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The pitch, the ring, the course — the games that turned real-world play into a controller in your hands.

41 games in this room

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

10-Yard Fight

10ヤードファイト

American football video game · 1985

10-Yard Fight is an American football game by Irem, first released in arcades in 1983 and ported to the Famicom in 1985.…

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Family Computer Disk System

Volleyball

バレーボール

Sports / Volleyball · 1986

Volleyball is a 1986 sports game developed by Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Famicom Disk System, adapte…

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"Famista" became Japan's generic word for baseball games. Namco's 1986 Famicom sim used real NPB teams — altered names, real

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium

プロ野球ファミリースタジアム

Sports (Baseball) · 1986

Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium — universally known in Japan as Famista — is a 1986 Famicom baseball simulation that uses real…

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Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! ! for Famicom (1987) — Nintendo's iconic boxing game starring real-world champion Mike Tyson as the f

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

マイクタイソン・パンチアウト!!

Sports / Boxing · 1987

Developed by Nintendo R&D3 and released in 1987, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! transformed boxing into a pattern-recognition …

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Super Dodge Ball

熱血高校ドッジボール部

Sports / Action · 1988

Super Dodge Ball — Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu in Japan — was the second entry in Technos Japan's Kunio-kun franchise a…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Namco Classic

ナムコクラシック

Sports (Golf) · 1988

Namco Classic is a golf game for the Famicom, released in Japan in 1988 and published by Namco. It offers a Round Play m…

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Family Computer Disk System

Konamic Ice Hockey

コナミックアイスホッケー

Sports (Ice Hockey) · 1988

Konamic Ice Hockey is Konami's fast-paced ice hockey game, released for the Famicom Disk System in July 1988. It is the …

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Family Computer Disk System

Big Challenge! Judo Senshuken

ビッグチャレンジ! 柔道選手権

Sports (Judo) · 1988

A judo competition game released by Jaleco for the Famicom Disk System in 1988. It was the first entry in Jaleco's 'Big …

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Once Bo Jackson broke through the line, a touchdown was virtually certain. Tecmo Bowl (NES, 1989) — NFL football reduced to p

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Tecmo Bowl

テクモボール

Sports ·

Originally an arcade American football game in 1987, Tecmo Bowl became a phenomenon on the NES and Famicom through its a…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Super League

スーパーリーグ

Sports (Baseball) · 1989

An early Mega Drive baseball game published by Sega in Japan in 1989. It arrived near the start of the console's life an…

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F-Zero (Super Famicom, 1990) has no multiplayer — two Mode 7 tracks would have halved the frame rate. The launch title that s

Super Famicom / SNES

F-Zero

F-ZERO

Racing · 1990

F-Zero (1990) was one of Nintendo's showcase launch titles for the Super Famicom, designed to demonstrate Mode 7 — the h…

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Nintendo World Cup for famicom (1990) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Nintendo World Cup

熱血高校ドッジボール部 サッカー編

association football video game · 1990

Nintendo World Cup is a 1990 association football video game for the famicom, developed by Technōs Japan Corporation, wi…

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Holyfield was undisputed heavyweight champion when this shipped. Sega's Real Deal Boxing (Mega Drive, 1992) — career mode wit

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing

イベンダー・ホリフィールド ボクシング

Sports (Boxing) · 1992

A boxing game built around heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, released by Sega in 1992. The player creates a fighte…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football

ジョー・モンタナ II スポーツトーク フットボール

Sports (American football) · 1992

An American football game for the Mega Drive, the sequel to Sega's original Joe Montana Football, released in Japan in e…

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FIFA International Soccer for game boy (1993) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Game Boy

FIFA International Soccer

FIFA インターナショナルサッカー

association football video game · 1993

FIFA International Soccer is a 1993 association football video game for the game boy, developed by EA Vancouver, with mu…

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Japan waited nearly four years — then got it only via kiosk download. Super Punch-Out!! (1994, Super Famicom) — no music duri Uncommon

Super Famicom / SNES

Super Punch-Out!!

スーパーパンチアウト!!

Boxing · 1998

Released in North America in October 1994, Super Punch-Out!! is the Super Famicom successor to the beloved NES Punch-Out…

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Special Tee Shot — a finished golf game with no Kirby — was repurposed when Kirby proved popular. Kirby's Dream Course (1994,

Super Famicom / SNES

Kirby's Dream Course

カービィボウル

Sports / Puzzle · 1994

Released in September 1994, Kirby's Dream Course is a miniature golf game where Kirby is the ball — launched from a tee,…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

FIFA 97

FIFAサッカー97

association football video game · 1996

FIFA 97 is a 1996 association football video game for the mega drive, developed by EA Vancouver. It belongs to the FIFAシ…

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The developers later co-founded Vanillaware. Snowboard Kids (1997, N64) — Atlus's four-player cartoon snowboard racer, an N64 Uncommon

Nintendo 64

Snowboard Kids

スノーボードキッズ

Racing / Sports · 1997

Snowboard Kids (1997) is Racdym and Atlus's cheerful N64 snowboarding racer — a cartoon-styled game where a cast of chil…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98

association football video game · 1997

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 is a 1997 association football video game for the mega drive, developed by EA Vancouver. It b…

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Nine months from announcement to ship. 1080° Snowboarding (N64, 1998) launched the same year snowboarding debuted at the Wint

Nintendo 64

1080° Snowboarding

1080° スノーボーディング

Sports / Snowboarding · 1998

1080° Snowboarding (1998) arrived at the peak of snowboarding's cultural moment — Tony Hawk's generation, the X Games, s…

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Train a golfer on Game Boy Color, then transfer them to the N64. Mario Golf GBC (Camelot, 1999) — a full RPG campaign hidden

Game Boy Color

Mario Golf

マリオゴルフGB

Sports / RPG · 1999

Mario Golf for Game Boy Color is substantially more than a portable port of the Nintendo 64 title released the same year…

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PlayStation

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

トニー・ホーク スケートボーディング

Extreme Sports · 2000

Released in North America on September 29, 1999, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater created the skateboarding video game genre as a …

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Horror Land flips its rules at night. Mario Party 2 (N64, 1999) — Hudson fixed the blisters, added 65 minigames, and made the

Nintendo 64

Mario Party 2

マリオパーティ2

Party · 1999

Released in December 1999, Mario Party 2 refined the formula of the original Mario Party into what many players consider…

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Mario himself is locked behind story completion. Mario Tennis GBC (2000) built a tennis academy RPG with leveling, rivals, an Uncommon

Game Boy Color

Mario Tennis

マリオテニスGB

Sports / Tennis · 2000

Mario Tennis for Game Boy Color is the first handheld entry in the Mario Tennis series, released the same year as its Ni…

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Training mini-games that outshone the tennis itself. Virtua Tennis / Power Smash (2000, Dreamcast) — NAOMI hardware made the

Dreamcast

Virtua Tennis

パワースマッシュ

Sports / Tennis · 2000

Virtua Tennis (2000) is the Dreamcast game that set the template for every tennis simulation that followed. Developed on…

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Waluigi was invented for this game and has never appeared in a mainline Mario platformer since. Mario Tennis (N64, 2000) by C

Nintendo 64

Mario Tennis

マリオテニス64

Sports · 2000

Mario Tennis (2000) defined what a Mario sports game could be: tight arcade mechanics wrapped in franchise characters, w…

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Dreamcast

Cosmic Smash

コズミックスマッシュ

Sports / Action · 2001

Cosmic Smash (2001) is one of the rarest and most visually distinctive Dreamcast exclusives — a futuristic sports game c…

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Snow wall calibrated to chase skilled players without feeling unfair — that is the design secret of 1080° Avalanche (GameCube Uncommon

Nintendo GameCube

1080° Avalanche

1080° アバランチ

Sports · 2004

Released in 2003, 1080° Avalanche is the sequel to the acclaimed 1080° Snowboarding for Nintendo 64, this time developed…

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Nintendo GameCube

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

マリオゴルフ ファミリーツアー

Sports / Golf · 2003

Released in North America in July 2003, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour is Camelot Software Planning's GameCube entry in the …

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Final Match Tennis

ファイナルマッチテニス

Sports · 1991

Final Match Tennis was released for the PC Engine in Japan on March 1, 1991.…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Fire Pro Wrestling: 2nd Bout

ファイヤープロレスリング 2nd BOUT

Sports · 1991

Fire Pro Wrestling 2nd Bout, released in 1991 exclusively in Japan, was later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in …

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Fire Pro Wrestling: Combination Tag

ファイヤープロレスリング コンビネーションタッグ

Sports · 1989

Fire Pro Wrestling Combination Tag, released June 22, 1989, was designed by Masato Masuda, who had previously worked on …

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90

フォーメーションサッカー ヒューマンカップ'90

Sports · 1990

Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90 was released April 27, 1990, timed to coincide with the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Ganbare! Golf Boys

がんばれ!ゴルフボーイズ

Sports · 1989

Ganbare! Golf Boys, released March 30, 1989, supported up to four players via the PC Engine's multi-tap peripheral.…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Maniac Pro Wrestling

マニアックプロレス

Sports · 1990

Maniac Pro Wrestling (1990) for the PC Engine, published by Hudson Soft.…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Super Volleyball

スーパーバレーボール

Sports · 1990

Super Volleyball was released for the PC Engine on February 7, 1990.…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

USA Pro Basketball

USAプロバスケットボール

Sports · 1989

USA Pro Basketball, published by Aicom in Japan on December 1, 1989, was released in North America the following year as…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Winning Shot

ウィニングショット

Sports ·

Winning Shot is a golf game for the PC Engine, developed and published by Data East.…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

World Jockey

ワールドジョッキー

Sports · 1991

World Jockey is a sports game for the PC Engine, released in Japan in 1991.…

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Pebble Beach no Hatou (3DO, 1994) — Pebble Beach no Hatou, developed by T&E Soft and published by Panasonic for the 3DO in 19

3DO

Pebble Beach no Hatou

ペブルビーチの波涛

Sports · 1994

Pebble Beach no Hatou, developed by T&E Soft and published by Panasonic for the 3DO in 1994, was part of T&E Soft's long…

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