Sports Games on the PCE

[KungFuKid]

Just as a matter of interest, because they don't seem to get mentioned that much here, does anyone actually like the sports games on the PCE? I personally love Davis Cup Tennis CD, and the CD J-League tremendous soccer. Also I love the F1 Circus games, and shamefully admit to loving BattleField Pro Wrestling '94!!!! (although the rest of the wrestling games on the system are crap!)

[RuninRuder]

Well, I like the Davis Cup Tennis TurboChip.  Are there any significant differences between it and the PCE CD one?

I hated F1 Circus Special, but I haven't played the HuCard ones yet.

[PCEngineHell]

Yea Battlefield is great. I wanted the womens wrestling game by Human for Arcade cd too,cause it plays like Fire Pros later titles I read. The only thing I don't like about Battlefield is the tiny glitch where sometimes when Muta does a moonsault his graphics mess up.

[Keranu]

I actually love the sports games for PCE, a genre which doesn't get much praise for the console. Some of my favorites are World Class Baseball (along with the rest of the Power League Series), Dodge Danpei (though this more of an RPG ), Kunio Soccer, Takin' It To The Hoop (cheesy, but I have had fun with it), The Pro Yakyuu (really good baseball game), Final Match Tennis (excellent tennis game), and probably some more I forgot. We made a thread before that discussed our favorite sport games.

[CrackTiger]

Well if F1 Circus counts as a sports game, does that mean that Final Lap Twin does as well? If so, I love that game! 

I got into Madden Duo CD Football at the time, actually learning how football is played in the process.

[KungFuKid]

Yeah, for some reason I can never get into (American) football games, I just find them too 'stop/start', a bit like the game itself I guess! Give me rugby any day!  In fact, that's a point, you hardly ever see a good rugby game for consoles! (I know EA dabbled a bit and released one or two in the early 90's, but other than that...). Would be good to play one too...

[Keranu]

American football blows, and this is coming from an American.

[KungFuKid]

American football blows, and this is coming from an American.

Hahahaha!!!  I used to get complimentary VIP tickets to go see the Scottish Claymores when they used to play in NFL Europe a few years ago (they disbanded 2 years ago), and whilst I enjoyed the nice leather heated seats I was given, I always found the game itself frustrating! Start, stop, start, stop.....

[OldRover]

American football is one of the most boring sports there are. I'd rather watch curling (actually, it's quite interesting) or some form of sport martial art (not boxing either).

[termis]

Ah, hell no dudes.  Football (of the American variety) has got to have some of the best strategy ever in a sport.  It really is a game that you need to learn the ins & outs to enjoy, unlike more continuous action-based sports (soccer, hockey, etc).  It's a game where _every single play_ really matters. 

But I do also think that that football video games are boring.

[Ninja Spirit]

For real, when I'm with my friends we normally play Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Guilty Gear XX Slash or Marvel vs Capcom 2. But when they bust out Madden or NBA Street and go on for an hour or more, before I know it I lie myself out of the house to go somewhere else.

Other than Power League on PCE, I kinda like Cyberstadium Base Wars (NES) RBI Baseball, Sports Talk Baseball (Genesis) and SNK's Baseball Stars series.

Me I'm really a baseball guy when it comes to sports games.

[KungFuKid]

I've not even got any of the baseball games for the PCE, in spite of the large amount available! Which would people say are the best ones? I'll probably pick up a couple because I do like baseball games.

[CrackTiger]

American football blows, and this is coming from an American.

Hahahaha!!!  I used to get complimentary VIP tickets to go see the Scottish Claymores when they used to play in NFL Europe a few years ago (they disbanded 2 years ago), and whilst I enjoyed the nice leather heated seats I was given, I always found the game itself frustrating! Start, stop, start, stop.....

Is that kinda like the Silly Nannies? 

[KungFuKid]

Eh? I don't understand what you mean by 'silly nannies'??

[Keranu]

I've not even got any of the baseball games for the PCE, in spite of the large amount available! Which would people say are the best ones? I'll probably pick up a couple because I do like baseball games.

Check out any of the Power League games, doesn't really matter which one since they are all pretty similar and a lot of fun. The Pro Yakyuu is also a really nice baseball game (it's for CD) and is also pretty similar to the Power League games. If you (or anyone else) happens to come across that baseball RPG for CD, please let me know what it's like as I'm dying to hear about that game!

[termis]

If you (or anyone else) happens to come across that baseball RPG for CD, please let me know what it's like as I'm dying to hear about that game!

I recall seeing that game on the store shelves.  Just dug up some info.

Title is "Eikan wa Kimini: Koukou Yakyuu Zengoku Taikai" -> "Crown goes to you: All-Japan High School Baseball Tournament"

I dug up the info from this page:
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~tetuya/FXHP/pcengine/slg/eikan.html

Apparently, you play as the manager of a Japanese high school baseball club, and you manage the team by coaching and consulting them.  Your goal is to win the summer national tournament (koushien).  You don't actually play as the players during the game, you can only tell 'em what to do and hope for the best.  It actually has 4017 Japanese high schools to choose from, and the data is compiled from the real '93 tournament.

I guess it may appeal to the seriously hardcore baseball junkies.  And obviously, you gotta be fluent in Japanese if you wanna play this game.

[CrackTiger]

If you (or anyone else) happens to come across that baseball RPG for CD, please let me know what it's like as I'm dying to hear about that game!

I recall seeing that game on the store shelves.  Just dug up some info.

Title is "Eikan wa Kimini: Koukou Yakyuu Zengoku Taikai" -> "Crown goes to you: All-Japan High School Baseball Tournament"

I dug up the info from this page:
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~tetuya/FXHP/pcengine/slg/eikan.html

Apparently, you play as the manager of a Japanese high school baseball club, and you manage the team by coaching and consulting them.  Your goal is to win the summer national tournament (koushien).  You don't actually play as the players during the game, you can only tell 'em what to do and hope for the best.  It actually has 4017 Japanese high schools to choose from, and the data is compiled from the real '93 tournament.

I guess it may appeal to the seriously hardcore baseball junkies.  And obviously, you gotta be fluent in Japanese if you wanna play this game.

Sounds more like a Sim game than a Sports game to me. 

But if it had come out in English I would've mastered it back in the day. 

[Keranu]

I recall seeing that game on the store shelves.  Just dug up some info.

Title is "Eikan wa Kimini: Koukou Yakyuu Zengoku Taikai" -> "Crown goes to you: All-Japan High School Baseball Tournament"

I dug up the info from this page:
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~tetuya/FXHP/pcengine/slg/eikan.html

Apparently, you play as the manager of a Japanese high school baseball club, and you manage the team by coaching and consulting them.  Your goal is to win the summer national tournament (koushien).  You don't actually play as the players during the game, you can only tell 'em what to do and hope for the best.  It actually has 4017 Japanese high schools to choose from, and the data is compiled from the real '93 tournament.

I guess it may appeal to the seriously hardcore baseball junkies.  And obviously, you gotta be fluent in Japanese if you wanna play this game.

Hmm I don't think this was the game I was thinking of as I remember the cover looking differently. I believe it was made by Pack-in-Video, so we'll have to be cautious when we approach it . Thanks for filling me in on this game though, I don't think I have ever seen/heard of it and it looks/sounds pretty interesting actually.

[KungFuKid]

I've not even got any of the baseball games for the PCE, in spite of the large amount available! Which would people say are the best ones? I'll probably pick up a couple because I do like baseball games.

Check out any of the Power League games, doesn't really matter which one since they are all pretty similar and a lot of fun. The Pro Yakyuu is also a really nice baseball game (it's for CD) and is also pretty similar to the Power League games. If you (or anyone else) happens to come across that baseball RPG for CD, please let me know what it's like as I'm dying to hear about that game!

Ok, cheers! I'll definitely pick one or two of them up at some point!

[termis]

Hmm I don't think this was the game I was thinking of as I remember the cover looking differently. I believe it was made by Pack-in-Video, so we'll have to be cautious when we approach it . Thanks for filling me in on this game though, I don't think I have ever seen/heard of it and it looks/sounds pretty interesting actually.

Now you piqued my interest in this title, so I did some more searching and I think I came up with what you were looking for - Nekketsu Legend Baseballer by Pack-in-Video.  There isn't too much info on it out there even on the Japanese pages. 

Actually really looks interesting - just the concept of a sports RPG sounds pretty cool. 

I wonder if this title is rare - no copies are available up on yahoo auction Japan. Hm...

http://www.arcademuseum.dk/infotitel.php?id=20989
http://www.tanteidan.cc/dojin/bb/bb.htm
http://www.jimpower.org/baseballer/ (Japanese faq page on bottom)

[Keranu]

Thanks a lot for the links! Even though there isn't much detail, those screenshots look sweet! I love that title screen with Pegasus on it  .