The best abandonware sports games
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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Caveman Ugh-Lympics
DOS1989 multi-sport, unconventional sports
Pro Tennis Tour
DOS1989 tennis
Allan Border's Cricket
DOS1993 unconventional sports
In Allan Border’s Cricket (1993), you get to live the thrill of... waiting. A lot. But when the action kicks in, it’s surprisingly engaging. Named after the Australian cricket legend, the game offers realistic mechanic...
NFL Pro League Football
DOS1989 american football
Manchester United: The Double
DOS1994 soccer, business simulation
Winter Supersports 1992
DOS1992 winter sports, multi-sport, olympic sports
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-...
Skate or Die
DOS1988 multi-sport, unconventional sports
Skate or Die is an abandoned sports game, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for DOS and a number of other platforms. Skate or Die is a multi-sport kind of game, including every kind of unconventional "sport" done o...
Virtual Pool
DOS1995 pool / snooker
Brutal Sports Football
DOS1993 american football, unconventional sports
Take American football, remove the rules, add swords and fireballs, and throw in some screaming. That is Brutal Sports Football. This is not about touchdowns. This is about survival. Players can be decapitated, the ball can explod...
World Class Leader Board
DOS1988 golf
World Class Leader Board is a golf simulation game developed and published by Access Software and released in the late 1980s for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and PC. Players could choose their cl...
NHL Hockey
DOS1993 hockey, winter sports
Football Manager 3
DOS1993 soccer, business simulation
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...
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...
Sharkey's 3D Pool
DOS1990 pool / snooker
Speedball
DOS1988 unconventional sports
Premier Manager
DOS1992 soccer, business simulation
Premier Manager was released in 1992 by Gremlin Interactive for the Commodore Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. It was one of the earliest football management simulation games and allowed players to take on the role of a football club m...
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 ...
Mike Ditka Ultimate Football
DOS1991 american football
The Games: Winter Edition
DOS1988 winter sports, olympic sports, multi-sport
Eishockey Manager
DOS1993 winter sports, hockey, business simulation
NHL 96
DOS1995 hockey, winter sports
TV Sports: Basketball
DOS1990freeware basketball
WWF in Your House
DOS1996 wrestling
Football Fanatic
DOS1998freeware business simulation, soccer
MicroProse Soccer
DOS1988protected soccer
MicroProse Soccer is an abandoned action-oriented soccer game, developed by Sensible Software and released by MicroProse Software in 1988. The appeal of MicroProse Soccer was its simplicity and the smooth controls. In the United S...
World Cricket
DOS1994 unconventional sports
Sensible Soccer
DOS1992 soccer
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 ...