A couple of friends and I were debating this last weekend, so fair readers of the Pierre Page, without any high-falutin rhetorical introduction, I pose a question to you:
Who is the greatest video game athlete of all time?
My personal vote is for Tecmo Bowl's Lawrence Taylor, but that's just me. If you were playing against Lawrence Taylor, and somehow managed to score a touchdown, you knew the extra point was going to be blocked. You couldn't kick field goals, you couldn't do much against his Coked-Up Highness. So that's my vote. What do you say?
Arguably, the Jersey team from Bases Loaded had the best 1- 4 lineup in Becker, Bay, Paste and Ford.
ReplyDeleteI would say that Paste is up there for greatest video game athlete all-time. Avg. 467 HR 60. Them is good numbers.
Wow, so many great athletes. I mean, the dominating spin moves of Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders in Madden 94, where I rushed for 1000 in one regulation game with both players. I guess that negates that.
ReplyDeletePete Chillcutt in Tecmo Super Bowl? So dominating, so vicious.
Tom Chambers in Lakers vs. Celtics? The man could do a triple pump dunk from three point land.
Nimi from Bases Loaded 1? Filthy.
But no, I'd have to go with Mark Price from EA Basketball '94. I dropped 134 points with him in one regulation game. His final line for the night was 52-52 from the field, no assists and let's say 8 rebounds. I made the other kid cry. Sweet tears of rage make Mark Price the best. Thank you Asian man for making a glitch that provided so much joy.
I guess I may be overrating defenses on football games, but on Bill Walsh College Football '95, there was a defensive end for Washington State that was unbelievable. And the best thing is, no one ever figured out who that player was. Did he ever become a pro? Because in the game he was All-Galaxy, he could get up in Kordell Stewart's business faster than you could say "Beta Model Antwan Randle El."
ReplyDeleteI was always a fan of that WSU squad, complete with a very effective, pre-bust, pre-meth Ryan Leaf at QB.
I have never under-rated the power of a Scottie Pippen led Chicago Bulls tandem in NBA Jams. He could hit threes out of the corner at will. Team him up with Ho Grant to pull down some boards and dishout some dimes and you got an unbeatable squadron. This is why, when I played the game we considered the Bulls off-limits.
ReplyDeleteThere were a lot of players like that back in the day. The code of not choosing the best players because it gave an unfair advantage. Those are the best players of all-time.
In any NHL game, specifically the '94 incarnation, the Red Wings were usually off-limits in head-to-head matches with friends. Due to an unusually fast Sergei Federov together with Yzerman, Lidstrom, etc. They were sick.
i think lt has it hands down. unless you count donkey kong as a sport. then it would be kong.
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