The first game in EA's NBA Live franchise, Lakers vs. Celtics puts the player in the driver's seat with the team of their choice, with the goal of winning it all in the 1989-90 NBA season.
4 Soccer Simulators (later also released as Pro Soccer Simulator) is a collection of four soccer video games developed and released by Codemasters in 1988. It included four games; 11-a-Side Soccer, Indoor Soccer, Soccer Skills and Street Soccer. The games are all played using vertical scrolling.
In the game, trying to predict the events of the 1990 World Cup held in Italy, you may choose a team to play soccer and to win the championship.
On the field in third person side-scrolling view you may control the player with the ball or the player nearest to the ball, moving him in eight directions, trying to get the ball, and performing the kick. Pressing the 'kick' key down will increase the power of the kick. The number of players on the field is unusual and consists of 7 players for each team including the goalkeeper.
The game is available for 1-8 players, and it has a slightly different range of computer AI levels, game speeds, match durations, and countries in Amiga/C64 versions.
Five a side football is played indoors, in a walled arena which causes the ball to rebound at an angle when fired against it. This game gives you the chance to play this, either against a friend or the computer. The action is viewed top-down, with a slight angle giving a 3D effect, which is especially noticeable when the ball is in the air. You control the player nearest to the ball, including the goalkeeper once the ball reaches the 6-yard area, and can pass or shoot from any distance. The length of the match can be altered, as can the colour of the pitch.