The most popular 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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Sid Meier's SimGolf

Windows XP/98/952002 sandbox strategy, golf, business simulation

Sid Meier's SimGolf is a golf simulation video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by Electronic Arts under the design direction of Sid Meier. It was released in 2002 for Microsoft Windows.In Sid Meier's SimGolf, players...

Micheal Jordan in Flight

DOS1993 basketball

Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs

DOS1989 basketball

Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs is a classic abandoned action sports basketball video game. Developed and published by Electronic Arts, it was released in 1989 for the Sega Genesis (also known as Mega Drive) and DOS. This ...

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98

Windows XP/98/951997 soccer

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 (also known as FIFA 98) is a football sports game developed by Electronic Arts and released in 1997 for multiple platforms including Windows, Genesis, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES. FIFA: R...

FIFA Soccer 97

DOSWindows XP/98/951996 soccer

FIFA Soccer 97 is a football video game developed and published by EA Sports as part of the FIFA series. Released in 1996 for various platforms, it was the fourth installment in the FIFA series and introduced several new features....

Sensible Soccer

DOS1992 soccer

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...

NHL 96

DOS1995 hockey, winter sports

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 ...

California Games

DOS1988 unconventional sports, multi-sport

Radical! Gnarly! And other 80s slang words! California Games is what happens when sports simulations meet neon-colored vibes and a love of spandex. You’ll hacky sack, BMX race, and throw frisbees in pixelated glory. Half the...

PGA Tour golf

DOS1990 golf

PGA Tour Golf is an abandoned golf game - the first in the PGA Tour series - designed by Lee Actor and Dennis Koble, developed by Sterling Silver Software and released by Electronic Arts in 1990. PGA Tour Golf features 3 golf...

NHL Hockey

DOS1993 hockey, winter sports

Championship Manager 2: The Italian Leagues Season 96/97

DOS1996 soccer, business simulation

California Games 2

DOS1990 multi-sport, unconventional sports

The sequel nobody asked for, but we’re still kinda glad happened. California Games 2 adds even weirder sports: jet-skiing, hang gliding, and bodyboarding, which is like surfing but with less dignity. The graphics are improve...

The Games: Winter Challenge

DOS1991 winter sports, olympic sports, multi-sport

Championship Manager: Season 97/98

DOS1997 soccer, business simulation

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 ...

One-on-One Basketball

DOS1988 basketball

Before NBA 2K made your thumbs cry, there was One-on-One Basketball. You get to control either Larry Bird or Julius Erving in a thrilling display of 80s pixelated hoop dreams. The court looks like it was drawn with a ruler and thr...

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...

4th & Inches

DOS1988protected american football

Before Madden became a household name, 1988 gave us this DOS football classic, where plays are drawn like cave paintings and players move like molasses in January. Yet, for its time, this was the real deal. You could call plays, m...