Sports Games Contents: -----Baseball -----Basketball -----Fishing -----Football -----Golf -----Hockey -----Soccer ============= -----Baseball [BASEBALL] BaseBall (Yuma, Russell J.; $15) is played just like the real game with pitching, hitting, stealing bases - all done with ASCII (text) characters. Features include three levels of skill, extra-inning games and scoreboard. A font editor is used to create players that look more like tiny players. Requires EGA or VGA. [LD6] LineDrive Fantasy Baseball 6.12 (Maranatha Custom Software; $35) allows you to become owner, general manager, manager, and chief scout of your very own team made up of major league stars. It will keep track of rosters, player trades, free agent signings, league standings, and the league's prize fund. A league newsletter can also be printed. If you have not heard of Fantasy Baseball, it is a multi-person game in which each participant owns a team and drafts actual players to be on their team. Team results are based on the actual game statistics of the players in real games. [SIMBASE] Simbase (Smith, Philip; $50) will simulate baseball games for serious analysts. It is not a game. It is intended as a tool for analyzing the value of a particular player or a group of players to the team over the course of one or more full seasons. It provides a framework within which you can forecast the likely outcome for a full baseball season. You can use the program to help you assess current or historical win-loss records in the major leagues, or you can use it to help improve the prospects of your own local team. Play probabilities reflect statistics for individual caught-stealing, wild pitch and balk records. [WP10] Wild Pitch 1.04 (Michael Savage; $25) is a text-based baseball simulation that allows you to test your skills as a big league skipper. Select lineups, pitchers, steal bases, hit and run, etc. View your stats at any time. -----Basketball [FB3] FastBreak Fantasy Basketball 3.04 (Frawley, R.M.; $35) allows you to run a fantasy basketball team of sport professionals from the NBA, NCAA or local recreational leagues. It will keep track of player draft, 18-player team rosters, starting lineups, player contracts, fees and fines, league standings based on eight categories and a prize fund. You can also print out a league newsletter. This is a multi-player game in which each participant forms his own team. It can be set up to play just for fun or for cash prizes. Team results are based on the actual game statistics of players in real games. Requires 720K of disk space and a color monitor. -----Fishing [BASSCLAS] Bass Class 1.8 (Olsen, Richard A. ASP; $15) is a fishing game and tutorial that is both educational and fun to play. It has excellent animated graphics, a built-in glossary of fishing terms, mouse support, and three skill levels. Requires EGA and at least 512K of RAM. [BASSTOUR] BassTour 4.9 (Olsen, Richard A. ASP; $17) is a fishing tournament game in which you have complete control of a fully rigged bass boat. You control where it goes, and how it gets there. Your bass boat has all of the latest accessories, including a trolling motor, a 5 speed outboard motor, LCD chart recorder, a rod box containing six different fishing rods, and a fully stocked tackle box we would all be proud to own. Save and Restore games, and keep records of the largest fish caught. The object of the game is to catch the heaviest five fish limit on each of three days of the tournament. The fisherman with the highest total weight wins the tournament. This looks like a great game for the fishing enthusiast. It even has mosquitoes to harass the fisherman (thanks a lot!). [BASSDUEL] BassDuel 1.21 (Olsen, Richard A. ASP; $17) is a two-player fishing tournament game. This game contains all the great features of the popular BassTour game and more. It has six new areas to fish that are BassTour and Bass Class compatible. Supports a mouse and a joystick. Requires 512K and EGA. -----Football [CUNNING] Cunning FootBall (Cunningham, Cass; $25) is a football game you play against the computer. This is the best football game or simulation that we have seen. While others may let you select plays but allow you no control over how the plays are executed; some do not even graphically display the action. CF lets you choose from a large selection of plays (including punts, kickoffs, and fumbles), displays actions and sounds, and lets you control key players. Mouse and joystick are supported but not required. [Defense] Defense (Lee, Fred; $45) is a computerized football game that gives you more control than similar games. You do the tackling, blocking, passes, runs, draw plays, field goals, sacks, interceptions, fumbles, and so on. It demands skill and quick reflexes. It can be played by up to four players or against the computer. The documentation refers to a practice game, which the author did not include, but which really isn't necessary if you read the documentation first. The program may not run on some machines. Requires 500K of free memory. Supports a mouse and joystick. [FIELDGEN] Field General (Markert, Rodney B. ASP; $24) is a football game in which you play the computer or another player. Playing consists of calling the plays. Unlike Cunning Football (#1428), you have no control over the players while the play is taking place. You can play with either NFL or WLAF rules. An interesting feature is the "chalkboard" that shows how each of the football players move on every play. There are an abundance of game elements which can be controlled by the user. You can fake punts, fake field goals, and there are kickoff and receiving options, an instant replay feature, and extensive play descriptions. Requires a hard disk or 720k+ floppy and 512k RAM. [FootBall] FootBall (Rankin, Pat and Day, Don; $10) is a database of college football games from 1933 through 1986 and includes a fast look-up utility. Information in the database includes, year, team, leading players, conference winners, bowl game winners, Hall of Fame members, coach of the year and more. [FBSCORES] FootBall Scoreboard ($20) gives you access to the results of more than 4200 NFL games - regular season, wildcard, playoff, championship and Super Bowl - played since 1970. It will give you almost unlimited flexibility in how you can look at the game results. You can print reports over a range of years, for specific teams, conferences and divisions and more. This is a must for all serious football fans. [1ST35] 1st & Goal Fantasy Football 3.05 (Frawley, R.M.; $35) allows you to run a fantasy football league based on the NFL, NCAA, or the CFL. It will run your player draft, keep track of your league's rosters, calculate your standings based on any or all of 12 statistics of your choice, print your league newsletter and keep track of your prize fund. It can be played for cash prizes or just for fun and can be set up to pay out weekly prizes based on team performance during the previous week as opposed to season total performance. [FFA] Fantasy Football Assistant 2.1 (Muellenberg, Daryl; $25) helps "fantasy football league" commissioners automate record keeping involved with running a league. It supports up to 8 teams with up to 22 players each. Reports include team rosters, weekly results, and standings. Many options are availiable, such as division support, scoring methods (basic, performance, or distance), starting lineup, and more. Standings can be reprinted without executing the update. [NFL_AID] NFL-Aid (Competitive Edge Software; $20) contains statistics from the last 3000+ NFL games intended to help in handicapping NFL football games. It provides five screens of information, including Win/Loss/Tie summaries, average points scored, head-to-head results, a recap screen with all of the previous games that have been reviewed, a computer pick with game results, and a current standings screen. [PFE] Pro Football Edge! 93 2.0 is a NFL handicapping program for NFL Winners and Over/Unders. -----Golf ** Also see GAME_MGT for golf related programs. [CADDY] Computer Caddy (Pliable Products; $25) is a database for keeping track of statistics on your golf game, including improvement rating, consistency rating, handicap, putting percentage, average on par 3, 4, and 5 holes, and more. It can tabulate scores from rounds within a range of dates and provide statistics that point out weaknesses. The program supports up to 20 golfers, 10,000 golf courses and 10,000 rounds of golf per player. [CAD_HACK] CaddieHack (MICODE Developments; $15-$24) is a golf game that comes in two versions, one for EGA/VGA and the other for CGA. The graphics are detailed, colorful, and fast. Club swing and control are identical to Mean-18's, although the distances for club selected do not seem as accurate to us. [MIC_GOLF] Micro Golf (Milsoft; $0) is a miniature golf game with three courses. It is a much more sophisticated game than Poko Memorial Miniature Golf, below, but Poko seems to require more skill, perhaps because you are forced to play more bank shots. Also, on our 386, the movement of the ball was too fast to be seen. [MIN_GOLF] Poko Memorial ($0) is a two-course miniature golf game. The graphics are very crude, but the game is fun to play. Both this and Micro Golf allow multiple players. [PRO_GOLF] PC Pro-Golf (CMA Software; $20) is a color graphics golf game in which the user may select clubs, direction and force of swing. The force of swing is selected in advance and you have no real-time control over the actual swing. Nevertheless, the game is entertaining and the graphics are good, with water, sand, woods, buildings, roads, out-of-bounds areas and more. [PERSNPRO] Personal Pro for Golf (Software Development Productivity, Inc.; $27) helps analyze and improve your golf swing. [TEEDOFF] Teed-Off (Hendricks, Kevin; $0) is a golf game. The graphics are crude, but the play of the game is still entertaining and control of the club swing is similar to the retail golf games. -----Hockey [BALL] Ball (Galifir Developments; $10) is a computer hockey game in which you can play the computer or a friend, play a league or let the computer play itself - all as any two of a dozen different teams with different characteristics. It took a few tries just to understand the options at the beginning, but once we got going, it was a fun and challenging game. [HOCKEY] Solar Hockey League 1.1 (Sports; Galifir Developments; $10) is a hockey game with fast, smooth action. You can play against a friend, your choice of computer teams, or try to win the Solar Hockey League itself. Each side controls three men. You can pass and run with the disc (puck), but if you hold onto it too long, the opponent can steal it away. -----Soccer [GOAL] Goal (Wizard Games; $25) takes you right into the heart of soccer team management. You can select a squad of 20 players from any of 128 countries. Tactical options are covered with great detail. You can adjust your players' positioning and tactics from minute to minute in response to every threat from your opponents. You'll have to cope with injuries, suspensions, fluctuating player fitness and confidence. You are provided with a detailed analysis of each player and team, as you press on to the World Cup playoffs. This is a very interesting simulation. The program comes to us from Scotland. [SOCCER] Soccer Game (New Era Software; $20) challenges you to become a successful manager of a soccer team. You start with a fourth-division team and work your way up. The only way to move up is to do such a good job that when your contract expires, a better team will offer you a better contract. If you have done poorly, none of the teams will want you and the game is over. The game uses a database of 1270 players, 100 teams, 100 treasurers, 100 scouts, 100 physiotherapists, 100 managers, 100 assistant managers. The program does not allow you to save and recall games, which is a major nuisance. At least one of the screens was written with flashing text, which is a minor nuisance. Otherwise, this is a well-written, very full-featured program.