My Top 6 Favorite Sports Video Games From My Childhood
NCAA Football is coming back after a decade-long hiatus. And in honor of the iconic video game series returning, Andrew has been talking about some of his favorite things in sports video games all week. Here is what he has covered so far.
- 7 Players Who Missed Out on Being Cover Athletes For NCAA Football
- The Top 6 Songs From Sports Video Game Soundtracks
- The 5 Worst Cover Athletes In Sports Video Game History
- 6 Non-Star Athletes I Couldn’t Be Stopped With In Video Games
And now on the final Day of the week, he is talking about his favorite sports video games period. Here is what made the list.
ESPN NFL 2K5
The GOAT football game. I could make the case it is the GOAT sports game. This game had it all. Fantasy Draft, legit gameplay, first-person mode, THE CRIB!!! You even got halftime shows from Chris Berman. The gameplay itself ruled, but all the bells and whistles made it the best.
NBA 2K10
It was my favorite of the 2k franchises. It was so great that I kept my Xbox 360 for a LONG time just to keep playing it. The next 2k I bought was in the next decade.
Madden 12
No. It isn’t my favorite because Peyton Hillis is on the cover. In my opinion, this was the last great Madden. The last Madden that you didn’t hear complaints about 1 week into the game being released.
NHL Hitz 02
Not all of these games have to be the real deal. NHL Hitz was 3 on 3 arcade hockey where you could catch on fire and score from the logo. Want to kill a few hours with your buddies? This was always a safe choice
NFL/NBA Street
I could do a write-up for both, but I want these two games married together. They are both iconic for what they brought. 3 on 3 hoops, 7 on 7 football, the locations you played, and the ways you could build your rosters in some of the game modes. I have never heard a person complain about either of these games
MLB 2k11
Like NBA 2k10, this was my favorite of the franchise. It was also a game that kept me from buying another one for a long time. It also helps that Roy Halladay was on the cover and the Phillies were nasty to play with.
Watch Andrew Salciunas live on the 97.5 The Fanatic YouTube page on Weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
6 Non-Star Athletes I Couldn't Be Stopped With In Video Games
Eddie House
That’s NBA Champion Eddie House to you! I think his overall rating in any NBA game never eclipsed 70. But the dude was a SNIPER from 3. I won a league MVP with House before and I’m pretty sure LeBron was on that team. Catch and shoot, step-backs, it didn’t matter. Eddie House was a bucket.
Tony Womack
There is a chance that if you didn’t read this article, you would never have thought of the name Tony Womack ever again. Back when slapping singles and dropping bunts mattered. Tony Womack was that dude in old baseball games. Once he got on base, he was stealing second and third.
Gavin Floyd
This former Phillies legend ended up getting traded to the Chicago White Sox. He had a few good years in real life, but he was headed to Cooperstown when I pitched with him. The 12-6 curve in some baseball games was basically a cheat code, and he had that. I would draft him low enough to be the 3rd or 4th guy in the rotation, but he would end up winning Cy Young each year.
Birdman Chris Anderson
Nobody plays 2K to play with a big. But if you want to run a pick-and-roll with an athletic big man and get triple-doubles thanks to rebounds and blocks, Birdman was that guy. He could be your last draft pick and make the biggest impact on both ends on the floor
Xavier Nady
Talk about a bust out. Nady hit at least 20 home runs in just 2 years of his 12-year career. But we aren’t talking real-life people. Nady for some reason had a power rating against left-handed pitchers in the 90s. Bring him in as a platoon player, and he is hitting 30+ bombs in 80 starts.
Tarvaris Jackson
RIP. Jackson was the quarterback of the Vikings when Adrian Peterson entered the league. I would play as Minnesota in Madden, but not for AP. I played for Jackson. Play action passes to tight ends or tucking and running, he was my MVP.
