Street Slam
| Street Slam | |
|---|---|
North American arcade flyer | |
| Developers | Data East Onan Games (Zeebo) |
| Publisher | |
| Producer | Iwao Horita |
| Designer | Atsushi Kaneko |
| Programmers | Kenichi Minegishi Mitsutoshi Sato Mya |
| Artists | Endo Chang Hiroki Narisawa Sachiko Moizumi Tony Taka |
| Composer | Tatsuya Kiuchi |
| Series | Dunk Dream |
| Platforms | Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Zeebo |
| Release | Arcade
|
| Genre | Sports |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Neo Geo MVS |
Street Slam, released in Japan as Dunk Dream[a] and in Europe as Street Hoop, is a 1994 basketball video game developed and published by Data East for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms.[1] The game features three-on-three basketball match-ups with a variety of different teams. Street Slam is the only basketball game released on the Neo Geo.
A sequel to the game, known as Dunk Dream '95 in Japan, Hoops '96 in Europe, and simply Hoops in North America, was released in 1995. In 2010, the original game was released for the Wii on the Virtual Console, as well as part of the compilation Data East Arcade Classics. Hamster Corporation re-released the game as part of their ACA Neo Geo series for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Windows.
Gameplay
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In the US version of the game, the player can choose a three-player team from a selection of ten city-based teams in the United States. In the European and Japanese versions of the game, the cities are replaced with countries around the world. The selection screens, player skin colours and costumes also change between the versions.
The teams have 18 points in several characteristics (dunk, 3pts, speed, and defense), and 8pts max for each. Every team has its own strengths and weaknesses. For example, New York (USA in the JP/EU version) is good in dunks and bad in 3-pointers. On the other hand, Philadelphia (Taiwan in JP/EU version) is good in 3-pointers and bad in dunks.
Reception
[edit]| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | (Neo Geo) 80%[2] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| AllGame | (Neo Geo) 3/5[3] |
| Famitsu | (Neo Geo) 25 / 40[4] |
| Next Generation | (Neo Geo CD) 2/5[5] |
| Consoles + | (Neo Geo CD) 78%[6] |
| GamesMaster | (Neo Geo) 76%[7] |
| Games World | (Neo Geo CD) 69 / 100[8] |
| Hobby Consolas | (Neo Geo CD) 88 / 100[9] |
| MAN!AC | (Neo Geo) 77%[10] |
| Mega Fun | (Neo Geo) 61%[11] |
| Micromanía | (Neo Geo CD) 83 / 100[12] |
| Play Time | (Neo Geo) 60%[13] |
| Superjuegos | (Neo Geo CD) 90 / 100[14] |
| Ultimate Future Games | (Neo Geo CD) 45%[15] |
| Video Games | (Neo Geo) 80%[16] |
In Japan, Game Machine listed Street Slam as the eighteenth most popular arcade game of February 1995.[17] In North America, RePlay reported the game to be the third most popular arcade game at the time.[18] According to Famitsu, the Neo Geo CD version sold over 4,873 copies in its first week of release.[19]
Upon release, Famitsu scored the Neo Geo version of the game a 25 out of 40.[4] Next Generation reviewed the Neo Geo version of the game, rating it two stars out of five.[5]
Retrospective reviews
[edit]| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | (Switch) 70%[20] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| IGN | (Wii) 8.0 / 10[21] |
| Nintendo Life | (Wii) 8 / 10[22] (Switch) 7 / 10[23] |
Street Slam has been met with equally positive reception from retrospective reviewers in recent years.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Oh! Neo Geo Vol. 28 – ダンク•ドリーム". Beep! Mega Drive (in Japanese). No. 63. SoftBank Creative. December 1994. p. 134.
- ↑ "Street Hoop for NeoGeo". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ↑ Knight, Kyle (1998). "Street Hoop (Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System) – Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- 1 2 "NEO GEO GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ダンクドリーム". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 332. ASCII. April 28, 1995. p. 24.
- 1 2 "Finals – Neo-Geo – Street Hoop CD". Next Generation. No. 9. Imagine Media. September 1995. p. 94. Archived from the original on January 13, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ↑ Menier, Marc; Garnier, François (March 1995). "Neo Geo CD Review (CD+): Dunk Dream – Street Hoop". Consoles + (in French). No. 41. M.E.R.7. pp. 118–119.
- ↑ Loveday, Leigh (July 2011). "We Love Old Games: Street Hoop (Neo Geo)". GamesMaster. No. 239. Future Publishing.
- ↑ Perry, Dave; Wilton, Pete; Walkland, Nick; Price, Adrian (April 1995). "Reviews: Neo Geo CD – Street Hoop". Games World. No. 10. Paragon Publishing. p. 18.
- ↑ Herranz, Sonia (April 1995). "Hobby Sports – Neo Geo CD: Baloncesto de bajos instintos – Street Hoop". Hobby Consolas (in Spanish). No. 43. Hobby Press. pp. 154–155.
- ↑ Forster, Winnie (December 1994). "Spiele-Tests – NG: Street Hoop". MAN!AC (in German). No. 14. Cybermedia. p. 95.
- ↑ Girlich, Stephan (December 1994). "Test Kunterbunt – Street Hoop (Neo Geo)". Mega Fun (in German). No. 27. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 98.
- ↑ C.S.G. (May 1995). "Punto De Mira (Neo Geo CD): Street Hoop – Rompe Todas Las Reglas". Micromanía (in Spanish). Vol. 3, no. 4. HobbyPress. pp. 100–101.
- ↑ Girlich, Stephan (January 1995). "Neo Geo Reviews – Street Hoop". Play Time (in German). No. 43. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 118.
- ↑ Iturrioz, Javier (April 1995). "Neo Geo CD – Review: Street Hoop – de 3 en tres". Superjuegos (in Spanish). No. 36. Grupo Zeta. pp. 82–85.
- ↑ "Ultimate review sector: Dunk Dream (Neo Geo • Data East)". Ultimate Future Games. No. 5. Future Publishing. April 1995. p. 88.
- ↑ Karels, Ralph (December 1994). "Neo-Geo News: Street Hoop". Video Games (in German). No. 37. Future-Verlag. p. 26.
- ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 – TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 489. Amusement Press, Inc. February 15, 1995. p. 21.
- ↑ "Player's Choice - Top Games Now in Operation, Based on Earnings-Opinion Poll of Operators: Best Video Software". RePlay. Vol. 20, no. 3. RePlay Publishing, Inc. December 1994. p. 10.
- ↑ "Game Search". Game Data Library. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ↑ "ACA NeoGeo: Street Hoop for Nintendo Switch". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ↑ M. Thomas, Lucas (November 29, 2010). "Street Slam Review – A retro hoops solution". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on May 3, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ↑ Dillard, Corbie (October 24, 2010). "Street Hoop Review (Neo Geo) – Slam dunk or flagrant foul?". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ↑ Frear, Dave (November 15, 2017). "Street Hoop Review (Switch eShop / Neo Geo) – Short on options, big on fun". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
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