I'm not a very big fan of sports games. I'm not afraid to admit it, either...I just generally don't like them. I'd much rather be shooting or driving. About the only sports game I find entertaining now is Mario Power Tennis. That being said, one sports game I did enjoy playing back in the day was Nintendo's Ice Hockey (1988). Part of what I enjoy about this game (and a lot of other classic games) is it's simplicity. You begin the game by building your team of four players, and you only have three player types to choose from: skinny guy, regular-size guy, and fat guy. I always liked a combination of skinny guys and fat guys because they look more comical than regular-size guy. The same holds true in today's games. You could actually cause your players to fight in Ice Hockey, although it's pretty lame compared to the fighting in later hockey games like NHLPA Hockey 93, which was immortalized in one of my favorite movies.
One of the best things about 80s team sports games is that you could pit the United States against the Soviet Union. It almost seems silly now, but growing up in the Reagan era you felt a real sense of fear towards the Russians, what with their communism and their nukes and their Berlin Wall. Remember movies like this one? Anyway, with Ice Hockey you could re-enact the United States' famous 1980 Winter Olympics victory over the Soviets. Good times, indeed!
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