Classic sport games... Your view
Our fantastic competition giving away a Lewis Hamilton Limited Edition Scalextric set got us dipping nostalgically into our youthful love of sporting board games.
We've come up with a top ten of classic sports games which you can read all about here. But we want you to add your nominations, recollections and general thoughts on the subject. With which games were you obsessed? To what extent did you take your obsession? Are there any classics we've missed out/
Simply fill in the boxes below to send in your suggestions.
i remember a football game called striker. you would position the player by the ball and then press ( or bash ) his head down to kick the ball. the hardest part was keeping the ball on the pitch and not breaking the players head,( a bit like real football today ).
Posted by: shane | 20 November 2007 at 08:13
Scalextric evolved into slot car racing 1/32 scale I did a lot of miles at weekends running cars against other (drivers) the club even appeared on TV great fun but alas money took over as ever and the hobby fell by the wayside; wages were not as big then and if you could afford a Pittman electric moter WOW!
Posted by: Ray | 19 November 2007 at 23:52
Not only do I remember playing them 40 years ago, but I still have formula 1 and totopoly which my wife and I play regularly with our 11 year-old son. And what about Risk, years ago the cause of the outbreak of war between me and my older chidren. But wet sundays were always spent with 4 or 5 of my best friends playing Chartbuster, driving a Rolls Royce to perform at the London Paladium, earning loads a money and having a chart topping single to boot. And yes, we've still got it
Posted by: Richard Davis-Foster | 19 November 2007 at 23:50
Does anyone remember the horse racing version of scalextrix? There were three or four horses fixed to cars that ran in tunnels underneath the turf. To "jump" the fences you had to depress the plunger fully to reverse the current. Hours of fun! I can't remember what happened to the one we had, unfortunately its not hidden in the loft!
Posted by: alan | 19 November 2007 at 23:31
Yeah i remember Arnold Palmer Pro golf,been racking my brain for years trying to remember what it was called.played it for years in the kitchen.it seemed so life like and ahead of its time,thanks for a memory.
Posted by: Howard Powsey | 19 November 2007 at 22:55
Anyone remember Arnold Palmer Pro Shot golf?
I was actually given Kevin Keegan's own set of this (he was a friend of my cousin) when he moved house back in the 1970s and had a clear-out - 11-year-old heaven!
There was a full size golf club with a little plastic man at the end ... a wire ran up inside the club, you pulled it and his little plastic arms spun round to hit a little plastic ball.
Plastic holes and bunkers just like the ones from Carpet Golf.
Couldn't have cared less at the time if it was any good - IT WAS KEVIN KEEGAN'S!
Posted by: Bazza | 19 November 2007 at 22:24
BIG LEAGUE.A great footie game similar to striker but the players were a bit more robust.You had to pull back the figures foot and pass or shoot on sight,i seem to recall my teams consisted of a w.b.a strip and a man u (red)kit.Oh how i had many a hour or three with my cousin till our fingers were sore.Wish i could just have one more game.PLEASE !
Posted by: Howard Powsey,Standish | 19 November 2007 at 22:20
Although I played Subbuteo for years, it was of course only an imitation of New Footy which preceded it by several years. The two games were very similar but New Footy was the original and my first introduction to flicking football in the late 50s/early 60s.
Posted by: Jon | 19 November 2007 at 21:23
What about striker with kicking footballers,diving goalies.I had the older version with identical players,later versions had left and right footed players with different haircuts and faces wooo how about that then !
Posted by: Richard Brown ,Suffolk | 19 November 2007 at 18:54
Subbueto, Subbuteo, Subbuteo!!! What golden memories. Shame my older sister used to spend a lot of her adolsecence deliberately snapping my Villa players off their bases. We're still not speaking
Posted by: Danny, S Wales | 19 November 2007 at 18:32
How can I possibly forget the years of playing Subbuteo! I remember lashing out against the right winger from Norwich after he (my right index finger was obviously not responsible!) missed a sitter. I chucked him on the floor and dropped a full-size plastic football on his head as punishment. Thankfully, the teams contained substitutes! I think I took it a bit too seriously.
Posted by: Dave, Bristol | 19 November 2007 at 17:00