Abandonware sports games sorted by release date
Sports games follow real-life rules either by creating a detailed and realistic simulation of physical sports, or by focusing on quickness and dexterity. Simulated sports can be real ones (American football, baseball, soccer) or fictional (like fantasy or futuristic sports).
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Tennis Cup
DOS1990 tennis
TV Sports: Basketball
DOS1990freeware basketball
4-D Sports boxing
DOS1991 boxing
Welcome to the squared circle of wireframe pain. Released in 1991 for DOS, this game puts you in the gloves of a boxer rendered entirely out of jagged geometry. The animation was revolutionary at the time, even if it now resembles...
Advantage Tennis
DOS1991 tennis
Ah, Advantage Tennis—where the graphics are flat, the physics are questionable, and the grunts are blessedly absent. This DOS-era sports sim serves up matches that somehow feel like both a relaxing afternoon and a fierce Wim...
Big Game Fishing
DOS1991 business simulation, fishing and hunting
If your idea of excitement is waiting... and waiting... and maybe catching a giant digital tuna, Big Game Fishing is your dream come true. Simulate the thrill of casting a line without ever leaving your ergonomic office chair. Jus...
Bundesliga Manager Professional
DOS1991 soccer, business simulation
Before Football Manager made spreadsheets cool, there was Bundesliga Manager Professional, a game where managing a German football team involved more math than actual football. You buy players, tweak tactics, balance budgets, and ...
England Championship Special
DOS1991 soccer
Gazza 2
DOS1991 soccer, business simulation
Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour
DOS1991 tennis
Jimmy White Whirlwind Snooker
DOS1991 pool / snooker
Masterblazer
DOS1991remake unconventional sports, racing: futuristic
Mike Ditka Ultimate Football
DOS1991 american football
NCAA Road to the Final Four
DOS1991 basketball
Panza Kick Boxing
DOS1991 boxing
Panza Kick Boxing is a video game released in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, DOS, and ZX Spectrum platforms. It was developed and published by Loriciel. The game is named after André Panza, a well-...
SkiFree
Windows 3.x1991 winter sports
The Basket Manager
DOS1991 basketball, business simulation
The Games: Winter Challenge
DOS1991 winter sports, olympic sports, multi-sport
The Manager
DOS1991 soccer, business simulation
The Manager is a soccer simulation game that puts you in charge of a football team and allows you to manage every aspect. You can train your players, choose tactics for every match, expand your stadium and sign contracts with new ...
Tony La Russa Ultimate Baseball
DOS1991protected baseball
TV Sports Baseball
DOS1991 baseball
TV Sports: Boxing
DOS1991freeware boxing
Viz
DOS1991 unconventional sports
3D Cyber Blaster
DOS1992remake unconventional sports
If Doom and Laser Tag had a baby raised by dial-up modems, it would be 3D Cyber Blaster. Released in 1992, this shooter has you blasting neon enemies in a world that looks like a Tron-themed laser maze. The sound effects are glori...
3D Cyberpuck
DOS1992 unconventional sports
It’s cyber. It’s puck. It’s… basically cyberpunk air hockey with attitude. 3D Cyberpuck is a futuristic sport simulation from 1992 that nobody asked for, yet somehow needed. Imagine a gritty dystopia where...
3d World Boxing
DOS1992 boxing
Released in 1992, 3D World Boxing tried its best to bring the sweet science into the third dimension. The result is less Rocky and more “two mannequins in pajamas slap each other in a cube.” But bless its heart, it rea...
American Gladiators
DOS1992 unconventional sports, multi-sport
Remember the spandex-clad madness of 90s TV? American Gladiators brings it to your DOS screen with all the grace of a flying pugil stick. You’ll compete in various bizarre events like The Joust and The Wall, all while being ...
Archer Maclean's Pool
DOS1992 pool / snooker
For those who think snooker is too posh and billiards too French, there's Archer Maclean's Pool, the most ‘90s way to simulate the timeless art of arguing over whether that shot was really legal. It’s pool in DOS &mdas...
Bass Tour
DOS1992 fishing and hunting
Think of Bass Tour (1992) as the road trip version of virtual fishing. More simulation than arcade, it lets you travel, pick locations, study conditions, and obsess over bait types like you're preparing for a National Geographic s...
Carl Lewis Challenge
DOS1992 multi-sport, olympic sports
Carl Lewis Challenge is a sports simulation video game that was released in 1992 by Psygnosis for various platforms, including the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. Named after the famous American track and field athlete Carl Lewis, the g...
Championship Manager
DOS1992 soccer, business simulation
Championship Manager is the first chapter in one of the most successful football manager games series. The first Championship Manager was a text-based British football/soccer simulation and included teams from four Engli...