Top 25 Most Dominant Teams in Sports Gaming History (Part I)

[RaychelSnr]

Mid-January is not really an ideal time to be a sports gamer -- especially when you live in Michigan. You would think that the colder-than-normal temperatures and frequent snow showers would be the perfect reason to spend hours upon hours cooped up in your gaming cave, but that is not the case. The reality of the situation is that the slowdown of new sports-gaming releases, coupled with the fall gaming releases reaching their saturation point, leads to some hardcore sports-gamer doldrums. With these doldrums comes a delirium much like Jack Nicholson in The Shining, or Homer Simpson in The Shinning if you prefer.

"Cold weather and no sports gaming makes Christian an angry boy."

So what is one to do if he wants to retain his sanity in such adverse conditions? How about get together with an old friend and have an in-depth discussion on the top 25 video game sports teams of all time? Well, that is exactly what I did last week with my best friend Matt (aka Super Nintendo Chalmers), and not only was there plenty of healthy debate over which teams deserved a spot in this exclusive list, but also some great memories were rekindled.

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[Eski33]

Nice list. Here are some of the top teams from the games I played growing up (in no specific order):

Phoenix Suns (Lakers vs Celtics -- Genesis): Tom Chambers triple-pump dunk from the three-point line was unstoppable. Add Jeff Hornacek, Thunder Dan Majerle and KJ, this team was unreal...

Team USA Basketball (USA -- Genesis): This game used the Lakers vs Celtics engine and no team could hang with the US. Although, no matter who you played they typically scored in the 70s but with Team USA, I was dropping 150.

Oakland Raiders (Tecmo Bowl -- Nintendo): One player -- Bo Jackson. Anyone who has played this game knows why. If not, visit YouTube.

Boston (Double Dribble -- Nintendo): I am not sure if this team had attributes to reflect the Boston Celtics but hitting three-pointers with this team was too easy.

Hartford Whalers (NHL Hockey -- Genesis): Not that the Whale were that good but I was a fan and hated to see this team move.

'85 Bears (Madden 93 -- Genesis): This is one team I cannot believe didn't make the list. I played in a Madden tournament in college when this game was new. The '85 Bears were banned. Why? This team was fast.

The HOF (Baseball Stars -- Nintendo): It took me some time to build my team's attributes before I could hang with the likes of Henry Aaron and Babe Ruth. This team in Baseball Stars was the virtual version of Murderer's Row.

[MassNole]

I don't know if they made your list, but the Dallas Mavericks in NBA 2K or NBA 2k1 were unstoppable. They had Dirk who was a matchup nightmare for small forwards. They also had 7'6 Shawn Bradley, who as bad as he was in real life, was a video game monster. I am blanking on their PG right now, but I think it may have been Nick Van Exel. They could shoot 3's, were a monster on defense, and despite a 69 or so overall rating were one of the best teams in the game.

[Eski33]

Let me add a couple more:

Stars (GBA Basketball -- Commodore 64 (OLD SCHOOL): This game was a two-on-two basketball game with fictional players with attributes that matched NBA legends. The Stars was a team that my neighbor and I had issues dealing with. When we finally beat this team, we popped open a bottle of Coke and celebrated....

1986 Boston Celtics (NBA: The Pro Game by Lance Haffner -- C64): This game was a text based sim and played out with crazy accuracy. Playing the 86 Celts, especially in The Garden, was damn tough. In The Garden, it was near impossible to win. I hated the Celts but ended up using them for one season. My record -- 67 wins and 15 losses. 41 wins and 1 loss at The Garden.

[Cryolemon]

Re: Top 25 Most Dominant Teams in Sports Gaming History (Part I)

Lincoln City in Championship Manager '03/'04. I got them to the Premier League in 4 seasons lol.

[USF11]

Madden 2001 Rams

[allstar3970]

Some I haven't seen mentioned yet.....
madden 64 - Broncos (just trust me)
NBA live '95 - Warriors (Webber-spree-mullin-hardaway i KILLED with this team)
Ken Griffey Baseball (SNES) - Atlanta Braves - remember not real names, but 1993 representations of maddux, glavine, smoltz on the pitching staff, with mcgriff, justice and ron gant in the middle of the lineup.
NHL 94 - Blackhawks
Madden 2003 - Rams

Eski AGREED on Boston in Double Dribble...i was thinking the same thing but thought i was the only one since its not like the game had attributes or anything.

[dubbduces]

The pg was Nash on 2k and he was a BEAST i remember making a roomate break a control because of that team! Madden 04- Atlanta Falcons, Vick + cheese = instant anger,

[DC]

#24 Philadelphia 76ers (NBA 2K2)


No reason in hell that team should be on this list.

[boomhauertjs]

Re: Top 25 Most Dominant Teams in Sports Gaming History (Part I)

1986 Boston Celtics (NBA: The Pro Game by Lance Haffner -- C64): This game was a text based sim and played out with crazy accuracy. Playing the 86 Celts, especially in The Garden, was damn tough. In The Garden, it was near impossible to win. I hated the Celts but ended up using them for one season. My record -- 67 wins and 15 losses. 41 wins and 1 loss at The Garden.

I loved the Lance Haffner basketball and baseball games. Glad someone else out there played them!

[DC]

Re: Top 25 Most Dominant Teams in Sports Gaming History (Part I)

The Mavericks on 2K2 were probably the best 3PT Shooting team in the Non Roster Editing Era

Nash
Van Exel
Finley
Dirk
Lafrenzt
Walt Williams

[Real2KInsider]

The NBA 2K4 Kings & Lakers

Kings with a simply unstoppable Peja and other shooters (Bibby, Christie) along with solid post options (Webber & Divac).

Lakers had four hall of famers (Shaq, Kobe, Payton, Malone) and their ratings weren't exactly up to date (GP was 2nd best PG).

[Bumble14]

#24 Philadelphia 76ers (NBA 2K2)


No reason in hell that team should be on this list.

I disagree, hence why I put them at #24. The team had quick guards, Iverson was unstoppable, and if you played Geiger, Mutumbo and DC in your frontcourt, you would dominate any team you played.

Keep in mind guys- this is only #25-16, there are 15 more teams on the list ;-)

[Joey]

I agree with the Celtics in Double Dribble. They had hot spots where you literally could not miss 3 pointers. In fact, my coworker and I were playing it on an emulator a couple weeks ago and I picked the Celts (of course). After I was up by 20+ points I finally let him in on the secret.

[jjc92787]

Who would have ever thought the Lions would make a list of dominant teams?

Too bad the real 2007 Mets couldn't play like that!

I played Bulls vs Lakers a lot as a kid and I agree about the Lakers. The Bulls and Celtics were also very good in that game.

Some other suggestions: -NBA Live 2002: Dallas Mavericks. Whenever I played as this team I would get well over 100 points everytime while my opponent got about 20-30 less at least. They were an offensive juggernaut.

NHL 2K6- Detroit Red Wings. They could score at any point whether you were playing online or against the computer.

All Star Baseball 2003- Texas Rangers. This team scored at a rapid rate whenever I played against them.

NFL Blitz 97- Jacksonville Jaguars. I would gulp everytime this team was chosen as my opponent because their defense was a monster. I was lucky to get a pass off most of the time.

MVP Baseball 2005- Arizona Diamondbacks. Odd choice I know, but this was the one team that always gave me fits in dynasties.