Street Slam

"Street Hoop" redirects here. For Activision's 2002 video game, see Street Hoops.

Street Slam
Developer(s)Data East
Onan Games (Zeebo)
Publisher(s)
Data East
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
  • Arcade
    • WW: 8 December 1994
    Neo Geo AES
    • JP: 9 December 1994
    • NA: 9 December 1994
    • EU: 9 December 1994
    Neo Geo CD
    • JP: 20 January 1995
    • EU: 20 January 1995
    Zeebo
    • BRA: 16 April 2010
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

Street Slam[a] 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

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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 (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.

Release

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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

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In Japan, Game Machine listed Street Slam on their 15 February 1995, issue as being the eighteenth most-popular arcade game at the time.[18] In North America, RePlay reported the game to be the third most-popular arcade game at the time.[19] According to Famitsu, the Neo Geo CD sold over 4,873 copies in its first week on the market.[20]

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

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Street Slam has been met with equally positive reception from retrospective reviewers in recent years.

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Title Catalogue - NEO GEO MUSEUM". SNK. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Street Hoop for NeoGeo". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  4. ^ Knight, Kyle (1998). "Street Hoop (Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System) – Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "NEO GEO GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ダンクドリーム". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 332. ASCII. 28 April 1995. p. 24.
  6. ^ a b "Finals – Neo-Geo – Street Hoop CD". Next Generation. No. 9. Imagine Media. September 1995. p. 94. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Loveday, Leigh (July 2011). "We Love Old Games: Street Hoop (Neo Geo)". GamesMaster. No. 239. Future Publishing.
  9. ^ Perry, Dave; Wilton, Pete; Walkland, Nick; Price, Adrian (April 1995). "Reviews: Neo Geo CD – Street Hoop". Games World. No. 10. Paragon Publishing. p. 18.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Forster, Winnie (December 1994). "Spiele-Tests – NG: Street Hoop". MAN!AC (in German). No. 14. Cybermedia. p. 95.
  12. ^ Girlich, Stephan (December 1994). "Test Kunterbunt – Street Hoop (Neo Geo)". Mega Fun (in German). No. 27. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 98.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Girlich, Stephan (January 1995). "Neo Geo Reviews – Street Hoop". Play Time (in German). No. 43. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. p. 118.
  15. ^ Iturrioz, Javier (April 1995). "Neo Geo CD – Review: Street Hoop – de 3 en tres". Superjuegos (in Spanish). No. 36. Grupo Zeta. pp. 82–85.
  16. ^ "Ultimate review sector: Dunk Dream (Neo Geo • Data East)". Ultimate Future Games. No. 5. Future Publishing. April 1995. p. 88.
  17. ^ Karels, Ralph (December 1994). "Neo-Geo News: Street Hoop". Video Games (in German). No. 37. Future-Verlag. p. 26.
  18. ^ "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. 15 February 1995. p. 21.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ "Game Search". Game Data Library. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  21. ^ "ACA NeoGeo: Street Hoop for Nintendo Switch". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  22. ^ M. Thomas, Lucas (29 November 2010). "Street Slam Review – A retro hoops solution". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  23. ^ Dillard, Corbie (24 October 2010). "Street Hoop Review (Neo Geo) – Slam dunk or flagrant foul?". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  24. ^ Frear, Dave (15 November 2017). "Street Hoop Review (Switch eShop / Neo Geo) – Short on options, big on fun". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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