 and was still on and off till 06, but now its my third favorite sport behind college basketball and college football. What was your first game, what console you had for it, and what part was your favorite?

[alex83]

well i was a 'late bloomer' lets say and didnt start playing games on consals of my own (i used to play on my cousins) till about 2001 when i got Madden 2001 (Eddie George on the cover) on the PS2. prior to that i played some soccer games, mostly Fifa ones on the Sega before moving onto NBA and NBA street and now its all about Madden unfortunatly..that game just becomes so damn addictive

[Lefty Noob]

Wow... I guess I'm an old fart when compared to you young pups. I used to have football and baseball games for my old Atari 2600. Used to drive my folks nuts cause I'd do my own play-by-play. After that, I eventually graduated up to Tecmo Bowl, 10-Yard Fight, John Elway Football, and RBI baseball for the NES, then Joe Montana Football, NHL 94 and the Mutant League games on the Sega Genesis -- not to mention things like NBA Jam and Cyberball in the arcades. Still going strong today, with Wii Sports and Madden 2007 on my Nintendo Wii (my created NFL Superstar ran for 5,000+ yards in his rookie season).

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

Lefty,

That's odd... I didn't know they had electricity back when you were a kid.

JK, pretty much all those NES games you mentioned... particularly Tecmo Bowl (Bo Jackson all day) and RBI Baseball.

Don't forget NBA Jam. Or was that SNES???

[DaBigManOnCampus]

SNES man... it was a good game to play on the computer at school...

[vincesanity82]

First sports game I remember playing was Tecmo Bowl on the nes. I thought that was the coolest game ever,spent many hours playing this game..also remember mike tysons punchout, some baseball game that had roger clemens on the cover,but nba jam was awesome too( hes on fire)..there was also a game called Off Road that I played a whole lot..

[MJHMarc]

Madden and NHL 95.
Then,
NBA JAM

Also, I played a good PS2 Game with Donovan McNabb.
In addition to:
High Heat Baseball 2001 w/ Vlad on the cover?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

Lefty,

That's odd... I didn't know they had electricity back when you were a kid.

JK, pretty much all those NES games you mentioned... particularly Tecmo Bowl (Bo Jackson all day) and RBI Baseball.

Don't forget NBA Jam. Or was that SNES???

Oh, man WTF, good stuff. The Wii's got something that allows you to download certain old games, and I bought Tecmo Bowl the instant it came out. Seems to me like they've toned Bo down a bit, though, plus they pulled all the names because they lost the NFLPA license.

NBA Jam... man, that game ticked me off. I played it in the arcade and on the Genesis. Seemed like it would always hit a last second, full court three pointer to beat you. Hated that - not enough to stop playing it, though.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

First sports game I remember playing was Tecmo Bowl on the nes. I thought that was the coolest game ever,spent many hours playing this game..also remember mike tysons punchout, some baseball game that had roger clemens on the cover,but nba jam was awesome too( hes on fire)..there was also a game called Off Road that I played a whole lot..

Ah, Vince, stop it with the pics, man! You're makin' me want to go down and fire up the Wii for a round of Tecmo Bowl.

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

John Elway Football would always drive me insane. Somehow, I'd always toss an interception smack in the middle of a 2-minute drill. Arrrrgh.

I'm scarred for life now. Thanks a lot, Elway!

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Ah, Vince, stop it with the pics, man! You're makin' me want to go down and fire up the Wii for a round of Tecmo Bowl.

haha tecmo bowl is classic, you can play the older nes games on wii? I may have to invest in this system, ive got an older xbox..

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

haha tecmo bowl is classic, you can play the older nes games on wii? I may have to invest in this system, ive got an older xbox..

Well, you need to buy points and pay to download them, but yeah, they add 3-4 older games a week and you can just download them right onto the system. I hadn't played Tecmo Bowl for a good decade at least before it come out on Wii last month, but wouldn't you know it, I'm knee-deep back into it. The classics never die.

[DaBigManOnCampus]

Does Anybody remember EA Sports NASCAR 98' for the Playstation?

That was a good game, I either played Gordon, The Circuit City Chevy and Dick Trickle...

[simple simon]

well apparently im old like Lefty too ........ i started out on the Atari 2600

i seem to remember my 1st sports game was a summer olympics game

sorta hard to work the controller and make the little guy swim or run and jump the hurdles at the same time

[LSC9901]

The Atari 2600 went long ago. I also had a Commodore 64 with more games than you could imagine. I just recently tossed that one.