Software:Street Slam

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Street Slam
Street Slam arcade flyer.jpg
Developer(s)Data East
Onan Games (Zeebo)
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)Iwao Horita
Designer(s)Atsushi Kaneko
Programmer(s)Kenichi Minegishi
Mitsutoshi Sato
Mya
Artist(s)Endo Chang
Hiroki Narisawa
Sachiko Moizumi
Tony Taka
Composer(s)Tatsuya Kiuchi
SeriesDunk Dream
Platform(s)
Release
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

Street Slam[lower-alpha 1] is a basketball video game developed by Data East for Neo Geo, released in 1994.[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.

Gameplay

Screenshot taken in the pre-rotating cylinder era.

In the US version of the game, players can select a three-player team from a selection of 10 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.

Each team has a total of 18 points in several characteristics (Dunk, 3pts, Speed, and Defence), and 8pts max for each. Every team has its own strengths and weaknesses. For example, New York City (United States 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.

Release

Street Slam was first released on the Neo Geo MVS on December 8, 1994, in Japan. The home version was released on the Neo Geo AES on December 9, 1994, and on the Neo Geo CD on January 20, 1995.[2]

Reception

Contemporary reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(Neo Geo) 80%[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame(Neo Geo) 3/5 stars[4]
Famitsu(Neo Geo) 25 / 40[5]
Next Generation(Neo Geo CD) 2/5 stars[6]
Consoles +(Neo Geo CD) 78%[7]
GamesMaster(Neo Geo) 76%[8]
Games World
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 on their 15 February 1995, issue as being the eighteenth most-popular arcade game at the time.[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 sold over 4,873 copies in its first week on the market.[19]

On release, Famitsu scored the Neo Geo version of the game a 25 out of 40.[5] Next Generation reviewed the Neo-Geo version of the game, rating it two stars out of five.[6]

Retrospective reviews

Retrospective assessments
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(Switch) 70%[20]
Review scores
PublicationScore
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

  1. ↑ Also known as Dunk Dream (Japanese: ダンクドリーム, Hepburn: Danku Dorīmu) in Japan and Street Hoop in Europe.

References

  1. ↑ "Oh! Neo Geo Vol. 28 – ダンク•ドリーム". Beep! Mega Drive (SoftBank Creative) (63): 134. December 1994. https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:BeepMD_JP_1994-12.pdf&page=136. 
  2. ↑ "Title Catalogue - NEO GEO MUSEUM". SNK. https://neogeomuseum.snk-corp.co.jp/english/catalogue/. 
  3. ↑ "Street Hoop for NeoGeo". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. https://www.gamerankings.com/neo/565671-street-hoop/index.html. 
  4. ↑ Knight, Kyle (1998). "Street Hoop (Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System) – Review". AllGame. All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17076&tab=review. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "NEO GEO GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ダンクドリーム". Famitsu (ASCII) (332): 24. 28 April 1995. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Finals – Neo-Geo – Street Hoop CD". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (9): 94. September 1995. https://archive.org/stream/nextgen-issue-009/Next_Generation_Issue_009_September_1995#page/n95/mode/1up. Retrieved 9 April 2020. 
  7. ↑ Menier, Marc; Garnier, François (March 1995). "Neo Geo CD Review (CD+): Dunk Dream – Street Hoop". Consoles + (M.E.R.7) (41): 118–119. https://archive.org/stream/Console_Plus_Numero_041#page/118/mode/1up. 
  8. ↑ Loveday, Leigh (July 2011). "We Love Old Games: Street Hoop (Neo Geo)". GamesMaster (Future Publishing) (239). 
  9. ↑ Herranz, Sonia (April 1995). "Hobby Sports – Neo Geo CD: Baloncesto de bajos instintos – Street Hoop". Hobby Consolas (Hobby Press) (43): 154–155. https://archive.org/stream/HobbyConsolas043#page/n153/mode/2up. 
  10. ↑ Forster, Winnie (December 1994). "Spiele-Tests – NG: Street Hoop". MAN!AC (Cybermedia) (14): 95. https://archive.org/stream/MANIAC.N014.1994.12/MANIAC.N014.1994.12-DURiAN_Searchable#page/n94/mode/1up. 
  11. ↑ Girlich, Stephan (December 1994). "Test Kunterbunt – Street Hoop (Neo Geo)". Mega Fun (CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG) (27): 98. https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=6382. 
  12. ↑ C.S.G. (May 1995). "Punto De Mira (Neo Geo CD): Street Hoop – Rompe Todas Las Reglas". Micromanía (HobbyPress) 3 (4): 100–101. https://archive.org/stream/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue4#page/n99/mode/2up. 
  13. ↑ Girlich, Stephan (January 1995). "Neo Geo Reviews – Street Hoop". Play Time (CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG) (43): 118. https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3APlayTime_DE_1995-01.pdf&page=118. 
  14. ↑ Iturrioz, Javier (April 1995). "Neo Geo CD – Review: Street Hoop – de 3 en tres". Superjuegos (Grupo Zeta) (36): 82–85. https://archive.org/stream/Superjuegos_036#page/n81/mode/2up. 
  15. ↑ "Ultimate review sector: Dunk Dream (Neo Geo • Data East)". Ultimate Future Games (Future Publishing) (5): 88. April 1995. https://archive.org/stream/ultimate-future-games-05#page/n87/mode/1up. 
  16. ↑ Karels, Ralph (December 1994). "Neo-Geo News: Street Hoop". Video Games (Future-Verlag) (37): 26. https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=21056. 
  17. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 – TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (Amusement Press, Inc.) (489): 21. 15 February 1995. 
  18. ↑ "Player's Choice - Top Games Now in Operation, Based on Earnings-Opinion Poll of Operators: Best Video Software". RePlay (RePlay Publishing, Inc.) 20 (3): 10. December 1994. 
  19. ↑ "Game Search". https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search. 
  20. ↑ "ACA NeoGeo: Street Hoop for Nintendo Switch". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. https://www.gamerankings.com/switch/227064-aca-neogeo-street-hoop/index.html. 
  21. ↑ M. Thomas, Lucas (29 November 2010). "Street Slam Review – A retro hoops solution". IGN. Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/11/29/street-slam-review. 
  22. ↑ Dillard, Corbie (24 October 2010). "Street Hoop Review (Neo Geo) – Slam dunk or flagrant foul?". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/neogeo/street_hoop. 
  23. ↑ Frear, Dave (15 November 2017). "Street Hoop Review (Switch eShop / Neo Geo) – Short on options, big on fun". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/street_hoop_neogeo. 

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