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The other day whilst looking through the latest NGC Magazine, my younger brother noticed an advert for Go! Go! Beckham! Adventure on Soccer Island on the GBA, and seemed very surprised that there would be a David Beckham cartoony platformer. I then spun him a tale of the old ways of the industry, when there were other sports star indorsed non-sport video games, namely the ill-fated “Shaq Fu”, a platform game where you controlled 12-foot basketball meathead Shaquille O’Neal.
There’s probably a load more really old sports hero games that I forgot about, but you get the idea.
So that got me thinking about more sports star games...
Mike Tyson in Street Biter II: 2econd Helping.
The first Street Biter title was a controversial Mortal Kombat style blood soaked beat ‘em up, but, in order to cash-in on the franchise and appeal to all ages, the sequel has turned in the opposite direction and is a cartoony platformer, with the player again assuming the role of Mad Mike Tyson.
This time, the action has shifted from the mean street levels of The Bronx, Harlow and Beirut to the colourful world of Fluffy Cloud Land.
Like Mario’s obsession with collecting coins, Tyson wants more juicy ears for his burgeoning collection, so you must negotiate level upon level of cartoony fun trying to bite ears off the enemies in a non-violent way. Also like Mario 64 with Mario turning metal, Mike can also transform into “Iron Mike” for a limited time, giving him better ear-chomping abilities, and he also has help in the levels from his mean posse and Don “Magic Troll” King.
Enemies Mike has to defeat/avoid include boxing officials, psychiatrists, rival boxer’s posses and angry ex-wives/girlfriends.
Frankie Dettori in Honey I Shrunk the Jockeys.
Following on from a successful re-launch of the series with “Honey I Burnt the Toast” and the regrettable adult orientated “Honey I Enlarged My Tackle”, this game is based on the forthcoming major motion picture coming straight to video for Xmas 2002 starring Rick Moranis, Gary Coleman & Frankie Dettori.
Wayne Szalinski (Moranis) happens to have invited his two fiercely competitive jockey friends (Coleman & Dettori) over to look at his new shrinking machine, when he accidentally shrinks them, and they get blown out the window, shock horror!
Similar to the Toy Story video game, you must control the mini jockeys and negotiate 10 levels of giant housed based fun, with the final aim of getting back to the machine and being restored to their normal 3 foot size.
Levels and set pieces include the usual escaping from the hungry cat/ evil wasp / lawnmower in the garden, escaping from the vacuum cleaner in the living room, riding a giant spider in the bathroom, escaping from the child’s stamping foot in the playroom. Despite being fierce rivals at the racetrack, you must control Coleman & Dettori as a team to solve many tricky puzzles and overcome many obstacles, such as the stair climb level where co-operation is vital.
Features many phrases from the motion picture, including Moranis’ “ahh, another fat Honey I *add film title* pay cheque”, Coleman’s claim to fame phrase “What ‘chu talkin’ ‘bout” and Frankie’s famous Mario-esque phrase “it’s a me Frankie”.
Pete Sampras in Monkey Mayhem.
Pete Sampras, aka Pistol Pete, aka Gorilla Pete is one of the finest Tennis players to have ever picked up a tennis bat, however, he also happens to be one of the hairiest Homo-sapiens on Mother Nature’s good green Earth.
Sometimes his woollen monkeyishness can have its advantages, such as in winter when he can walk in the forest naked looking for fruit without the need for a restrictive coat, but in summer he can get very hot, and his thick fur causes him to sweat by the bucket load.
Monkey Mayhem is an action adventure, and sees Gorilla Pete happily playing in a hanging tire at the local park when all of a sudden he’s mistaken for a dangerous gorilla who recently escaped from the local zoo.
You are then pursued around the park and city by zoo attendants, inquisitive children and game hunters and must escape to the safety of your mansion where you can shave your hairy face to prove you aren’t really the dangerous monkey.
Features amazing fur effect similar to Star Fox Adventures, wide-open landscapes similar to Operation Flashpoint, GTA3 and Mafia, and the Monkey Tennis mini game stolen from Super Monkey Ball 2.
*Note, to help localisation, the British version will feature a choice of hairy footballer Ryan Giggs & hairy TV presenter Richard Keys, whilst the Russian version will feature hairy chess player Gary Kasparov.
Tiger Woods’ Really Funny Joke Game.
We all know that Tiger Woods is a highly talented if miserable looking golf superstar but did you also know that he also has one heck of a stand-up comic routine.
Similar to the thousands of dancing games on the market, this time you must press the corresponding buttons shown on-screen to make funny man Tiger deliver his witty anecdotes and jokes.
The better you perform the jokes, the more the crowd loves you, and causes the accurate Tiger Woods character model to show a wide range of Tiger Woods expressions, including sour-faced, sullen, depressed, surly, disappointed and bored.
Peter Beardsley’s House of Horror.
Peter Beardsley, aka “The dribbling Hunchback of association football”, who has already released a video game, imaginatively titled “Peter Beardsley’s International Football” (true, not a joke) is back in another game.
If anyone remembers the creepy Tenement building in ShadowMan and loves Resident Evil, then this game will be right up your alley. You are trespassing in Peter Beardsley’s creepy Resident Evil style house of horror, and ugly Pete is on your case armed with his pitchfork, so you have to escape. However the mansion is huge and you’re only armed with your pocket mirror. When you see scary Peter you must quickly point your mirror at him so he can see his hideous reflection and runs, giving you more time to escape.
Like Resident Evil, there are many items & keys to collect and puzzles to solve if you wish to progress and eventually escape from the Beardsley residence.
In one room you even find John Barnes, who gives you tips, pointers and lets you save your game.
Michael Schumacher’s Victory Race Driver.
Nothing particularly new about this title, and it’s still a racing game, except for the highly authentic fact that no matter which car or driver you choose and no matter how good a race you have, Schumacher M will always get to the first corner in first place and will stay there till the end of the race.
The tagline of the game is “It’s a race for second place”.
There’s probably a load more really old sports hero games that I forgot about, but you get the idea.
So that got me thinking about more sports star games...
Mike Tyson in Street Biter II: 2econd Helping.
The first Street Biter title was a controversial Mortal Kombat style blood soaked beat ‘em up, but, in order to cash-in on the franchise and appeal to all ages, the sequel has turned in the opposite direction and is a cartoony platformer, with the player again assuming the role of Mad Mike Tyson.
This time, the action has shifted from the mean street levels of The Bronx, Harlow and Beirut to the colourful world of Fluffy Cloud Land.
Like Mario’s obsession with collecting coins, Tyson wants more juicy ears for his burgeoning collection, so you must negotiate level upon level of cartoony fun trying to bite ears off the enemies in a non-violent way. Also like Mario 64 with Mario turning metal, Mike can also transform into “Iron Mike” for a limited time, giving him better ear-chomping abilities, and he also has help in the levels from his mean posse and Don “Magic Troll” King.
Enemies Mike has to defeat/avoid include boxing officials, psychiatrists, rival boxer’s posses and angry ex-wives/girlfriends.
Frankie Dettori in Honey I Shrunk the Jockeys.
Following on from a successful re-launch of the series with “Honey I Burnt the Toast” and the regrettable adult orientated “Honey I Enlarged My Tackle”, this game is based on the forthcoming major motion picture coming straight to video for Xmas 2002 starring Rick Moranis, Gary Coleman & Frankie Dettori.
Wayne Szalinski (Moranis) happens to have invited his two fiercely competitive jockey friends (Coleman & Dettori) over to look at his new shrinking machine, when he accidentally shrinks them, and they get blown out the window, shock horror!
Similar to the Toy Story video game, you must control the mini jockeys and negotiate 10 levels of giant housed based fun, with the final aim of getting back to the machine and being restored to their normal 3 foot size.
Levels and set pieces include the usual escaping from the hungry cat/ evil wasp / lawnmower in the garden, escaping from the vacuum cleaner in the living room, riding a giant spider in the bathroom, escaping from the child’s stamping foot in the playroom. Despite being fierce rivals at the racetrack, you must control Coleman & Dettori as a team to solve many tricky puzzles and overcome many obstacles, such as the stair climb level where co-operation is vital.
Features many phrases from the motion picture, including Moranis’ “ahh, another fat Honey I *add film title* pay cheque”, Coleman’s claim to fame phrase “What ‘chu talkin’ ‘bout” and Frankie’s famous Mario-esque phrase “it’s a me Frankie”.
Pete Sampras in Monkey Mayhem.
Pete Sampras, aka Pistol Pete, aka Gorilla Pete is one of the finest Tennis players to have ever picked up a tennis bat, however, he also happens to be one of the hairiest Homo-sapiens on Mother Nature’s good green Earth.
Sometimes his woollen monkeyishness can have its advantages, such as in winter when he can walk in the forest naked looking for fruit without the need for a restrictive coat, but in summer he can get very hot, and his thick fur causes him to sweat by the bucket load.
Monkey Mayhem is an action adventure, and sees Gorilla Pete happily playing in a hanging tire at the local park when all of a sudden he’s mistaken for a dangerous gorilla who recently escaped from the local zoo.
You are then pursued around the park and city by zoo attendants, inquisitive children and game hunters and must escape to the safety of your mansion where you can shave your hairy face to prove you aren’t really the dangerous monkey.
Features amazing fur effect similar to Star Fox Adventures, wide-open landscapes similar to Operation Flashpoint, GTA3 and Mafia, and the Monkey Tennis mini game stolen from Super Monkey Ball 2.
*Note, to help localisation, the British version will feature a choice of hairy footballer Ryan Giggs & hairy TV presenter Richard Keys, whilst the Russian version will feature hairy chess player Gary Kasparov.
Tiger Woods’ Really Funny Joke Game.
We all know that Tiger Woods is a highly talented if miserable looking golf superstar but did you also know that he also has one heck of a stand-up comic routine.
Similar to the thousands of dancing games on the market, this time you must press the corresponding buttons shown on-screen to make funny man Tiger deliver his witty anecdotes and jokes.
The better you perform the jokes, the more the crowd loves you, and causes the accurate Tiger Woods character model to show a wide range of Tiger Woods expressions, including sour-faced, sullen, depressed, surly, disappointed and bored.
Peter Beardsley’s House of Horror.
Peter Beardsley, aka “The dribbling Hunchback of association football”, who has already released a video game, imaginatively titled “Peter Beardsley’s International Football” (true, not a joke) is back in another game.
If anyone remembers the creepy Tenement building in ShadowMan and loves Resident Evil, then this game will be right up your alley. You are trespassing in Peter Beardsley’s creepy Resident Evil style house of horror, and ugly Pete is on your case armed with his pitchfork, so you have to escape. However the mansion is huge and you’re only armed with your pocket mirror. When you see scary Peter you must quickly point your mirror at him so he can see his hideous reflection and runs, giving you more time to escape.
Like Resident Evil, there are many items & keys to collect and puzzles to solve if you wish to progress and eventually escape from the Beardsley residence.
In one room you even find John Barnes, who gives you tips, pointers and lets you save your game.
Michael Schumacher’s Victory Race Driver.
Nothing particularly new about this title, and it’s still a racing game, except for the highly authentic fact that no matter which car or driver you choose and no matter how good a race you have, Schumacher M will always get to the first corner in first place and will stay there till the end of the race.
The tagline of the game is “It’s a race for second place”.
Smexcellenté!
Great post.
The other day whilst looking through the latest NGC Magazine, my younger brother noticed an advert for Go! Go! Beckham! Adventure on Soccer Island on the GBA, and seemed very surprised that there would be a David Beckham cartoony platformer. I then spun him a tale of the old ways of the industry, when there were other sports star indorsed non-sport video games, namely the ill-fated “Shaq Fu”, a platform game where you controlled 12-foot basketball meathead Shaquille O’Neal.
There’s probably a load more really old sports hero games that I forgot about, but you get the idea.
So that got me thinking about more sports star games...
Mike Tyson in Street Biter II: 2econd Helping.
The first Street Biter title was a controversial Mortal Kombat style blood soaked beat ‘em up, but, in order to cash-in on the franchise and appeal to all ages, the sequel has turned in the opposite direction and is a cartoony platformer, with the player again assuming the role of Mad Mike Tyson.
This time, the action has shifted from the mean street levels of The Bronx, Harlow and Beirut to the colourful world of Fluffy Cloud Land.
Like Mario’s obsession with collecting coins, Tyson wants more juicy ears for his burgeoning collection, so you must negotiate level upon level of cartoony fun trying to bite ears off the enemies in a non-violent way. Also like Mario 64 with Mario turning metal, Mike can also transform into “Iron Mike” for a limited time, giving him better ear-chomping abilities, and he also has help in the levels from his mean posse and Don “Magic Troll” King.
Enemies Mike has to defeat/avoid include boxing officials, psychiatrists, rival boxer’s posses and angry ex-wives/girlfriends.
Frankie Dettori in Honey I Shrunk the Jockeys.
Following on from a successful re-launch of the series with “Honey I Burnt the Toast” and the regrettable adult orientated “Honey I Enlarged My Tackle”, this game is based on the forthcoming major motion picture coming straight to video for Xmas 2002 starring Rick Moranis, Gary Coleman & Frankie Dettori.
Wayne Szalinski (Moranis) happens to have invited his two fiercely competitive jockey friends (Coleman & Dettori) over to look at his new shrinking machine, when he accidentally shrinks them, and they get blown out the window, shock horror!
Similar to the Toy Story video game, you must control the mini jockeys and negotiate 10 levels of giant housed based fun, with the final aim of getting back to the machine and being restored to their normal 3 foot size.
Levels and set pieces include the usual escaping from the hungry cat/ evil wasp / lawnmower in the garden, escaping from the vacuum cleaner in the living room, riding a giant spider in the bathroom, escaping from the child’s stamping foot in the playroom. Despite being fierce rivals at the racetrack, you must control Coleman & Dettori as a team to solve many tricky puzzles and overcome many obstacles, such as the stair climb level where co-operation is vital.
Features many phrases from the motion picture, including Moranis’ “ahh, another fat Honey I *add film title* pay cheque”, Coleman’s claim to fame phrase “What ‘chu talkin’ ‘bout” and Frankie’s famous Mario-esque phrase “it’s a me Frankie”.
Pete Sampras in Monkey Mayhem.
Pete Sampras, aka Pistol Pete, aka Gorilla Pete is one of the finest Tennis players to have ever picked up a tennis bat, however, he also happens to be one of the hairiest Homo-sapiens on Mother Nature’s good green Earth.
Sometimes his woollen monkeyishness can have its advantages, such as in winter when he can walk in the forest naked looking for fruit without the need for a restrictive coat, but in summer he can get very hot, and his thick fur causes him to sweat by the bucket load.
Monkey Mayhem is an action adventure, and sees Gorilla Pete happily playing in a hanging tire at the local park when all of a sudden he’s mistaken for a dangerous gorilla who recently escaped from the local zoo.
You are then pursued around the park and city by zoo attendants, inquisitive children and game hunters and must escape to the safety of your mansion where you can shave your hairy face to prove you aren’t really the dangerous monkey.
Features amazing fur effect similar to Star Fox Adventures, wide-open landscapes similar to Operation Flashpoint, GTA3 and Mafia, and the Monkey Tennis mini game stolen from Super Monkey Ball 2.
*Note, to help localisation, the British version will feature a choice of hairy footballer Ryan Giggs & hairy TV presenter Richard Keys, whilst the Russian version will feature hairy chess player Gary Kasparov.
Tiger Woods’ Really Funny Joke Game.
We all know that Tiger Woods is a highly talented if miserable looking golf superstar but did you also know that he also has one heck of a stand-up comic routine.
Similar to the thousands of dancing games on the market, this time you must press the corresponding buttons shown on-screen to make funny man Tiger deliver his witty anecdotes and jokes.
The better you perform the jokes, the more the crowd loves you, and causes the accurate Tiger Woods character model to show a wide range of Tiger Woods expressions, including sour-faced, sullen, depressed, surly, disappointed and bored.
Peter Beardsley’s House of Horror.
Peter Beardsley, aka “The dribbling Hunchback of association football”, who has already released a video game, imaginatively titled “Peter Beardsley’s International Football” (true, not a joke) is back in another game.
If anyone remembers the creepy Tenement building in ShadowMan and loves Resident Evil, then this game will be right up your alley. You are trespassing in Peter Beardsley’s creepy Resident Evil style house of horror, and ugly Pete is on your case armed with his pitchfork, so you have to escape. However the mansion is huge and you’re only armed with your pocket mirror. When you see scary Peter you must quickly point your mirror at him so he can see his hideous reflection and runs, giving you more time to escape.
Like Resident Evil, there are many items & keys to collect and puzzles to solve if you wish to progress and eventually escape from the Beardsley residence.
In one room you even find John Barnes, who gives you tips, pointers and lets you save your game.
Michael Schumacher’s Victory Race Driver.
Nothing particularly new about this title, and it’s still a racing game, except for the highly authentic fact that no matter which car or driver you choose and no matter how good a race you have, Schumacher M will always get to the first corner in first place and will stay there till the end of the race.
The tagline of the game is “It’s a race for second place”.
There’s probably a load more really old sports hero games that I forgot about, but you get the idea.
So that got me thinking about more sports star games...
Mike Tyson in Street Biter II: 2econd Helping.
The first Street Biter title was a controversial Mortal Kombat style blood soaked beat ‘em up, but, in order to cash-in on the franchise and appeal to all ages, the sequel has turned in the opposite direction and is a cartoony platformer, with the player again assuming the role of Mad Mike Tyson.
This time, the action has shifted from the mean street levels of The Bronx, Harlow and Beirut to the colourful world of Fluffy Cloud Land.
Like Mario’s obsession with collecting coins, Tyson wants more juicy ears for his burgeoning collection, so you must negotiate level upon level of cartoony fun trying to bite ears off the enemies in a non-violent way. Also like Mario 64 with Mario turning metal, Mike can also transform into “Iron Mike” for a limited time, giving him better ear-chomping abilities, and he also has help in the levels from his mean posse and Don “Magic Troll” King.
Enemies Mike has to defeat/avoid include boxing officials, psychiatrists, rival boxer’s posses and angry ex-wives/girlfriends.
Frankie Dettori in Honey I Shrunk the Jockeys.
Following on from a successful re-launch of the series with “Honey I Burnt the Toast” and the regrettable adult orientated “Honey I Enlarged My Tackle”, this game is based on the forthcoming major motion picture coming straight to video for Xmas 2002 starring Rick Moranis, Gary Coleman & Frankie Dettori.
Wayne Szalinski (Moranis) happens to have invited his two fiercely competitive jockey friends (Coleman & Dettori) over to look at his new shrinking machine, when he accidentally shrinks them, and they get blown out the window, shock horror!
Similar to the Toy Story video game, you must control the mini jockeys and negotiate 10 levels of giant housed based fun, with the final aim of getting back to the machine and being restored to their normal 3 foot size.
Levels and set pieces include the usual escaping from the hungry cat/ evil wasp / lawnmower in the garden, escaping from the vacuum cleaner in the living room, riding a giant spider in the bathroom, escaping from the child’s stamping foot in the playroom. Despite being fierce rivals at the racetrack, you must control Coleman & Dettori as a team to solve many tricky puzzles and overcome many obstacles, such as the stair climb level where co-operation is vital.
Features many phrases from the motion picture, including Moranis’ “ahh, another fat Honey I *add film title* pay cheque”, Coleman’s claim to fame phrase “What ‘chu talkin’ ‘bout” and Frankie’s famous Mario-esque phrase “it’s a me Frankie”.
Pete Sampras in Monkey Mayhem.
Pete Sampras, aka Pistol Pete, aka Gorilla Pete is one of the finest Tennis players to have ever picked up a tennis bat, however, he also happens to be one of the hairiest Homo-sapiens on Mother Nature’s good green Earth.
Sometimes his woollen monkeyishness can have its advantages, such as in winter when he can walk in the forest naked looking for fruit without the need for a restrictive coat, but in summer he can get very hot, and his thick fur causes him to sweat by the bucket load.
Monkey Mayhem is an action adventure, and sees Gorilla Pete happily playing in a hanging tire at the local park when all of a sudden he’s mistaken for a dangerous gorilla who recently escaped from the local zoo.
You are then pursued around the park and city by zoo attendants, inquisitive children and game hunters and must escape to the safety of your mansion where you can shave your hairy face to prove you aren’t really the dangerous monkey.
Features amazing fur effect similar to Star Fox Adventures, wide-open landscapes similar to Operation Flashpoint, GTA3 and Mafia, and the Monkey Tennis mini game stolen from Super Monkey Ball 2.
*Note, to help localisation, the British version will feature a choice of hairy footballer Ryan Giggs & hairy TV presenter Richard Keys, whilst the Russian version will feature hairy chess player Gary Kasparov.
Tiger Woods’ Really Funny Joke Game.
We all know that Tiger Woods is a highly talented if miserable looking golf superstar but did you also know that he also has one heck of a stand-up comic routine.
Similar to the thousands of dancing games on the market, this time you must press the corresponding buttons shown on-screen to make funny man Tiger deliver his witty anecdotes and jokes.
The better you perform the jokes, the more the crowd loves you, and causes the accurate Tiger Woods character model to show a wide range of Tiger Woods expressions, including sour-faced, sullen, depressed, surly, disappointed and bored.
Peter Beardsley’s House of Horror.
Peter Beardsley, aka “The dribbling Hunchback of association football”, who has already released a video game, imaginatively titled “Peter Beardsley’s International Football” (true, not a joke) is back in another game.
If anyone remembers the creepy Tenement building in ShadowMan and loves Resident Evil, then this game will be right up your alley. You are trespassing in Peter Beardsley’s creepy Resident Evil style house of horror, and ugly Pete is on your case armed with his pitchfork, so you have to escape. However the mansion is huge and you’re only armed with your pocket mirror. When you see scary Peter you must quickly point your mirror at him so he can see his hideous reflection and runs, giving you more time to escape.
Like Resident Evil, there are many items & keys to collect and puzzles to solve if you wish to progress and eventually escape from the Beardsley residence.
In one room you even find John Barnes, who gives you tips, pointers and lets you save your game.
Michael Schumacher’s Victory Race Driver.
Nothing particularly new about this title, and it’s still a racing game, except for the highly authentic fact that no matter which car or driver you choose and no matter how good a race you have, Schumacher M will always get to the first corner in first place and will stay there till the end of the race.
The tagline of the game is “It’s a race for second place”.