Tag Archives: Sports

Sensible Golf, PC

Relatively obscure follow-up to Sensible Soccer and Cannon Fodder.

Sensible Golf was first released in 1994 for the PC and Amiga, and didn’t really make much of an impact on the market, although it’s not a bad game at all.

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California Games, Commodore 64

Perhaps the least orthodox Epyx multi-event sports game, but arguably the best out of all of them, California Games was first released in 1987 to much acclaim.

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Summer Games II, Commodore 64

Sequel to the award-winning Epyx multi-event sports game, Summer Games II is arguably even better than its predecessor.

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Summer Games, Commodore 64

The first of the ground-breaking/award-winning Epyx multi-event sport games, Summer Games was first released way back in 1984.

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Winter Games, Commodore 64

One of many classic Epyx-published multi-event sports games from the Eighties, Winter Games is a collection of playable snow and ice-based Olympic events, but without the official license.

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HES Games, Commodore 64

In my mind THE best Olympic sports type game on the Commodore 64.

HES Games – by 321 Software and HESWare – beats Epyx‘s great sports titles by virtue of its simplicity, and of it’s refined control system. And there’s an interesting mix of events too.

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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, PlayStation

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 on the PlayStation is a special game. It is where the THPS series really took off. Where fantasy skateboarding truly became intuitive and fun…

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