Sports Sim Magazine, Issue #5

Sports Sim Magazine, Issue #5160 pages, print version. This is the fifth issue of Sports Sim Magazine, a periodical focusing primarily on new and existing sports simulation games. For sports fans who have played or still play games such as those created by the Strat O Matic game company, there has always been a draw to replaying your favorite teams, players, and seasons. In this issue, game creators Marco Walter (Regular Season Basketball), Mark Cohen (Digital Diamond Baseball),

160 pages, print version. This is the fifth issue of Sports Sim Magazine, a periodical focusing primarily on new and existing sports simulation games. For sports fans who have played or still play games such as those created by the Strat-O-Matic game company, there has always been a draw to replaying your favorite teams, players, and seasons. In this issue, game creators Marco Walter (Regular Season Basketball), Mark Cohen (Digital Diamond Baseball), Joe Bryan (SSG Basketball), and Brian Yonushonis (Statis Pro Compatible Basketball) introduce us to their own dream projects. Roberto Chavini Games has lent us the full version of A Dream to End All Dreams: A World Cup Football (Soccer) Game, printed ready-to-play in its entirety in this issue. Dave Gardner and Ron Juckett from the Digital to Dice Podcast contributed a total of three articles for issue #5 - Dave on Shoot-Out Hockey, Ron on upgrading to a desktop, and Dave again on the history of Digital to Dice. Zachary Browne takes a closer look at Bob Gibson's amazing 1968 Strat card. Kevin Burghardt looks at the gamer's dilemma - to buy or not to buy. John Nocero looks at the game Deadball. Allen Debus take us back to his own creation of Dice Action All-Star Baseball, a game that he has since retired, showing us what it is to have an idea and to turn it into a game. Cary Cardinale goes through the history of SOM's Old Timers and Past Season sets. And, once again, Harvey Couch contributes his own fan made cards, this time from the 2003 NCAA Elite 8. There are also some statistics thrown in, as per usual. Welcome to issue #5 of Sports Sim Magazine!