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RaychelSnr · 05-25-2010, 12:17 PM

Text sims have always been, and likely always will be, a niche market. I will be shocked if you ever see an Out of the Park Baseball TV commercial during the World Series or a Front Office Football ad run during the Super Bowl. But even though their market share in the big picture of sports gaming will always be small, text-sim fans are loyal -- sometimes even obsessive. When we like something, we support it.

There are a number of long-running text sims on the market right now that have enjoyed a fair amount of critical acclaim. However, there are others that had a lot going for them yet never broke through for whatever reason and were discontinued. I have put together a list of three text sims that I would like to see resurrected. In addition, I am interested in hearing from all the loyal readers out there about discontinued text sims you folks would like to see make a comeback.

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ImTellinTim · 05-25-2010, 06:44 PM

I had the last version of Eastside Hockey Manager. SI needs to bring that back in a bad way. If they could bring the more user-friendly interface and 3-d match engine they've come up with for Football Manager since then, I'd never leave the house.

The only thing EHM would be missing right off the bat is the massive community that comes up with custom graphics and mods for FM. But that would build over time if they released it every year.

thegoons21 · 05-26-2010, 12:28 AM

Eastside Hockey. If it kept pace with FM in terms of additions I'd never leave the house either. There is a decent community over at - http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/portal.php that do a great job keeping the old game updated with graphics, backgrounds, rosters, and the like. I'm sure they'd do the same with a new iteration.

duckfever8 · 05-26-2010, 01:44 AM

Eastside Hockey Manager's a great game. Got to bring that back with new features. It's still fun with the mods and such, but some new features would be nice.

CMH · 05-27-2010, 11:53 AM

Agreed on EHM. I had some fun with that game for a while. Not really a huge hockey fan so it didn't last long, but the game was deep.

I played Jump Shot a long, long time ago. I should give it another shot. Forgot about that one.

KBLover · 05-27-2010, 10:02 PM

RIP BBPro and FBPro.

Loved both of those games. Too bad Sierra was one of the not-so-good publishers that thought fishing and what not were better sports games to have over baseball and football.

EHM was interesting too. I had never played any kind of hockey sim and am not terribly knowledgeable in the sport. I certainly had no idea on what good players were for what positions/lines, etc. But I was able to play half decently in an on-line league or two with this game.

06woz · 06-01-2010, 04:00 PM

I'm still having fun with NHL EHM 07. I would like to see it make a comeback.

Toro · 06-01-2010, 06:17 PM

I liked Lance Haffner's 3-in-1 college football...a new version would be sweet.

05-25-2010, 12:17 PM	#1
RaychelSnr Executive Editor OVR: 57 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 4,846 Blog Entries: 490	Which Text-Sims Need to Make a Comeback? Text sims have always been, and likely always will be, a niche market. I will be shocked if you ever see an Out of the Park Baseball TV commercial during the World Series or a Front Office Football ad run during the Super Bowl. But even though their market share in the big picture of sports gaming will always be small, text-sim fans are loyal -- sometimes even obsessive. When we like something, we support it. There are a number of long-running text sims on the market right now that have enjoyed a fair amount of critical acclaim. However, there are others that had a lot going for them yet never broke through for whatever reason and were discontinued. I have put together a list of three text sims that I would like to see resurrected. In addition, I am interested in hearing from all the loyal readers out there about discontinued text sims you folks would like to see make a comeback. Read More - Which Text-Sims Need to Make a Comeback?

05-25-2010, 06:44 PM	#2
ImTellinTim YNWA OVR: 32 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 33,044	Re: Which Text-Sims Need to Make a Comeback? I had the last version of Eastside Hockey Manager. SI needs to bring that back in a bad way. If they could bring the more user-friendly interface and 3-d match engine they've come up with for Football Manager since then, I'd never leave the house. The only thing EHM would be missing right off the bat is the massive community that comes up with custom graphics and mods for FM. But that would build over time if they released it every year.

05-26-2010, 01:44 AM	#4
duckfever8 MVP OVR: 23 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Spokane, WA Blog Entries: 8	Re: Which Text-Sims Need to Make a Comeback? Eastside Hockey Manager's a great game. Got to bring that back with new features. It's still fun with the mods and such, but some new features would be nice. __________________ My Teams: NCAA FB-Oregon Ducks NCAA BB-Gonzaga Bulldogs NBA-Portland Trail Blazers NFL-Carolina Panthers MLB-San Francisco Giants NHL-Los Angeles Kings Won't change this signature until Oregon wins a national championship (started 3/10/10)

05-27-2010, 11:53 AM	#5
CMH Making you famous OVR: 46 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ormond Beach, FL Posts: 26,235 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Which Text-Sims Need to Make a Comeback? Agreed on EHM. I had some fun with that game for a while. Not really a huge hockey fan so it didn't last long, but the game was deep. I played Jump Shot a long, long time ago. I should give it another shot. Forgot about that one. __________________ "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

05-27-2010, 10:02 PM	#6
KBLover Hall Of Fame OVR: 40 Join Date: Aug 2009 Blog Entries: 14	Re: Which Text-Sims Need to Make a Comeback? RIP BBPro and FBPro. Loved both of those games. Too bad Sierra was one of the not-so-good publishers that thought fishing and what not were better sports games to have over baseball and football. EHM was interesting too. I had never played any kind of hockey sim and am not terribly knowledgeable in the sport. I certainly had no idea on what good players were for what positions/lines, etc. But I was able to play half decently in an on-line league or two with this game.

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05-26-2010, 12:28 AM	#3
thegoons21 Pro OVR: 10 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Washington D.C.	Eastside Hockey. If it kept pace with FM in terms of additions I'd never leave the house either. There is a decent community over at - http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/portal.php that do a great job keeping the old game updated with graphics, backgrounds, rosters, and the like. I'm sure they'd do the same with a new iteration.

06-01-2010, 04:00 PM	#7
06woz Rookie OVR: 4 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: Which Text-Sims Need to Make a Comeback? I'm still having fun with NHL EHM 07. I would like to see it make a comeback.

06-01-2010, 06:17 PM	#8
Toro Rookie OVR: 3 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Richmond, VA	I liked Lance Haffner's 3-in-1 college football...a new version would be sweet.