What do you think are the best 8-16 bit sports games?

[shwisha]

My list...

Football: Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)
Hockey: NHL 94 (Genesis)
Baketball: NBA Jam T.E. (SNES) but NBA Live 95 (Genesis) if were talking simulation.
Soccer: FIFA 95 (Genesis)
Baseball: I'm not sure about this one didn't play a ton of baseball games but I know R.B.I. baseball for the NES is pretty loved.
Boxing: Punch Out (NES) - Don't really know any simulation based games for boxing.
Other: California Games (NES)

You're not limited to this list of sports.

[BoneSnapDeez]

You can do better than RBI Baseball. Try Baseball Stars.

No golf? Pebble Beach Golf Links on SNES/Genesis is pretty solid.

Track & field is my favorite real-life sport, but most t&f games of that era were just button-mashers.

[BurningDoom]

I've never been a big sports guy. So I pretty much steer clear of sports games. Nonetheless, there are a few that still find a way to entertain me:

-Base Wars (NES) - It's fighting-cyborgs playing baseball!
-Boxing (Atari 2600)
-Hang-On (Sega Master System)
-F-Zero (SNES)
-Mike Tyson's Punch-Out (NES)
-R.C. Pro-Am 1 & 2 (NES)
-Road Rash 1-3 (Genesis)
-Super Hang-On (Genesis)
-Super Off-Road (SNES)
-Super Punch-Out (SNES)
-WWF Raw (SNES/Genesis)
-WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (SNES/Genesis)

[Gamerforlife]

I'm not a sport guy either, but I played a lot of sports games in the 8-bit era. The gameplay was so simple that you didn't need to be a sports guy to enjoy them. Double Dribble I played a lot, and Blades of Steel, Tecmo Bowl, and Super Dodge Ball.

NBA Jam may be the best 16-bit sports game period for me personally. I just loved the aggressive gameplay. Shove a guy to the ground, take the ball, and set the hoop on fire. T.E. gave you even more offensive options.

[shwisha]

I'm not a sport guy either, but I played a lot of sports games in the 8-bit era. The gameplay was so simple that you didn't need to be a sports guy to enjoy them.

I agree. I don't really play modern sports games because they've become so complicated. If I'm going to play sports games I stick to the classics.

[Hobie-wan]

Blades of Steel for the NES. I don't play sports games, but I'll play this and even enjoy myself doing so for short periods of time at least.

[MrNash]

I'm not a huge sports fan in real life, but for sports games that I enjoyed from that era (and still do for the most part), I'd pick:

Super Spike V'Ball
Super Dodgeball
Mutant League Football
Mutant League Hockey
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Bad News Baseball

[sonic2041]

Ken Griffy Jr. Presents Major League Baseball on SNES was pretty good. This was the game that came with my SNES. Baseball Stars is my favorite on NES.

Ken Griffy Jr.'s Winning Run was alright. It was in the same type of 3D as NCAA Basketball and NHL Stanly Cup on SNES, which were both decent.

Double Dribble on NES is probably my favorite basketball game from that era.

Blades of Steel on NES, and NES Open are my favorites for hockey and golf.

I never really played many sports games, other than golf and tennis, mainly because I don't have a good understanding of all the rules and strategies which makes me terrible at them.

[Menegrothx]

Projectyle (Atari ST and Amiga). Has an awesome soundtrack
Mutant League Football (Genesis)
Mutant League Hockey (Genesis)
Brutal Sports Football (Amiga, also available on Atari Jaguar)
Blood Bowl (MS-DOS). It's turn-based strategy rather than a normal action sports game, but it's pretty much the coolest sports game of all time (Based on a fictional and more violent version of American football with different Warhammer armies/races as playable teams )

[Luke]

You can't lump 8bit games with 16bit games; not fair.