68-Game Field Announced for the Greatest Sports Game Ever Tournament

[RaychelSnr]

The field for the Greatest Sports Game Ever Tournament has been announced, with 68 games making the cut into the tournament of tournaments to crown the Greatest Sports Game of All Time!

This is the second ever Greatest Sports Game Ever tournament, with the first tournament being held in 2008. In that tournament, NFL 2K5 was the winner.

(Click to compare this year's field with 2008's)

The first round matchups and regions will be announced on March 1, with voting set to begin on March 11. In the meantime, we will be hosting a bracket challenge where you will be able to break down the bracket just like in March Madness for the chance at prizes!

So without further adieu, here is the field of 68 as selected by the OS Editorial staff based upon your nominations:

#1
NFL 2K5
NBA 2K11
Tecmo Bowl
Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball

#2
College Hoops 2K8
MVP Baseball 2005
Tecmo Super Bowl
Forza Motorsport 3

#3
Baseball Stars
Mike Tyson's Punchout
Tony Hawks Pro Skater
WWF No Mercy (N64)

#4
NHL 94
NBA Jam
NCAA Football 2006
MLB '10: The Show

#5
RBI Baseball
Madden 2001 (PS2)
Out of the Park Baseball 12
Coach K College Basketball

#6
FIFA Soccer 10
NHL 10
Winning Eleven 9
Forza Motorsport 4

#7
Madden '95
Madden 2005
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
NBA Live '96

#8
All Pro Football 2K8
Trials HD
Virtua Tennis (Dreamcast)
SSX: Tricky

#9
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
NBA 2K12
Mario Tennis
Mutant League Football

#10
Joe Montana's Sports Talk Football
Bases Loaded 2
Triple Play 96
Skate 3

#11
Blades of Steel / Double Dribble
High Heat Baseball 2001
Front Page Sports Football Pro
NFL Head Coach 09

#12
NFL Blitz
Top Spin 4 / NCAA Football 99
NFL Gameday 98
NBA Live 10

#13
Bill Walsh College Football
NFL 2K1
MLB '08: The Show
Lakers vs. Celtics

#14
Tiger Woods 2003 (PC)
Madden NFL 10
Fight Night Round 3
Football Manager 11

#15
Hot Shots Golf
Pro Evolution Soccer 12
NASCAR Racing (PC)
NBA Street Volume 2

#16
Excitebike / Ten Yard Fight
Need For Speed 2
Pong / NFL Fever
Backbreaker


So what do you all think without seeing any of the regions? Who got snubbed? Who's too high? Too low? Any early favorites?

[Juggernaut55]

MVP 2005 is by far the greatest game of all time...not just sports game...greatest game of all time

[Bellsprout]

Boo. THPS2 is better in every single way than the original Pro Skater.

That is my only objection. Because it's pretty much the only thing I looked at on the list.

[eye guy]

I'm disappointed to be honest... People from all over the world come here to talk about all sports titles and yet there are titles still missing. Why limit this to the USA? Seriously, if Mutant League Football can make the cut, titles like Kelly Slater Surfing, 4D boxing and Rugby League on Megadrive should at least get a mention...

What about a wildcard round where titles from around the world - and even those that weren't nominated - get a sneaky chance to spoil the party?

[Iceman87GT]

Quote: Originally Posted by eye guy

I'm disappointed to be honest... People from all over the world come here to talk about all sports titles and yet there are titles still missing. Why limit this to the USA? Seriously, if Mutant League Football can make the cut, titles like Kelly Slater Surfing, 4D boxing and Rugby League on Megadrive should at least get a mention... What about a wildcard round where titles from around the world - and even those that weren't nominated - get a sneaky chance to spoil the party?

Wouldn't Kelly Slater Surfing have to be considered a good game to make the list? Its not like the video game world was missing a surfing game, or that somehow the only attempt at such a game should be on the list of the greatest sports games ever.

This is a competition for the title of the best sports game ever, we could make it 69 teams and just pretend that Kelly Slater Surfing had a chance and eliminate them in some sort of play-in round, but then you'd be considering Kelly Slater Surfing one of the 69 greatest sports games of all time, and that's just wrong.

Why not throw the cricket game on the list? Sure its not the best game by any stretch of imagination but its played elsewhere so it deserves a shot. Lets give some high school a spot in the NCAA tourney this March, or at least mention the school, they play basketball too though not nearly on the level of the NCAA.

[Randiesel75]

My pick goes to NHL 94.

[celticsfan1530]

MVP Baseball 2005 is better than any of 2k's baseball games. Hopefully EA can win the rights to a baseball game so this great series can come back.

[truintellectplaya]

List is wack without WWE Day of Reckoning. Some of this garbage on this list is just road kill. Day or Reckoning is the reason why it is hard to sell and stay without a gamecube, same as the original XBox still lives because of MVP 05. It is what it is though, which is wack in this case.