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racketboy: What Are The Best Retro Sports Video Games?

racketboy — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:47:00 +0000

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=23062

To go along with our selection of NBA Jam as our Together Retro Game Club title, I thought it would be fun to see what everone’s favorite old-school sports titles are. The only restrictions for nominations were that they games were N64 or older and not include standard racing or wrestling games .

We had lots of nominations, but I narrored the list down to the most popular 30 titles — each of these titles actually had more than one nomination.

To go along with our selection of NBA Jam as our Together Retro Game Club title, I thought it would be fun to see what everone’s favorite old-school sports titles are. We had lots of nominations in the forum, but I narrored the list down to the most popular 30 titles — each of these titles actually had more than one nomination. The only restrictions for nominations were that they games were N64 or older and not include standard racing or wrestling games

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The Old Bits: Go Go Ackman - Video Review

The Old Bits — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:08:00 +0000

This time I take a look at the Super Famicom only release of Go Go Ackman, which is based on the Manga of the same name.

Owen Good: Excitebike, Come To Life [Screengrab]

Owen Good — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:30:00 +0000

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Pixel-style Excitebike racer made from wood. Its creator, Justin Harder, also fashioned a pixelated helmet, chest protector and trophy from the game. As seen on Vision02 where there are loads more pictures. via The Bits, Bytes, Pixels and Sprites More »

Destructoid: Want another new Metroid game? Check out Minitroid

Destructoid — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:30:00 +0000

Metroid: Other M may scare me, but that's not because I'm sure the game will be bad. It's just hard to know if something so different will live up to Metroid's illustrious history. That's probably why I find Minitroid so comforting. It's a Metroid 2-influenced game with new gameplay mechanics and super-low resolution graphics. While every game since the first Metroid has worked to give Samus an increasingly realistic look, Minitroid goes the other way, and it pays off big time. This is Metroid by way of Cave Story, and I'm loving it.

The project is clearly ready to play, but I haven't found a playable build of it anywhere. It's been in the works for a little while, as proven by this older video of the game in action, so I know it's out there. We just need the game's developer, someone named Tokinsom, to let us have it. If you're reading this Tokinsom, I could help you get this game done. If you need a Spartan-suit Mario, Anthony Burch, Robocop, or Edgar Wright sprite sheet, I've already got you covered.

Minitroid- [Tiny Cartridge]