Play Soccer (Japan) Online

This one's a weird little soccer game for the Game Boy—officially called something like "Japan National Team, Do Your Best in France! J.League Supporter Soccer." Yeah, that's a mouthful. It's basically a stripped-down football sim with Japan's national team and J.League clubs, released right before the '98 World Cup.

You get these tiny pixel players moving in stiff animations, and the controls take some getting used to (good luck nailing a clean through pass). The commentary’s all in Japanese, so unless you read it, you’re just guessing at what the ref’s mad about. Still, there’s something charming about how janky it is—like when your striker randomly trips over nothing or the keeper dives the wrong way. It’s the kind of game you play for the nostalgia, not the realism.

If you’re into obscure sports games or just love the Game Boy’s quirks, this might be worth a kickaround.