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February 18, 2002
Strat-O-Matic XL didn't have quite the pageantry of Salt Lake City XIX, but when, shortly before official distribution began at 1 p.m, Hal Richman pulled the curtain aside on a gigantic version of the Bonds card, well ... I swear I saw tears rolling down many of the cheeks. "This is the greatest slugging card in history," said Richman. "One home run for every 6.5 at bats."
What is more of a sport, Strat-O-Matic or Ice Skating?
I spent many, many winter afternoons with APBA Baseball replaying the 86 World Series with my Dad, Jon Lacroix, or anyone else who would pick up the dice shaker. Later we put the cards aside in favor of "John Elway's Quarterback" and "Pursue the Pennant." Most recently, had John Madden for PS2 never been invented my old start up might not have gone under. What are your fondest sports gaming memories?
i'm a big fan of strat-o-matic football. it's a pure stategy game, which is what is missing from pretty much all of the current crop of football sports computer games. i've owned a good selection of titles, and they all suffer from the same basic problem. too much attention paid to realistic visuals and arcade style play, and very very little devoted to producing realistic results. thanks for reminding me to get my gaming column started, djacobs.
posted by lescour at 12:30 PM on February 18, 2002
Tabletop hockey. http://www.fouronfour.com/stignhltabho.html Best. Drinking Game. Ever.
posted by Samsonov14 at 07:30 PM on February 18, 2002
My bad. For the record, HTML doesn't like me, and I don't like HTML.
posted by Samsonov14 at 07:31 PM on February 18, 2002
I've never heard of this Strat-O-Matic thing, but I actually cheered - cheered, when I came from 21 points behind (TWO good onside kicks!) in the 4th quarter of a game in Madden 2002 to get to the next round of the playoffs. My best friend and I enjoy playing NFL Blitz, and because we're so evenly matched we've gone to triple overtime with no winner and scores of 99-99 (there is no real defense in NFL Blitz).