The yearly sports games

FIFA, Madden, NBA, Tony Hawk… every autumn brought a new season on a cartridge, squeezing console franchises onto a 240×160 screen.

40 games

A new season every year

EA’s FIFA and Madden, ESPN, Backyard Sports, Winning Eleven — the big sports brands put a version on GBA almost every year, usually rebuilt from scratch for the small screen rather than ported. In Japan, Konami’s Prince of Tennis games went further: each year came in two editions, like a Pokémon pair.

All 40 games in this exhibition