Original Release: SOFEL, NES, 1989 One of very few stock market simulator games, with an odd style and jokey localization. Wall Street Kid (NES, SOFEL, 1989) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Sofel is one of those oddball game companies. They were actually a technology / information systems sort of company that…
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VOLLEYBALL
Original Release: Nintendo, 1986, NES/Arcade Another forgettable early sports title from Nintendo. Volleyball (NES, Nintendo, 1986) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Most of Nintendo’s 8-bit sports titles were total garbage, although they did squeak out a couple of minorly fun ones. Tennis and Ice Hockey weren’t too bad if you had…
VEGAS DREAM
Original Release: HAL, 1988, NESOther Releases: platform (year), etc. A collection of casino games with mild RPG elements, one of the first examples of the subgenre. Vegas Dream (NES, HAL, 1988) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! This little casino collection has just four games — blackjack, roulette, keno and reel slots…
TSUPPARI OOZUMOU
Original Release: Tecmo, 1987, NESOther Releases: Wii (2007), 3DS / Wii U (2014), Switch (2019) A very simple, cute and fast-paced adaptation of sumo wrestling. Tsuppari Oozumou (NES, Tecmo, 1987) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! This cartoony and fairly simple sumo simulator is somewhat reminiscent of a Kunio game, but is…
TENNIS
Original Release: Nintendo, 1984, NESOther Releases: PC-88 / X1 (1985), Game Boy (1989), Gamecube (in Animal Crossing – 2001), Game Boy Advance (2002), Wii (2006), 3DS (2011), Wii U (2013), Switch (2018) One of the more decent in-house sports games from Nintendo, but still not very good. Tennis (NES, Nintendo, 1984) Where to Buy: Amazon…
TECMO WORLD WRESTLING
Original Release: Tecmo, 1989, NES An interesting take on wrestling from Tecmo with a play-by-play announcer. Tecmo World Wrestling (NES, Tecmo, 1989) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Tecmo World Wrestling is a cut above most 8-bit wrestling games with better-looking sprites, music by the Ninja Gaiden/Tecmo Super Bowl composer, faster and…
TECMO SUPER BOWL
Original Release: Tecmo, 1991, NESOther Releases: SNES / Genesis (1993) The “super” sequel added NFL teams and players, and tightened up the little issues with the prequel to make one of the classic football games of all time. Tecmo Super Bowl (NES, Tecmo, 1991) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! There are…
CAPTAIN TSUBASA
Original Release: Tecmo, 1988, NESOther Releases: NES (as Tecmo Cup Soccer Game- 1992) Tecmo’s interesting strategy-soccer hybrid was the basic formula that FFX’s Blitzball would eventually be built on. Tecmo Cup Soccer Game (NES, Tecmo, 1992) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: coming soon! This is a localization of a game called Captain Tsubasa…
TECMO BASEBALL
Original Release: Tecmo, 1989, NES Tecmo’s baseball game failed to replicate the magic of their football series. Tecmo Baseball (NES, Tecmo, 1989) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! After the runaway success of Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl, Tecmo tried their hand at pretty much every other major North American sport…
SUPER DODGEBALL
Original Release: Technos, 1987, ArcadeOther Releases: NES (1989), Turbografx-16 (1990), PS2 (2006), PS4 (2014) The original dodgeball game by Technos is still the most definitive. Super Dodge Ball (NES, Technos, 1989) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Super Dodgeball is one of Technos’ many spin-off sports games of the Kunio series, which…