r/rugbyunion • u/Spripedpantaloonz • Mar 04 '25

Video Retro rugby game - Another 6 months progress

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u/Bazurke Wales Mar 04 '25

This looks a lot like an old flash game that I used to be able to find on the BBC sport website

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u/Spripedpantaloonz Mar 04 '25

I think I remember which one you’re talking about. Good times, rip flash

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u/effortDee Wales Mar 04 '25

it may have been an NFL game, i used to play it about 25 years ago in school.

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u/diarm Munster Mar 04 '25

No it was a Six Nations rugby game. There were various training levels before you started the games, covering passing, kicking, tackling, lineouts etc, then you would play the 5 games in the hunt for a Grand Slam. I loved it!

They also had a belter of a Wimbledon tennis game where you could play as Shakespeare, John Lennon or Churchill. 

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u/allgfssngljd Mar 04 '25

I think I remember that. Although barely.

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u/Huge___Milkers Wasps Mar 04 '25

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/games/4654596.stm

It was ‘play your own six nations’

Used to bang this out in IT lessons

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u/AnorakJimi Mar 05 '25

Is this the game?: https://matica.com/games/6-Nations-Rugby-Union

Obviously the original version is unavailable because Flash is no longer a thing. But this appears to be one of the websites that converts old flash games for modern browsers, and so while your doesn't work for me, this particular link does work, on my phone and PC.

I dunno, maybe it's not. I'll keep looking for it if it's anywhere else on the Internet too.

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u/AnorakJimi Mar 05 '25

Is this the game?: https://matica.com/games/6-Nations-Rugby-Union

Obviously the original version is unavailable because Flash is no longer a thing. But this appears to be one of the websites that converts old flash games for modern browsers, and so while the old BBC link another person linked doesn't work for me, this particular link does work, on my phone and PC.