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1. Sensible World of Soccer (Amiga)
2. Everybody's Golf World Tour (PS Vita)
3. EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis (Wii)
4. Fifa 16 (Xbox One/PS4)
5. Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
6. Virtua Tennis 2 (DC)
7. Fight Night Round 3 (Xbox 360)
8. NBA 2k2 (DC)
9. Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball (GC)
10. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)

No particular order;

#. 1080 Snowboarding (N64)
#. Excitebike 64 (N64)
#. FIFA '95 (Mega Drive)
#. Mario Golf (N64)
#. Rocky (GameCube)
#. Sensible World of Soccer (PC)
#. Super Tennis (SNES)
#. Wave Race 64 (N64)
#. Wii Sports (Wii)
#. WWF No Mercy (N64)

HSH28 wrote:...
2. Everybody's Golf World Tour (PS Vita)
...
10. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)

HSH, two golf games, but I had thought that Mario Golf: World Tour (3DS) would make your list. Maybe it was bubbling under?

Shocked no-one has mentioned the NBA/NFL Street games tbh. Great games.

FIFA 13
ISS 98
NBA Street Vol. 3
NFL Street
Mario Power Tennis
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
SSX3
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Skate 2
Fight Night Round 2

Trying to remember the best skating game reminded me of this..... Very basic but I had fun with it.

jawafour wrote:

HSH28 wrote:...
2. Everybody's Golf World Tour (PS Vita)
...
10. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)

HSH, two golf games, but I had thought that Mario Golf: World Tour (3DS) would make your list. Maybe it was bubbling under?

Mario Golf is good...but Everybody's Golf is essentially similar, but better than any Mario Golf game has ever been.

Tiger Woods is a different kettle of fish entirely.

To be honest I'd consider both PSP Everybody's Golf games before any of the Mario Golf games.

Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 2
Grand Prix Legends
Colin McRae Rally 2
WWF No Mercy
Mario Tennis (N64)
Mario Golf (N64)
SWOS
Championship Manager 97/98
PES4
FIFA 09

Miguel007 wrote:No particular order;

#. 1080 Snowboarding (N64)
#. Excitebike 64 (N64)
#. FIFA '95 (Mega Drive)
#. Mario Golf (N64)
#. Rocky (GameCube)
#. Sensible World of Soccer (PC)
#. Super Tennis (SNES)
#. Wave Race 64 (N64)
#. Wii Sports (Wii)
#. WWF No Mercy (N64)

Miguel007 wrote:No particular order

You claim that there's "no particular order" to your list.



But what's this?

Miguel007 wrote:1080 Snowboarding (N64)
Excitebike 64 (N64)
FIFA '95 (Mega Drive)
Mario Golf (N64)
Rocky (GameCube)
Sensible World of Soccer (PC)
Super Tennis (SNES)
Wave Race 64 (N64)
Wii Sports (Wii)
WWF No Mercy (N64)

There definitely seems to be a very particular order to your list, Miguel!

Now what could it be...





The evidence is irrefutable!

It's an Alphabetical List!



We've seen this play before, boys! Gents, today I'll run for mayor, on a platform of lynching Miguel, as per the alphabetical theory...

...oh wait, that's not what we're doing here, is it?

jawafour wrote:

SerialCeler wrote:...Also, if anyone is inclined perhaps they could make a lovely logo for GRecommends (top 10s + stuff)?

How about this, 'Celer?

That's awesome Jawa, you are a legend.

Great to see the nominations so far. Keep those votes coming in!

Any way to make the 'recommendations & stuff' a bit more defined on the logo? Otherwise please can we get it up ASAP, anything but this Queen logo.

Fries. Wedges. Crisps? wrote:

Miguel007 wrote:No particular order;

#. 1080 Snowboarding (N64)
#. Excitebike 64 (N64)
#. FIFA '95 (Mega Drive)
#. Mario Golf (N64)
#. Rocky (GameCube)
#. Sensible World of Soccer (PC)
#. Super Tennis (SNES)
#. Wave Race 64 (N64)
#. Wii Sports (Wii)
#. WWF No Mercy (N64)

Miguel007 wrote:No particular order

You claim that there's "no particular order" to your list.



But what's this?

Miguel007 wrote:1080 Snowboarding (N64)
Excitebike 64 (N64)
FIFA '95 (Mega Drive)
Mario Golf (N64)
Rocky (GameCube)
Sensible World of Soccer (PC)
Super Tennis (SNES)
Wave Race 64 (N64)
Wii Sports (Wii)
WWF No Mercy (N64)

There definitely seems to be a very particular order to your list, Miguel!

Now what could it be...

The evidence is irrefutable!

It's an Alphabetical List!



We've seen this play before, boys! Gents, today I'll run for mayor, on a platform of lynching Miguel, as per the alphabetical theory...

...oh wait, that's not what we're doing here, is it?

strawberry floating Dan and his knowledge of the alphabet.

But why does the alphabet have an order??

OrangeRakoon wrote:But why does the alphabet have an order??

Because without it we would be no better than savage animals.

Plenty of time left to get your votes in if you haven't done so yet.

132 games nominated so far. Plus, there are three games tied for 10th place at the moment.

The nominations have been tabulated and I can reveal the top 10 best sports games of all time, as voted for by GRcade (actually there are slightly more than 10 because of a number of tied votes – but the more the merrier, eh?).

Quick results


1st
Wii Sports
Developer: Nintendo EAD, Publisher: Nintendo
First released: Wii, 2006

Currently available on Wii U (as Wii Sports Club)

2nd
Mario Tennis
Camelot Software Planning, Nintendo
Nintendo 64, 2000

Currently available on Wii U Virtual Console

3rd
Rocket League
Psyonix, Psyonix
PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, 2015

Currently available

4th=
Mario Golf
Camelot Software Planning, Nintendo
Nintendo 64, 1999


4th=
WWF No Mercy
Asmik Ace Entertainment / AKI Corporation, THQ
Nintendo 64, 2000


4th=
1080° Snowboarding
Nintendo EAD, Nintendo
Nintendo 64, 1998

Currently available on Wii U Virtual Console

7th=
NBA Jam
Midway, Acclaim Entertainment
SNES, MegaDrive, Arcade, 1993


7th=
Sensible World of Soccer
Sensible Software, Renegade
Amiga, PC, 1994


7th=
SSX 3
EA Canada, EA Sports Big
PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, 2003


10th=
Championship Manager 01/02
Sports Interactive, Eidos Interactive
PC, Xbox, 2001


10th=
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Konami
PlayStation 2, Xbox, 2003


10th=
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Neversoft, Activision
PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, 2001


Bubbling under: Everybody's Golf: World Tour (PlayStation 3, 2007), FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 (PlayStation, Nintendo 64, 1997), FIFA 16 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, 2015), International Superstar Soccer 64 (Nintendo 64, 1996), Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, 2014), Wave Race 64 (Nintendo 64, 1996), Wii Sports Resort (Wii U, 2009).

131 games were nominated in total, with 218 votes counted.

Nice work, 'Celer - I always enjoy seeing these GR vote results .

Mandatory surprise: Sensible Soccer finishing above Pro Evo. Sure, it was good in its day, but... really? And Wii Sports finishing way ahead of Wii Sports Resort . I guess far fewer folk played Resort.

I also did a quick calculation of a top 10 of nominations by series, if it is of interest.

1. Wii Sports
2= Mario Tennis
2= Mario Golf
2= FIFA
5= 1080 Snowboarding
5= Pro Evolution Soccer
5= WWF/WWE
8= Championship Manager
8= ISS
8= Tony Hawk's

The by series is an interesting list - who'd have thought Nintendo would dominate the top of the table?

It's a good top 10 overall, although I think it's quite obviously a "gamers" top 10 sports games.

jawafour wrote:Mandatory surprise: Sensible Soccer finishing above Pro Evo. Sure, it was good in its day, but... really?

Not even close to being a surprise. SWOS is hands down one of the best games ever made. Pro Evo isn't close.

Opinions and all that, I think SWoS is a super pile of gooseberry fool.

Well that's just plain wrong isn't it. You can have an opinion about most things, but if you say something like Super Mario 64 is the worst 3D platformer ever made, your opinion is pretty much gooseberry fool.

Same goes here.