In the late 80’s, there were two sports games that dominated the video game sport genre. The first one was Double Dribble by Konami. It was their arcade style basketball game since it didn’t have the official license to put NBA players and teams into the game. The second one was Tecmo Bowl. To many, it was the first football title to have the NFL license and used a limited number of players for different teams. I enjoyed both games, but there was one game that took an unexpected approach to sports. It may be the first comedic game connected to a well known sport. The retro sport game I would bring back is a little title known as Arch Rivals.

Arch Rivals was developed and released in the arcades by Midway. Yes, the company who created NBA Jam. Designed by Jeff Nauman and Brian Colin, Arch…
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