Top 5 Sports Games

5. NBA 2K Series (Multi)

Visual Concepts criminally underrated franchise manages to perfectly walk the fine line between arcade thrills and simulation whilst providing an addictive, accessible experience which appeals to fans and non fans alike.

















4. PGA Tour Golf (Amiga)

Best sampled in my opinion on the Amiga due to it's mouse support PGA Tour Golf is a wonderful portrayal of the sport in which you can lose hours mastering the courses on offer. It's just a pity that the franchise appeared to drastically change and loose it's way after obtaining the Tiger Woods name and likeness rights.














3. Virtua Tennis 3 (Xbox 360/PS3)

The pinnacle of Sega's superb series so far due to it's excellent career mode and the addition on online matches Virtua Tennis 3 is a shining example of how to make a relatively shallow arcade game work perfectly on a home console. I only hope Sega now aren't going to resort to the EA formula of releasing yearly updates with minor improvements.
















2. Winning Eleven 7 (PS2)

Released in Europe as Pro Evolution Soccer 3 this represented a substantial overhaul in both graphics and mechanics compared to the previous (excellent) game in the series. Animation was also improved vastly to create a wonderfully fluid and playable game of football. Six sequels have followed, none of which have greatly changed or improved the formula that made Winning Eleven 7 so great. Pull your finger out Konami!
















1. Sensible World Of Soccer (Amiga)

Although undoubtedly basic in appearance by today's standards Sensible World Of Soccer holds the top spot due to the masterful way it combines an in depth management simulation with a insanely playable football game. This was every football fans dream at the time and even the Winning Eleven/PES series' Master League cannot match up to Sensible World Of Soccer's 20 season Career Mode. Get relegated, get sacked, end up having to take a job at some lower league team, rise to the top again, win in europe, even get offered the International managers job of your chosen country!

This game basically ruined my first year of college education, i just HAD to play my career mode and often i skipped full afternoons just to go home and stop my beloved Leeds United from descending into a lower league (hah!) or to make sure England qualify for the World Cup.