The Worst Sports Video Games Ever

Playing video games is every sports fan's right.

Seriously, is there anything more fun than sitting around all day and night with friends, powering up your gaming system and wasting your time playing some game? Absolutely not.

And while games like Madden, FIFA or NBA Live are the ones I've played most in my day, there have been a few others that weren't quite as great—otherwise known as the worst sports video games ever made.

NFL Head Coach

For so many reasons, I just hated this concept.

There might be a lot of kids out there who hope to one day be the next great football coach, but they won't get there because of hours spent playing NFL Head Coach.

In a setup that was pretty similar to Madden's Franchise mode, where players run everything for a single team, gamers were given the clipboard to make the play calls.

The problem was that we couldn't actually control the little digital players afterward but were instead supposed to "enjoy" the view from the sideline.

Yeah, it was as boring as it sounds.

Husky Express

I just don't know how many kids truly sit around and wonder what life is like during the Iditarod.

But apparently the people over at DevCat Studios believed there were such kids, hence the release of Husky Express.

While I admit that I've never once played this game, I can't imagine it's much fun at all. It seems more like The Oregon Trail with dogs in snow—except it has an even worse gameplay than the old-school computer game.

Mutant League Hockey

As the name implies, Mutant League Hockey was supposed to be extreme fun for gamers.

It definitely wasn't.

With a lighthearted spin on the sport, players were able to bribe officials and spend hours playing the most ruthless and violent hockey game ever—or so it was marketed to be.

Instead, anyone who ever played the game quickly realized how gimmicky and cheap it was.

Take-Out Weight Curling

If the aforementioned Husky Express didn't pique your interest, maybe the cult sport of curling is more your style.

That was the hope with the game Take-Out Weight Curling, which, yes, had gamers tap buttons frantically to scrape the ice and slow their stones down for big points.

Are there really enough curling fans to want to do it all the time through a video game system? I'd rather just sweep my floor and actually be productive.

Slam City with Scottie Pippen

Maybe it was the opening theme song—which featured Basketball Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen rapping—or just the fact that the entire concept was stupid, but Slam City with Scottie Pippen was terrible.

Released on the somewhat unpopular Sega CD system, the game featured one-on-one street contests and pretty boring gameplay.

Pippen may have been a six-time NBA champ during his career, but Slam City was only the champion of one thing: being one of the worst sports video games ever.

Michael Phelps: Push the Limit

There was a hot second when everyone thought the Xbox 360 Kinect would be the next amazing thing in video game systems.

Swimming enthusiasts were given Michael Phelps: Push the Limit, which offered gamers the chance to physically control characters through their own movements.

Unfortunately, gameplay was poor, and people figured out they preferred to sweat more at the gym than in their living rooms. Phelps' name couldn't make this a hit.

Shaq Fu

Yes, former NBA big man Shaquille O'Neal is one of the most entertaining athletes of all time, providing hilarious soundbites and giving himself even funnier nicknames over the years.

His video game Shaq Fu, though? Well, that was a joke gamers are still probably laughing at.

As one would imagine, the game has a Mortal Kombat-type feel but wasn't nearly as well made.

This game is about as effective as a Shaq free-throw—which means it's really bad.

Double Dribble

It's pretty difficult to mess up a basketball video game unless the concept is just completely ridiculous.

And while Double Dribble was innovative for its time, it gets a mention here because it was actually just too easy.

With a few "hot spots" on the court for gamers to shoot from, it got boring very quickly.

There were a few flaws that made Double Dribble pretty frustrating, too.

Mega Man Soccer

Some people just don't know when to stop, do they?

With the success of the Mega Man video game series, developers thought kids would eat up the chance to play as the character in a sports-themed game—and what better sport than soccer?

Giving each character from the previous games a special shot that would disable any other player who touched the ball, Mega Man Soccer was about as entertaining as staring at a blank wall for an entire night.

Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball

With all due respect to Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Laimbeer, the video game that bears his name, Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball, doesn't exactly embody the former Detroit Pistons star's toughness—though it certainly tried to.

Thanks to his "Bad Boy" image, producers wanted this game to act as a WWE-like hoops game, with players focusing more on hitting each other than putting the ball through the bucket.

It wasn't fun or realistic, which gives Combat Basketball a double technical foul.

Super High Impact

Hoping that gamers would love to play an arcade-like football game which included ridiculous plays and bone-crushing hits, the game Super High Impact was released for fans to enjoy.

A cheaper version of the whole NFL Blitz idea before that game was ever produced, Super High Impact was basically an all-out brawl between the players on the field which used a HIT-O-METER to rate defensive tackles.

Unlicensed by the NFL, the game was nothing but a joke for those who ever played it.

Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl

Football is often referred to as a gladiator-like sport, and a few developers took it to that level when they released Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl back in 1992.

With the field littered with different obstacles like pits, bushes and logs, gamers controlled one player on a five-person team in hopes of scoring a touchdown.

Set in 621 A.D., Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl acted as more of a history lesson for what not to do when making a sports video game—because it was bad.

Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed

Most of us are probably well aware that former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner got his start in the pro game by making a name for himself in the Arena Football League.

Going on to big things by winning a Super Bowl and a few league MVP Awards, Warner saw an opportunity to promote the Arena League by releasing this game, Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed—which was about as poor as it sounds.

Looked at as a weaker version of the beloved Blitz series, the game did capture one aspect of the AFL: It truly was fit for the minor leagues.

Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City

Although Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time, rarely makes any poor decisions when it comes to using his name on products, putting it on Chaos in the Windy City was a definite airball.

Jordan may have made it rain with his Jordan vs. Bird classic, but with his character fighting crime in the city by tossing basketballs as a super power, his follow-up was miserable.

As a huge fan of MJ's while he was playing, this game made me like him just a little bit less for being such a letdown.