Completely Impossible Sports Video Game Moves

One thing that every sports fan seems to get giddy about is playing video games.

And, honestly, it doesn’t even matter what sport it is that they’re playing; as long as it can waste a few hours—or entire nights—with buddies and some beer, most of us are happy.

While we love how realistic these games can be, what makes them so fun to play is the ridiculous moves that those little, digital athletes can do.

That’s why I’m giving you a few of the most impossible video game moves—don’t expect any real-life player to pull these off anytime soon.

NBA Live 2003

The 2003 version of NBA Live introduced the Freestyle Control stick, which, as one can probably tell by its name, made players do some absolutely mind-blowing things.

Some of the moves might not seem all that nuts at first glance, but when one realizes that every single player has the agility, speed and ball-handling skills of Kyrie Irving, it’s kind of insane.

Madden NFL 2005

Much like the aforementioned Freestyle Control of NBA Live 2003, Madden 2005 incorporated something that changed the way football games are played—the Hit Stick.

Fair or not, it turned every single player into a one-man battering ram, giving whoever carried the ball the chance to bulldoze helpless defenders.

In real life, only a few guys are capable of such strength.

NBA Live 2005 (Dunk Contest)

With fans asking for the NBA Live series to incorporate All-Star weekend festivities and, specifically, the Slam Dunk Contest, developers made gamers happy by doing just that.

The result?

Some of the most high-flying, hilarious slams that one could see, with players pulling off things such as between-the-leg 360s and bounce passes off camera racks.

To say these dunks defied the laws of gravity would be an understatement.

Baseball Stars 2

Unlike some of the other video games on this list that include some jaw-dropping, near-impossible plays, 1989's Baseball Stars takes us back to the old school, where gameplay was so much simpler.

One of the first video games with data memory—which allowed gamers the chance to create and save players and teams—Baseball Stars forgot a few details, like getting hit by a pitch, only to have no reaction whatsoever.

This might not be impossible for someone in full body armor, but us humans tend to feel a bit sore after a mid-90s fastball clocks us.

WWF No Mercy

The year 2000 was right at the peak of my wrestling obsession.

So, naturally, I played WWF No Mercy all the time, which let me act as some of my favorite wrestlers like The Rock and Mankind.

As if jumping off ladders and smashing opponents through tables wasn’t enough, this game gave players the option to do other ridiculous moves that would send a real person to the hospital or his deathbed.

All for the love of fun in a video game, though.

NBA Street Vol. 3

Much like the Slam Dunk Contest feature in the aforementioned NBA Live 2005, NBA Street Vol. 3 players were pulling off some of the silliest dunks that a person could even think up.

If some of the jams in real life were like this, I’m not sure hoops—or the athletes—would be able to withstand the pounding.

SSX

I know that extreme sports stars are a different breed of athletes, but, come on now, I’m sure none of the real-life stars would even push themselves to these limits!

Offering gamers multiple mountain options to drop down on, SSX also included more than 150 death-defying moves that would make any snowboarder freak out.

Falling on your butt a few times is one thing—having an avalanche swallow you whole or falling hundreds of feet to your video game death is another.

NBA Ballers

I had never seen a player toss a pass through his legs into the air and to himself for an alley-oop—until I played NBA Ballers.

While entertaining, this game isn’t for people who like their video games to be realistic, because the moves are far from it.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

Damn you, physics!

A real-life skater might not be able to ride up a wall and grind the edge of a building, but in video game land, it’s completely possible.

Arguably the greatest skateboarding game ever created, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 may have included tricks that could never happen in reality, but they were fun to try in a video game.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004

Happy Gilmore may have been known as the guy with the long drive, but that distinction proved to be true by most gamers on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004.

In one of the games that my old college roommate and I played countless hours of, it wasn’t rare to drive the green on a 400-plus-yard hole—which is near impossible in reality.

In this case, though, sinking a hole-in-one on a par five is something that will surely never happen.

NBA Jam

Forget the fact that the original NBA Jam included codes that could unlock secret players like Bill Clinton and Prince Charles; let's talk about the gameplay itself.

With guys jumping as high as the rafters in the gym and doing crazy moves in mid-air, nothing that happened on this video game could ever occur in real life.

But isn't that what made it so dope to play in the first place?

NFL Blitz 2000

Simply put, NFL Blitz was full of crazy moves.

The most obvious one was the play entitled "Da Bomb," which essentially was a Hail Mary on steroids, with a quarterback heaving the ball the length of the field for a touchdown.

There are some strong-armed players out there, but there's no way in hell they're throwing a football super high and mega far like these video game signal-callers did.

NFL Blitz epitomized what a fictional game should look like—and we should all be grateful it did.