A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the playing of traditional sports. A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively They are extremely popular, the genre including some of the best-selling games.

Almost every familiar sport has been recreated with a game, including baseball, association football, American football, boxing, wrestling, cricket, golf, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, bowling, rugby, hunting, fishing, etc. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Bowling is a Game / Sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a Bowling ball along a flat surface either into objects called pins Rugby football (usually just " rugby " may refer to a number of sports through history descended from a common form of Football developed at Rugby School Hunting is the practice of pursuing Animals for Food, Recreation, or Trade. For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish.

Some games emphasize actually playing the sport (such as the Madden NFL series), while others emphasize the strategy behind the sport (such as Championship Manager). Madden NFL is an American football Video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The Championship Manager series is a series of British Computer games the first of which was released in 1992 Others satirize the sport for comic effect (such as Arch Rivals). Arch Rivals is a Basketball Arcade game created by Midway in 1989. This genre has been popular throughout the history of video games and is extremely competitive, just like real-world sports.

A number of games series feature the names and characteristics of real teams and players, and are updated annually to reflect real-world changes.

The genre is not to be confused with electronic sports, which is used to describe computer and video games which are played as competitive sports. Electronic sports, abbreviated e-sports or eSports, is used as a general term to describe the play of Video games as a professional Sport.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Beginnings of sports games 1.2 1980s 1.3 1990s 1.4 Extreme sports enters into the mainstream 1.5 Sports gaming becomes big business 2 Types of sports games 2.1 Arcade 2.2 Simulation 2.3 Management 2.4 Fantasy 2.5 Sports RPG 3 Games and televised sports 4 Sports games today 5 The fantasy element 6 Notable sports games by type 6.1 Team sports 6.2 Versus Sports 6.2.1 Combat Sports 6.2.2 Racquet Sports 6.3 General Competition 6.3.1 Racing 6.3.2 Olympic/Event games 6.3.3 Target Sports 6.3.4 Balance Sports 6.3.5 Miscellaneous sports 7 References 8 External links

History

Main article: History of computer and video games

Beginnings of sports games

One of the first video games in history, Tennis for Two (1958), was a sports game. Video games were introduced as a commercial entertainment medium in 1971, becoming the basis for an important entertainment industry in the late 1970s/early 1980s in the United Tennis for Two was a game developed in 1958 on an Analog computer, which simulates a game of Tennis or Ping pong on an Oscilloscope Tennis for Two was a game developed in 1958 on an Analog computer, which simulates a game of Tennis or Ping pong on an Oscilloscope Events Tennis for Two was a Computer game developed in 1958 on an Oscilloscope which simulated a game of Tennis or

Computer games prior to the late 1970s were primarily played on university mainframe computers under timesharing systems that supported multiple computer terminals on school campuses. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Mainframes (often colloquially referred to as Big Iron) are Computers used mainly by large organizations for critical applications typically bulk data A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into and displaying data from a Computer or a Computing The two dominant systems were the Digital Equipment PDP-10 and the Control Data Corp. Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American company in the Computer industry The PDP-10 was a Mainframe computer manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC from the late 1960s on the name stands for "Programmed Data Processor Control Data Corporation (CDC, was one of the pioneering Supercomputer firms PLATO System. PLATO was the first (circa 1960 on ILLIAC I) generalized Computer assisted instruction system These systems displayed no graphics, only text. In the early 1970s they printed the text on teletype machines and line printers, but by the mid-seventies the text printed on single-color CRT screens. A teleprinter ( The line printer is a form of high speed impact printer in which one line of type is printed at a time The cathode ray tube (CRT is a Vacuum tube containing an Electron gun (a source of electrons and a Fluorescent screen with internal or

Highlights of this era in sports games include:

• Baseball (1971 — Written by Don Daglow at Pomona College, Baseball was the first computer baseball game, now recorded in the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Baseball was the first-ever Baseball Computer game, and was created on a PDP-10 mainframe computer at Pomona College Events On 22 March, Ralph Baer files with the United States Patent and Trademark Office regarding a Patent for "television Don Daglow (born circa 1953 is an American Computer game and Video game designer, programmer and producer. Pomona College is a private residential liberal arts college located in Claremont California. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each A hall of fame (sometimes HOF) is a type of Museum established for any a field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field He continued to expand and refine Baseball throughout the 1970s, and its sabermetric approach provided the foundation for Daglow's later commercial games Intellivision World Series Baseball (1983, with Eddie Dombrower), Earl Weaver Baseball (1988, also with Dombrower), Tony La Russa Baseball (1991 through 1996) and Old Time Baseball (1995). Sabermetrics is the analysis of Baseball through objective evidence especially Baseball statistics. Intellivision World Series Major League Baseball is a Baseball Sports game (1983 designed by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower and published by Events A major shakeout of the video game industry begins By 1986, total video games sales will decrease from US$ 3200 million to US$100 million Eddie Dombrower (born 1957 is an American Computer game and Video game designer, programmer and producer. Earl Weaver Baseball is a Baseball Computer game ( 1987) designed by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower and published by Electronic Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Tony La Russa Baseball is a Baseball computer and Video game console Sports game series (1991-1997 designed by Don Daglow Events Notable releases Namco releases Star Blade, Super World Stadium, Solvalou Notable releases January 29 &mdash Duke Nukem 3D, successor to the simple side-scrolling originals and a genre-redefining title for Old Time Baseball is a Baseball computer Personal computer game ( 1995) designed and programmed by Don Daglow, Hudson Events May 11 – Introduction of trade magazine GameWeek (then called Video Game Advisor May 11 - 16 &mdash The 1st annual

In the late 1970s arcade games began to appear, and sports were a popular genre. An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment Highlights of this era include:

• The first racing game was Night Driver (1976). Night Driver is a 1976 Arcade game by Atari Inc. It is the original first-person Racing game, and is believed to be the first published Events In October Warner Communications acquires Atari from Nolan Bushnell for $28 million USD.

• Atari Golf (1978),

1980s

Between 1980 and 1984 Atari and Intellivision waged a series of high-stakes TV advertising campaigns promoting their respective systems during the first round of console wars. Golf is a 1978 Video game for the Atari 2600 based on the sport of the same name. Events Notable releases June - Taito Corporation releases the Space Invaders Arcade game in Japan. Pole Position is a racing Video game released in 1982 by Namco. The Atari 2600 is a Video game console released in October 1977 The Intellivision is a Video game console released by Mattel in 1979. " Console wars " is a term used to refer to periods of intense competition for market share between Video game console manufacturers Atari normally prevailed in arcade games and had a deeper installed base due to its lower price, while Mattel's Intellivision touted its visually superior sports games. An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment Sports writer George Plimpton was featured in the Intellivision ads, which showed the parallel games side by side. George Ames Plimpton ( March 18, 1927 &ndash September 25, 2003) was an American Journalist, Writer, Both Atari and Mattel fielded at least one game for baseball, football, hockey, basketball, auto racing and soccer.

• Activision Tennis (1981)

• Track & Field (1982)

• Pole Position (1982). Activision Tennis is a 1981 Atari 2600 Video game by Activision. Events November - The British video game magazine Computer and Video Games (C&VG starts Events December 27 - Starcade, a Video game Television Game show, debuts on TBS in the United States Pole Position is a racing Video game released in 1982 by Namco. Events December 27 - Starcade, a Video game Television Game show, debuts on TBS in the United States

In 1983 EA produced their first sports game Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One on One by Eric Hammond, which was also the first licensed sports game based on the names and likenesses of famous athletes. Dr J and Larry Bird Go One on One, more commonly known as One on One, is a 1983 computer Basketball game for the early era of The game was a major hit.

In 1983 Mattel released Intellivision World Series Baseball by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower, the first game to use multiple camera angles to show the action. Mattel Inc ( is the world's largest Toy importing company based on revenue Intellivision World Series Major League Baseball is a Baseball Sports game (1983 designed by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower and published by Games prior to this displayed the entire field on screen, or scrolled across static top-down fields to show the action. IWSB mimicked television baseball coverage by showing the batter from a modified "center field" camera, showing baserunners in corner insets, and showing defensive plays from a camera behind home plate. It was also the first sports game to introduce players with spoken words (as opposed to text) using the Mattel Intellivoice module. The Intellivoice Voice Synthesis Module was an adapter for the Intellivision, Mattel 's home Gaming console, that utilized a Voice synthesizer It received limited distribution due to the video game crash of 1983, and today is one of the most rare and expensive Intellivision cartridges on the collectibles market. The North American video game crash of 1983 (sometimes known as the video game crash of 1984 because it was in that year that the full effects of the crash became apparent The Intellivision is a Video game console released by Mattel in 1979.

In 1984 game designer Scott Orr founded GameStar, a game publisher specializing in Commodore 64 sports games, and served as lead designer. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Scott Orr is an American Computer game and Video game designer best known as the original lead designer on the first Video game console GameStar is a monthly released PC Computer game Magazine, published by the IDG Entertainment Verlag in Germany. GameStar was the most successful sports game company of its era, and Orr sold the company to Activision in 1986. Activision Inc is an American Video game developer and publisher. The company's titles included:

• On Court Tennis (1984)
• Championship Baseball (1984)
• GFL Championship Football (1985) -- American Football
• Star Rank Boxing (1985)
• Gamestar Basketball Association (GBA) Championship Basketball - Two-on-Two (1986)
• Star Rank Boxing II (1987)
• Top Fuel Eliminator (1987)
• Face Off! (1987)

In 1988 EA released Earl Weaver Baseball by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower, which for the first time combined a highly accurate sim game with a high quality graphical action-style game. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Earl Weaver Baseball is a Baseball Computer game ( 1987) designed by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower and published by Electronic This was also the first game in which an actual baseball manager provided the computer AI. In Baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager (or more formally the field manager) this individual controls matters In 1996 Computer Gaming World named 'EWB to the #25 position on its list of the Best 150 Games of All Time, the second highest ranking for any sports game in that 1981-1996 period (after FPS Sports Football). Computer Gaming World ( CGW) was founded in 1981 by Russell Sipe as a bimonthly publication

In 1989, Anco published Kick Off; it was immediately considered the pioneer of computer soccer games due to its many original features. Events Notable releases Bullfrog Productions releases Populous on June 5 1989, which was Kick Off is a football simulation Computer game series designed by Dino Dini and released by Anco for various home computer platforms

1990s

16-bit systems

The Creation of EA Sports -- In 1989 EA producer Richard Hilleman hired Gamestar's Scott Orr to re-design John Madden Football, then a disappointing Apple II game, for the fast-growing Sega Genesis. Events Notable releases Bullfrog Productions releases Populous on June 5 1989, which was Richard Hilleman is an American Computer game and Video game producer best known for his work creating the original Madden Football game for The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990 Orr and Hilleman together developed the game that we still recognize today as Madden Football, the best-selling title in the history of games in North America. They focused on producing a great head-to-head two-player game with an intuitive interface and responsive controls. The user interface (or Human Computer Interface) is the aggregate of means by which people&mdash the users '&mdash interact with the System When the game shipped it immediately became a major hit.

Orr joined EA full-time in 1991 after the success of Madden on the Genesis, and began a ten-year period of his career when he personally supervised the production of Madden Football. Sensible Soccer, often affectionately known as Sensi, is a Football (soccer Video game series which was highly popular in the early 1990s and Events Notable releases Namco releases Star Blade, Super World Stadium, Solvalou During this time Hilleman, Orr and their EA teams also created the following EA Sports hits, each of which was updated annually:

• NHLPA Hockey
• NCAA Football
• Andretti Racing
• NASCAR Racing (later called NASCAR Thunder)
• Knockout Kings

Sensible Software's Sensible Soccer (1992) still retains a cult following today. EA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on Sports Formerly a gimmick inside Electronic Arts sports College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies This article is about the 1994 Video game Andretti Racing. For the current racing team see Andretti Green Racing. For the 2000 NASCAR Season bearing the same name see 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. The EA Sports NASCAR series is a series of NASCAR video games published by EA Sports. Knockout Kings is a series of Boxing games that were produced by EA Sports for the Playstation Nintendo 64 PlayStation 2 Xbox Game Boy and GameCube Sensible Software was a highly regarded Software house in the nineties from the United Kingdom that released several games amongst those the popular Sensible Soccer, often affectionately known as Sensi, is a Football (soccer Video game series which was highly popular in the early 1990s and Events Notable releases Namco releases Suzuka 8 Hours, Bakuretsu Quiz Ma-Q Dai Bouken, The 16-bit era also saw the launch of many of the EA Sports sports franchises, including the FIFA, NHL, NBA Live and Madden NFL series. EA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on Sports Formerly a gimmick inside Electronic Arts sports FIFA Football, also known as FIFA Soccer or FIFA in some regions is a series of football (soccer Video games The National Hockey League ( NHL) series is a professional Ice hockey Video game developed by EA Canada and published yearly by Electronic The NBA Live series of Basketball Video games, published by EA Sports, is currently one of the leading National Basketball Association Madden NFL is an American football Video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports.

32-bit / 64-bit systems The arrival of Sony's PlayStation and 3D graphics cards on the PC enabled sports games to make the leap into 3D. The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather Actua Soccer was the first soccer game to make use of a 3D engine. Actua Soccer is a Soccer Video game series that was developed by Gremlin Interactive as part of their Actua Sports series

On PC

• In 1995 Sierra released FPS Sports Football. Events May 11 – Introduction of trade magazine GameWeek (then called Video Game Advisor May 11 - 16 &mdash The 1st annual For the company formerly known as Sierra On-Line see Sierra Entertainment. The next year Computer Gaming World named it to the #12 position on its list of the Best 150 Games of All Time, the highest ranking for any sports game in that 1981-1996 period.

Comodore Amiga Cinemaware TV Sports Basketball 1990

Extreme sports enters into the mainstream

Sports gaming becomes big business

On 13 December 2004, Electronic Arts began a string of deals that granted exclusive rights to several prominent sports organizations, starting with the NFL. Extreme sport (also called action sport and adventure sport) is a media term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. ^[1] This was quickly followed with two deals in January securing rights to the AFL^[2] and ESPN licenses. The Arena Football League (AFL was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to ^[3] This was a particularly hard blow to Sega, the previous holder of the ESPN license, who had already been affected by EA's NFL deal. is a multinational Video game Software and Hardware development company and a former Home computer As the market for football brands was being quickly taken by EA, Take-Two Interactive responded by contacting the Major League Baseball Players Association and signing a deal that granted exclusive third-party major-league baseball rights^[4]; a deal not as restrictive, as first-party projects were still allowed. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc ( is an American publisher, developer, and distributor of Video games and video game Peripherals The Major League Baseball Players Association (or MLBPA) is the union of professional major-league baseball players The NBA was then approached by several developers, but declined to enter into an exclusivity agreement, instead granting long-term licenses to Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive, Midway Games, Sony, and Atari. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc ( is an American publisher, developer, and distributor of Video games and video game Peripherals Midway Games ( (formerly Midway Manufacturing) is an American Video game publisher. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. ^[5] In April, EA furthered its hold on football licensing by securing rights to all NCAA football brands. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations ^[6]

Types of sports games

Arcade

Sports games have traditionally been very popular arcade games. An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment The competitive nature of sports lends itself well to the arcades where the main objective is usually to obtain a high score. The high score of a Video game, Arcade game, or Computer game is usually the highest logged point value The arcade style of play is generally more unrealistic and focuses on a quicker gameplay experience. Examples of this include the NFL Blitz and NBA Jam series.

Simulation

In comparison to arcade sports games, the simulation style of play is a usually a more realistic rendition of the real-life sport it emulates. Examples include the Madden NFL series and the NBA 2k series.

Management

Sports management games put players into the role of team manager. Coach (baseball|Coach (basketball|Coach (ice hockeyIn Sports a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction instruction and training of the operations Whereas fantasy games are often played online against other players, management games usually pit the player against AI controlled teams. Players are expected to handle strategy, tactics, transfers, and financial issues. Examples include Football Manager and WhatIfSports.com's SimLeagues. Football Manager is a series of football management simulation games designed by Sports Interactive. WhatIfSportscom is a company based in Cincinnati Ohio, US that specializes in Online Sports Simulations and fantasy

Fantasy

A Fantasy sport is a game where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by individual players or teams of a professional sport. A fantasy sport (also known as rotisserie roto or owner simulation is a Game where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for Enjoyment and sometimes also used as an Educational tool Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection analysis interpretation or explanation and presentation of Data. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Fantasy can also refer to fictional sports, see The fantasy element below. A sports game is a computer or Video game that simulates the playing of traditional Sports Most sports have been recreated with a game including

Sports RPG

Sports Role-playing games are games which combines RPG elements into any sports genre. Level-5's upcoming Soccer RPG game, Inazuma Eleven, is one of the many sports RPG's that define the sub-genre. is an independent Video game developer and publisher based out of Fukuoka, Japan. Namco's racing RPG game, Final Lap Twin, is another game which defines the sub-genre. Final Lap Twin is a combination racing / RPG game for the TurboGrafx 16 system Camelot's GBC versions of games such as Mario Golf and Mario Tennis also has RPG elements in it's single player modes. Camelot Software Planning is a Japanese Video game developer established in 1990 best known for partnering with Nintendo

Games and televised sports

More and more, video sports games are starting to look and act like their TV counterparts. Additionally, televised sports, namely American football, have added Madden-style cameras to their coverage, further blurring the line between fantasy and reality. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Sports commentators will often play a game of Madden Football before a big game (such as the Super Bowl), to help gain insight on the outcome. Madden NFL is an American football Video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL

There is also the "Madden curse".

Sports games today

The sports genre is currently dominated by EA Sports and 2K Sports, who hold licenses to produce games based on official leagues. EA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on Sports Formerly a gimmick inside Electronic Arts sports 2K Sports is a Subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc EA's franchises include the FIFA Soccer series, the NBA Live series, the Madden Football series, the NASCAR series and Tiger Woods series. FIFA Football, also known as FIFA Soccer or FIFA in some regions is a series of football (soccer Video games The NBA Live series of Basketball Video games, published by EA Sports, is currently one of the leading National Basketball Association Madden NFL is an American football Video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. NASCAR, the most popular motorsport in the United States, has worked with Video game developers to design several video games Background and family Woods was born in Cypress, California to Earl (1932-2006 and Kultida (Tida Woods All of these games feature real leagues, competitions and players. These games continue to sell well today despite many of the product lines being over a decade old, and receive, for the most part, consistently good reviews. EA Games' Need for Speed series continues to be one of the best-selling in the racing genre, although it is not based on a license. Need For Speed ( NFS) is a series of racing Video games developed by Canadian based company EA Black Box

With EA Sports' domination, the market has become very difficult to enter; competing games in any of the above genres, with the exception of racing games, tend to be unsuccessful. This has led to a sharp drop in sports-themed titles over recent years. One of the most notable exceptions is Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series, which is often hailed as an alternative to the FIFA series, but does not contain as many licensed teams, players, kits, or competitions. () is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys Trading cards, Anime, Tokusatsu, Slot machines Pro Evolution Soccer (also known as Winning Eleven 5 in Japan and World Soccer Winning Eleven 5 in the US is the first installment Racing games, due to the variation that the sport can offer in terms of tracks, cars and styles, offer more room for competition and the selection of games on offer has been considerably greater. Sports management games, while not as popular as they used to be, live on through small and independent software development houses. Management titles today have transitioned to the very popular fantasy sports leagues, which are available through many websites such as Yahoo. A fantasy sport (also known as rotisserie roto or owner simulation is a Game where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the

Nintendo has been able to make an impact upon the sports market by producing several Mario-themed titles, such as Super Mario Strikers and Mario Tennis. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on is a Fictional character created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Super Mario Strikers (known as Mario Smash Football in Europe and Australia is a Five-a-side football game developed by Next Level Games These titles sell respectfully, but are only available on Nintendo's video game consoles, the GameCube, Nintendo 64, and Wii; in 2006, they launched Wii Sports for Wii, which uses the Wii Remote to simulate movement. The, often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo 's fourth home Video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. The, often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo 's third home Video game console for the international market Wii Sports is a Sports game developed and produced by Nintendo as a Launch title for the Wii Video game console.

The fantasy element

Some sports games are based on fictional sports, usually of a fantasy or science fiction nature. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting One of the most notable examples of this is the Speedball series; Speedball 2 was a huge success, particularly on the Commodore Amiga. Speedball is a Video game series comprising three games developed by the Bitmap Brothers. Speedball is a Video game series comprising three games developed by the Bitmap Brothers. Bearing some similarities to Team handball, the game introduces a number of futuristic gadgets that affect the gameplay immensely. Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, or Olympic handball) is a Team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six Brutality is permitted; it is considered legal and acceptable to bash opponents with a metal ball. A number of sports have received the sci-fi treatment over the years, most frequently in the racing genre. F-Zero popularized the futuristic racing genre, and was followed by a number of sequels. is a futuristic racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES

A number of games introduce fantasy elements to existing sports, subtle or otherwise, to add comedic effect to a game, such as Brutal Sports Football, released by Millennium in 1992. Brutal Sport Football is a sports video game that was released in 1993 by Millennium Interactive Ltd Like Speedball, the game was inspired by American football, but placed a larger focus on injuring, maiming, and even killing opponents. It is possible to win a match by simply decapitating the entire opposing team.

In some titles contained within this extended genre, the fantasy element is less prominent, particularly in titles such as Ready 2 Rumble and Outlaw Golf — games that, while strategically true to the sport, introduce comedy elements that would not realistically be seen in a serious simulation. Both Outlaw Golf and Outlaw Golf 2 are Golf Video games developed by Hypnotix. For example, in Outlaw Golf, the choice of characters includes a stripper, a rapper, a Latin American Casanova-style figure and a mad scientist. A striptease or Exotic dance is a form of erotic entertainment usually a Dance, in which the performer known as a "stripper" gradually undresses Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and Golf balls leave trails of smoke and fire when hit hard and the game features an over-enthusiastic and sarcastic commentator.

Notable sports games by type

Team sports

Baseball – MLB: The Show series, MLB 2K Series

Basketball

• NBA – NBA Live series, NBA 2K
• NCAA – NCAA March Madness series, College Hoops 2K series
• FIBA – World Basketball Manager
• Other – NBA Street, NBA Ballers

Cricket – Brian Lara Cricket series, Cricket 07, EA Sports Cricket 2005, Allan Border's Cricket, Shane Warne Cricket, Ian Botham's Cricket, Cricket 2004

Dodgeball – Super Dodge Ball, Super Dodge Ball Advance

Football (American)

• NFL – Madden NFL
• AFL - Arena Football: Road to Glory
• NCAA – NCAA Football series
• Australian Football – AFL Live Premiership Edition
• Other - NFL Street series

Football (Soccer) – Hattrick, PC Fútbol, FIFA Series, Winning Eleven, Pro Evolution Soccer, International Superstar Soccer, Sensible Soccer, Kick Off, Virtua Striker, Actua Soccer, Football Manager, Championship Manager

Hockey – NHL series, Blades of Steel, Ice Hockey, SuperStar Ice Hockey, Faceoff!, Actua Ice Hockey, NHL 2K

Lacrosse – Blast Lacrosse, Brine Lacrosse

Rugby – EA Sports Rugby 2005, M. 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Hattrick (commonly abbreviated to HT) is an online, Browser-based, football management game ( MMOG) developed in The PC Fútbol Video game series released for Personal computers by Spanish Software house Dinamic FIFA Football, also known as FIFA Soccer or FIFA in some regions is a series of football (soccer Video games Winning Eleven is a soccer/football Video game series made by Konami Tokyo. Pro Evolution Soccer (also known as Winning Eleven 5 in Japan and World Soccer Winning Eleven 5 in the US is the first installment International Superstar Soccer is the name of a series of Football (soccer Video games developed by Japanese company Konami, mostly Sensible Soccer, often affectionately known as Sensi, is a Football (soccer Video game series which was highly popular in the early 1990s and Kick Off is a football simulation Computer game series designed by Dino Dini and released by Anco for various home computer platforms The Virtua Striker (バーチャストライカー in Japanese) Video games are arcade-style soccer games by Sega. Actua Soccer is a Soccer Video game series that was developed by Gremlin Interactive as part of their Actua Sports series Football Manager is a series of football management simulation games designed by Sports Interactive. The Championship Manager series is a series of British Computer games the first of which was released in 1992 The National Hockey League ( NHL) series is a professional Ice hockey Video game developed by EA Canada and published yearly by Electronic Blades of Steel is an Ice hockey Video game released by Konami for the arcade in, and ported to the Nintendo Entertainment is a Video game published and developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System Video game console, based on the sport of the same name Actua Ice Hockey is an Ice hockey Video game series composed by two games released in 1998 and 1999, part of Gremlin NHL 2K is the first video game the the ''NHL 2K'' series. It was developed by Black Box and published by Sega. Blast Lacrosse is an indoor lacrosse Video game released in May 2001 for Sony 's PlayStation. Brine Lacrosse (sometimes also called Brine LAX) is a Lacrosse Mobile game. Rugby 2005 is a game in the Rugby series by EA Sports. The game allows players to play as many Rugby nations, both major and minor and U. D. S. , Australian Rugby League

Volleyball – Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, Kings of the Beach, Power Spike Pro Beach Volleyball, Summer Heat Beach Volleyball, Beach Spikers

Versus Sports

Combat Sports

Boxing – Punch-Out!!, Knockout Kings, Fight Night, Wii Sports

Karate (tournament style) – Karate Master, Yi-ar Kung Fu, World Karate Championship

Ultimate fighting – Ultimate Fighting Championship

Wrestling

• Arm Wrestling – Arm Wrestling
• Professional Wrestling – WWE SmackDown!, M.U.S.C.L.E., Galactic Wrestling: Featuring Ultimate Muscle

Racquet Sports

Badminton – Super Dynamix Badminton

Table Tennis – Pong, Konami's Ping Pong, Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis

Tennis – Virtua Tennis, Top Spin Tennis, Tennis Arena, Wii Sports

General Competition

Racing

Main article: Racing game

Automobile Racing

• NASCAR – NASCAR video games (Lists games from multiple publishers)
• Motorcycle racing – Moto Racer
• Motocross – Motocross Madness, Motocross, Racing Destruction Set, Excitebike
• ATV Racing – ATV Offroad Fury

Watercraft Racing

• Boat racing – Hydro Thunder
• Jet-ski Racing – Wave Race 64

Aircraft Racing

• Aircraft racing – Gee Bee Air Rally
• Aerobatics – AeroWings

Horse Racing – Quarterpole, Sport of Kings (a. Australian Rugby League is a 1995 Rugby league video game developed by I-Space Interactive and published by EA's EA Sports label for Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (DOAX is a Beach volleyball game by Tecmo released in 2003 for the Xbox Video Kings of the Beach is a Beach volleyball Computer game made by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Commodore 64, DOS Gameplay The controls are very simple and easy to get used to allowing the player to concentrate on strategy Punch-Out!!, known originally as, and later re-released as Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr Knockout Kings is a series of Boxing games that were produced by EA Sports for the Playstation Nintendo 64 PlayStation 2 Xbox Game Boy and GameCube Fight Night Round 2 is the sequel to EA Sports ' acclaimed Fight Night 2004. Wii Sports is a Sports game developed and produced by Nintendo as a Launch title for the Wii Video game console. International Karate is a 1986 Karate Computer game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and Ultimate Fighting Championship is the first Video game based on the Ultimate Fighting Championship Mixed martial arts tournament Arm wrestling is a sport with two participants Each participant places one arm both put either the right or left on a surface with their elbows bent and touching the surface Arm Wrestling is a 1985 arcade game by Nintendo and a Spin-off of the Punch-Out!! series Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff MUSCLE, known in Japan as, is a NES wrestling game based on characters from the Yudetamago 's Manga and Anime Galactic Wrestling Featuring Ultimate Muscle, known in Japan as, is a PlayStation 2 game produced by Bandai and sold Pong is a first generation Video game released originally as a Coin -operated Arcade game by Atari Inc Konami's Ping Pong is a sports Arcade game created in 1985 by Konami. Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis (or Rockstar Table Tennis) is a Table tennis Simulation Video game. Virtua Tennis ( Power Smash in Japan) is a 1999 Tennis Arcade game created by Sega-AM3. Top Spin is a 2003 Tennis Video game developed by PAM Development and originally published by Microsoft Game Studios Wii Sports is a Sports game developed and produced by Nintendo as a Launch title for the Wii Video game console. Many Board games can be said to be racing games such as Snakes and Ladders, Cribbage, or Formula Dé. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. NASCAR, the most popular motorsport in the United States, has worked with Video game developers to design several video games Motorcycle sport is a broad field that encompasses all Sporting aspects of Motorcycling. Moto Racer is an arcade style motorcycle racing game released in 1997 by Delphine Software International for the PC and Playstation. Motocross is a form of Motorcycle sport or All-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed Off road circuits Racing Destruction Set is a Car racing and Motocross Computer game that was published in 1985 by Electronic Arts. is a Motocross racing Video game franchise made by Nintendo. It first debuted as a game for the Famicom in Japan in 1984 for a price of An all-terrain vehicle (ATV is defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires with a seat that is straddled by ATV Offroad Fury is a hit PlayStation 2 Racing game, released in February 2001. Hydro Thunder is a powerboat racing game originally an arcade game and later released for the Sega Dreamcast in November 1999 Jet Ski is the Brand name of Personal watercraft (PWC manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd Wave Race 64 is a racing game for the Nintendo 64 that was released on September 27 1996 in Japan and on November 5 Air racing is a Sport that involves small aircraft. History The first event in air racing history was held in 1909 the Grand Week of the Champagne Gee Bee Air Rally was released in 1987 by Activision as an Computer game (not to be at all confused or associated with seminal Disco band the Aerobatics is the demonstration of flying maneuvers for Training, Recreation or Entertainment. Aerowings was an Airline based on Antigua. It specialised in wet-lease and ad hoc charters worldwide k. a. Omni-play Horse Racing), G1 Jockey 3, Track King

Bicycle-style Racing

• BMX (biking) – Dave Mirra's BMX Biking, Mat Hoffman Pro BMX, BMX XXX
• Unicycle racing – Uniracers

Olympic/Event games

Main article: Olympic video games

Winter Olympics

• 1994 Winter Olympics – Winter Olympics: Lillehammer 94 (Downhill, Giant Slalom, Super G, Slalom, Bobsled, Luge, Freestyle moguls, Ski jumping, Biathlon, Short track)
• 1998 Winter Olympics – Nagano Winter Olympics '98 (skating, skiing, luge, bobsleigh, slalom, curling, halfpipe, snowboarding)
• 2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake 2002 (Alpine Skiing Downhill, Alpine Skiing Slalom, Freestyle Skiing Aerials, Ski Jump K120 Individual, Two-man Bobsleigh, Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom)
• 2006 Winter Olympics – Torino 2006 (luge, bobsleigh, biathlon, speed skating, ski jumping, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined)
• Other – Winter Games, The Games: Winter Challenge

Summer Olympics

• 1992 Summer Olympics – Olympic Gold (100 m, Hammer throw, Archery, 110 m hurdles, Pole vault, 200 m freestyle swimming, 3 m springboard diving)
• 1996 Summer Olympics – Olympic Summer Games (100 m sprint, 110 m hurdles, Pole vault, High jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Javelin, Discus, Archery, Skeet), Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996, (100 meters, 400 meters, 100M crawl, Javelin, Hammer, Discus, Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault, Fencing, Rapid Fire Pistol, Weight Lifting, Archery, Skeet Shooting)
• 2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 (100 m sprint, 110 m hurdles, Javelin, Hammer, Triple Jump, High Jump, Skeet shooting, Super Heavyweight Weight Lifting, 100 m Freestyle Swimming, 10 m Platform Diving, Chase Cycling, Kayak K1 Slalom)
• 2004 Summer Olympics – Athens 2004 (100 metres sprint, 200 metres sprint, 400 metres sprint, 800 metres middle distance, 1500 metres middle distance, 100 metres hurdles, 110 metres hurdles, Long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, Discus throw, javelin throw, shot put, 100 metres breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, Floor exercise, still rings, vault, Show jumping, +105 kg. BMX ( Bicycle Motocross) is a form of Cycling on specially designed bicycles which usually have 20 inch wheels Relationship to Dave Mirra BMX XXX builds on the earlier work done by Z-Axis on Dave Mirra A unicycle is a one-wheeled Human-powered vehicle. 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• 2008 Summer Olympics – Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
• Other – World Class Track Meet, Hyper Sports, Hyper Athlete, Summer Games

Miscellaneous Events –

California Games (Halfpipe, Footbag, Surfing, Roller Skating, BMX, Flying Disc)

California Games 2 (Hang gliding, Jet ski, Snowboarding, Bodysurfing, Skateboarding)

Coleco Telstar Marksman (Skeet, Target, Tennis, Hockey, Handball, Jai alai)

Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge (400 metres hurdles, Hammer throw, Swimming, Roof Top Jumping, Fighting Scene)

Target Sports

Billiards/Pool/Snooker – Virtual Pool, Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker, Pool Challenge

Bowling – King Pin, 10th Frame Bowling, PBA Bowling, Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling, Bowling Evolution, Wii Sports

Darts – World Darts, Bully's Sporting Darts

Fishing – Sega Bass Fishing, Gone Fishin', BassTour, BassDuel, Reel Fish'n,Trophy Bass

Golf – Nintendo Golf, World Tour Golf, Links 386 Golf, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Golden Tee, Outlaw Golf, Hot Shots Golf, Shot-Online

Hunting – Duck Hunt, Ultimate Duck Hunting, Big Buck Hunter, Safari Hunt, Deer Hunter

Paintball – Ultimate Paintball, Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball MAX'D

Skeet/Trap Shooting – Trap Shooting, Duck Hunt, Clay Pigeon

Balance Sports

Skateboarding – Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Skate, Skate or Die!

Skiing/Snowboarding – SSX, Amped, Ski or Die, Massive Snowboarding

Surfing – Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer, Surf Ninjas

Wakeboarding – Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray

Miscellaneous sports

Poker – Pokerstars.net, World Series of Poker

References

External links

• SportsGamer at SportsGamer
• Sports games at MobyGames
• Sports games at Home of the Underdogs
• Sports Games at Sportsfly
• Sports games at Free-Flash-Games. MobyGames is a Website devoted to cataloging computer and video games, both past and present Home of the Underdogs (often called HotU) is an Abandonware archive founded by Sarinee Achavanuntakul in September 1998 and has grown to be one of the most significant biz
• The evolution of gaming: computers, consoles, and arcade from Ars Technica
• History of Mario Sports Games from GameSpot
• Sports management games at Playasport

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