NBA Street
- The game puts you on the playground with a set of NBA players — choose your team from a group of NBA players, pick-up stylishness
- Beat them, and you can pick one new player from the other team to join your group
- Beat the boss-team of each region to go ahead and build your rep
- Sports meeting go to 21, and you have to win by two, just like in ancient-school pick-up sports meeting
- Travel to playgrounds across the country in City Circuit mode, or play to earn new looks & equipment in Hold The Court mode
Product Description
NBA Street is the best arcade basketball title available. Cycle. Why? No refs, no clocks, no fouls. Players will knock you over, and they practically live for blatant goaltending throughout the game. Realistic? No, but it’s always fun–even if you despise basketball. Lace up the ‘tops and hoop it up. Experience the game of streetball, become part of the culture and develop into the ultimate street legend. Schoolin’ your opponent playground stylishness on the way to victory is the name of the game. Beat ‘em with ankle-breaking cuts and unbelievable hang times. Receiving rewards for your streetball mastery is extra sweet. Pick a court and hold onto it as you go up against mixed squads of NBA players. Your goal: Set the court record for consecutive wins while sending all comers home. The city circuit calls for you to hit the road with Michael Jordan and take on fearsome NBA street teams. From inside-city blacktop showdowns to sun-soaked b-ball brawls by the beach, these are the toughest and hippest courts in the country.Amazon.com Review
NBA Street is the best arcade basketball title available. Cycle. Why? No refs, no clocks, no fouls. Players will knock you over, and they practically live for blatant goaltending throughout the game. Realistic? No, but it’s always fun–even if you despise basketball.
Street has two different game modes–City Circuit and Hold the Court–yet the differences here are minimal. Both feature three-on-three sports meeting of 21, in which you must assemble a squad composed of (initially) NBA players. Soon you’ll play against street legends (read: bosses) that, once defeated, can be added to your team. Your ultimate goal is to defeat the largest legend ever: Michael Jordan.
To survive the streets, you must learn which buttons to mash as you master specific stunts. This will add special points to your score and give you access to different ways to score. Though similar to NBA Jam and its sequels, Street is deeper, and sports a surprisingly developed finesse game.
Street does commit some fouls, though, with its over-the-top, repetitive commentary and lack of play modes. But, even if you despise arcade-stylishness basketball, you’ll find Street differs from the pack, making it a solid MVP contender.
Pros:
- Excellent controls and gameplay
- Pleasantly cartoonish graphics
- Arcade approach makes it fun for those turned off by very technical basketball simulations
Cons:
- Horrific commentary
- Only 2 very similar gameplay modes
- No 4-player support
Amazon.com Product Description
Taking the ball out of the hands of shoe salesman and giving it to characters based on schoolyard greats, NBA Street also plays by street rules. Off-the-backboard passes, nasty dunks, and a special momentum meter–which boosts your abilities as you humiliate the competition–let you know you’re not playing arena ball. In fact, some of the courts are modeled after real-life basketball training grounds, such as New York’s Rucker Park and the Cage. You’ll see them all when you hit the road and take on the local crew. Go well against them and you’ll be able to recruit some special talent (did we say Mike?) to your team. Hold the Court mode will reward you with cool accessories, such as shoes and tattoos, by successfully defending the home court against challenging teams.
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Rating: 3 / 5
Somebody needs to keep up with this site, NBA Street was released today, the 20th.
Rating: 5 / 5
This game looks awesome I can not wait to get mine.
Rating: 5 / 5
ok, i havent in fact played the game, but ive been watching videos, reading previews, and looking at pictures. and this game looks awesome. its a street balling game, with awesome dunks and awesome dribbling, dribbling thats better then jason williams u can also throw sweet alley oop passes off the back penetrate
Rating: 5 / 5
As the playoffs wind down on another dreadful NBA season, this game may be all that us B-Ball fans have to look forward to (especially if Kobe and the Lakers just thrash the Sixers like they should). Watching the NBA has become an implementation in futility, as most of the players in the league just don’t have what it takes to play team ball. So this game should cure us of all those painful experiences of watching hot-shot players going one on one for 48 minutes, driving to the rim, trying to score over three defenders, and missing layups. Bring on NBA Street, where if we are going to have to experience show off ball we may as well be in control. And this game has it. Ally-oops, between the legs stylishness points, cross-overs, in your face dunks. Forget an 82 game season, they’re not fun to watch anymore never-the-less play them. I want street court action, trash talkin’, take your ball home to mama cuz’ you just can’t hack it here ballin’. Then let’s hit the road cross country and take over some other poor sucka’s court. It’s all our house, baby, and when me and MJ come callin’, you better lock the kids inside and place those chastity belts on your ladies, cuz’ it’s gonna be sexy the way we take your pride. You gettin’ my drift? NBA Street is the real deal. I don’t care if you’re 5′1″ or 7′6″, this is the game that is gonna seperate the men from the ladies, and leave the rest of you playing NBA shootout on your broken down PS1.
Rating: 5 / 5