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Developer(s) | Data East Onan Games(Zeebo) |
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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 |
Series | Dunk Dream |
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Genre(s) | Sports |
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Arcade system | Neo Geo MVS |
Street Slam[a] is abasketball video game developed byData East forNeo 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 asDunk Dream '95 in Japan,Hoops '96 in Europe, and simplyHoops in North America, was released in 1995. In 2010, the original game was released for theWii on theVirtual Console, as well as part of the compilationData East Arcade Classics.
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.
Street Slam was first released on theNeo 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]
Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | (Neo Geo) 80%[3] |
Publication | Score |
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AllGame | (Neo Geo)![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Famitsu | (Neo Geo) 25 / 40[5] |
Next Generation | (Neo Geo CD)![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Consoles + | (Neo Geo CD) 78%[7] |
GamesMaster | (Neo Geo) 76%[8] |
Games World | (Neo Geo CD) 69 / 100[9] |
Hobby Consolas | (Neo Geo CD) 88 / 100[10] |
MAN!AC | (Neo Geo) 77%[11] |
Mega Fun | (Neo Geo) 61%[12] |
Micromanía | (Neo Geo CD) 83 / 100[13] |
Play Time | (Neo Geo) 60%[14] |
Superjuegos | (Neo Geo CD) 90 / 100[15] |
Ultimate Future Games | (Neo Geo CD) 45%[16] |
Video Games | (Neo Geo) 80%[17] |
In Japan,Game Machine listedStreet 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 toFamitsu, 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]
Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | (Switch) 70%[21] |
Publication | Score |
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IGN | (Wii) 8.0 / 10[22] |
Nintendo Life | (Wii) 8 / 10[23] (Switch) 7 / 10[24] |
Street Slam has been met with equally positive reception from retrospective reviewers in recent years.