Top 5 NES Sports Games That Still Hold Up Today

[ChaseB]

Matthew Ederer checks in today to discuss his top 5 NES sports games that still hold...

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[Armor and Sword]

1. Tecmo Super Bowl
2. Baseball Stars
3. Bases Loaded 2
4. RBI 3
5. Tecmo NBA Basketball*

Also loved:

Ring Kings
Mike Tyson’s Punch Out
Ice Hockey
Baseball Simulator 1000

[IgotSyphillis]

No baseball stars = you’re list is trash

[speels]

Re: Top 5 NES Sports Games That Still Hold Up Today

No baseball stars = you’re list is trash

My Brother and I spent hours creating teams with star players and renaming them just so we could add them to a league. We had to make sure that their batting stances were similar or that they threw pitches like the really did. We also had to come up with some amazing ways to abbreviate names because of the lack of room. My favorite was Candy Maldonado who basically became MLDNDO.

Then you would forget one night to turn of the game properly and it would erase everything so you had to start again from scratch. Thanks goodness for the cheat codes.

[Eyeman79]

Hard to argue with your list although I might swap RBI 3 with Baseball Simulator 1.000, loved that game. I believe it was one of the first sports games with a battery backup. Anyone else old enough to remember passwords to save games ?

[ChaseB]

Re: Top 5 NES Sports Games That Still Hold Up Today

No baseball stars = you’re list is trash

This username mixed with this grammatical error is a lot to take in all at once, and I'm here for all of it.

[speels]

Re: Top 5 NES Sports Games That Still Hold Up Today

I really like your list. Thought I would post mine.

1. Super Spike V-Ball -- I still play this almost daily via emulators
2. Baseball Stars -- Once you had customer teams completed it was a blast. Although beating the American Dreams was very fulfilling.
3. Tecmo Super Bowl -- You pretty much said it all.
4. Mike Tyson's Punchout -- I don't have it quite as high but still a great game
5. Ice Hockey -- Super Blood League Hockey took a great game and upped the anti.

I never did get into Mario Golf. I switched to the Sega Genesis and PGA Tour Golf was really all I remember about younger golf games.

[prey2god]

You guys must’ve never played Kings of The Beach starring Sinjin Smith and Randy Stokolos. 

[TrophyKing80]

Pretty good list. I played all 5 as a kid, and forgot how awesome they were until seeing the images within this video. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 

[rev]

Baseball Stars, Bases Loaded, RBI Baseball, Dodge Ball, Skate or Die 2

[DaReapa]

Tecmo Super Bowl
Double Dribble
Baseball Stars
RC Pro Am
Mike Tyson's Punchout

[poulka]

@DaReapa RC Pro Am was my go to back in the day.  The rockets and oil slicks.  Great game.  Memories.

[Gramps91]

Yeah, came here specifically to mention RC Pro Am. I still love that game.

[Skyboxer]

Re: Top 5 NES Sports Games That Still Hold Up Today

Ring Kings, RC Pro AM and Track and Field we're huge time killers.
Loved them..
Still play from time to time (Classic System with "add on's)..

[binga30]

Re: Top 5 NES Sports Games That Still Hold Up Today

Played a lot of NES in my younger days:
Blades of Steel, Double Dribble, RBI Baseball, International Cricket, but for me the No.1 game is....

Aussie Rules Footy

AFL has always been a hard game to replicate on the virtual platforms, and this game is still the best AFL game ever released!