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…
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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…
SOCCER
Original Release: Nintendo, 1985, NESOther Releases: Wii U (2014) Nintendo’s first attempt at soccer didn’t go so well. Soccer (NES, Nintendo, 1984) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Nintendo’s Soccer is a really bad game, but it at least has it within its power to make you laugh. To begin – one…
SKATE OR DIE 2
Original Release: EA, 1990, NES EA’s second time on the board adds a half-pipe and a unique story mode. Skate or Die 2 (NES, EA, 1990) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! It’s really a shame that Skate or Die 2’s controls are so janky and the level design is so subpar,…
SKATE OR DIE!
Original Release: EA, 1987, PC / C64 / Apple IIOther Releases: NES (1988), Wii (2007) EA’s game was one of the first to focus on skate culture, but is more about weird and wacky events than fidelity to the sport. Skate or Die! (NES, Konami, 1988) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon!…
PUNCH-OUT!!
Original Release: Nintendo, Arcade, 1983Other Releases: NES (1987), Wii (2009) Nintendo’s pattern recognition and timing-based punchfest raised the stakes for boxing games. Punch-Out!! (NES, Nintendo, 1987) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Sadly, due to the nature of licensing agreements and whatnot, any re-releases of this game (such as the Wii 2009…
PRO WRESTLING
Original Release: Nintendo, 1986, NES / ArcadeOther Releases: Wii (2008) Nintendo’s first attempt at wrestling came from the team that would later become Human and build on this to make the Fire Pro series. Pro Wrestling (NES, Nintendo, 1986) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Pro Wrestling is really not a good…