NBA Street

"Ahh, what NBA Jam if made in 3d should be like!"

Street is a rare type of game. Imagine an arcade basketball game with replay value, codes, unlockables, good music, and a loud black man who announces the game. The game features is fully licensed by the NBA so it features teams, characters, and uh stuff.

Graphics: A
Street has some great graphics. Not only do characters have realistic shadows, nice textures, and animated faces, their movement when doing a sick trick is also top Notch. Backgrounds look good, but some just look simple and ugly. But everything on court is spot on. The game has a game breaker system which means if you power up your game breaker meter, you can perform a monster dunk or a top notch 3 point shot and everything between. I give NBA Street an A in the graphic category because it looks very good except for a few spots, but you won't be looking in the background too much, just focusing on the sick moves your character can bust an awesome trick on Kobe Bryant then do a gigantic slam dunk!

Sound/Music: B+
Well guys in the game talk smack and spank it up, providing a clean Street talkin' jive walking game. Joe ''The Show'' provides the commentary of what's happening in the game. It provides just a fun game to watch as it is to play, which is quite special. Also little black kids announce various dunks which sounds awesome, imagine a kid going ''Dunk-uh-Lish-US!'' loud and awesome like a ninja. The background music is really nothing even though they hype it up on the box O_O. I give it a B+ for the weak music but it makes up for the awesome sound.

Gameplay: A+
Basketball game add in NBA Jam style gameplay, and in a combo system, add some extra characters, a create a player option for making women and men ''ballers'', realistic movements and fun atmosphere and you have a GRADE A game. Totally awesome. Realistic and Arcade fans will not be disapointed. I suggest getting this game which is about oh say 20 or 15 bucks. Number 2 is out and has even more secrets. The controls for the game also are spot on. You have 3 turbo buttons, 2 trick buttons, one pass button, and one shoot button for offense. and for defense there are 3 turbo buttons, two block buttons and one steal button. Awesome game, go get it now. A+

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 05/19/03, Updated 05/19/03