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I hate to revive such an old thread, but I was doing some research on what was going on with Ed Ringler (because I, too, love his sports games), and this turned up. I loved reading everyones stories; now I'm going to share mine.
I LOVE Omniplay Basketball to this day. I still consistently play it on a really old DOS machine in my basement. Currently, my Boise squad just blew a 2-0 lead in the finals but is set up for the future, lead by a couple superstars, 3 excellent young players, and a top supporting cast. The game is totally addictive, and from what I've heard, the Amiga version is even better (I'm playing on DOS). The most interesting part to the DOS version, however, it that it's got a really strange momentum setting. It's so hard to describe, but when my team was up 2-0 in the finals and up 18 in game 3 (ouch), the other team started draining threes and you could feel that the switch just flipped. They were going to win this series. I didn't wanna admit it but I just knew it. In this game your entire team can go on a "hot streak" - for a few minutes, a quarter, even an extended stretch of seasons (I remember someone else I played this with won 53 straight games with a not-even-that-good-team). It's just so strange, the way it can work sometimes, it baffles me. How did Ringler do it??? There's more to this game than what's shown on the surface, and it still amazes me.
Anyhow, I did some research on Ed and eventually found some info. Apparently he's an Internet Sales Specialist at a Honda store right now, and before that he tried to open his own mattress company. Pretty interesting guy.
I've wanted to send him an email but I can't find one that he answers to. He literally made some of the best games ever, especially for that time, and doesn't get enough credit.
Oh yeah, and one last thing before I post - I've also had a ton of fun with ice hockey and horse racing. Two great games but Basketball has to be my favorite.
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