Dunk Contest FAQ for NBA Street V3 on PS2, XBox, and GameCube (controls given are on PS2) by gophilly32 Table of Contents: A. Intro B. What Is A Dunk Contest? C. Dunk Contest Controls D. Setting Up the Contest -1. How do you get to a Dunk Contest? -2. Customization Time --a. How Many Dunkers --b. Difficulty --c. Choose Dunkers --d. Choose Venue -3. My Rules --a. Props -- Free Setup/Persistent --b. Dunks Per Round -- 1/2/3 --c. Watch CPU Dunks -- Yes/No --d. Scoring -- Drop Lowest/Add All E. During the Contest -1. Before the Dunk --a. Props --b. Freeball Pass -2. During the Dunk -3. After the Dunk --a. Originality Meter --b. Trick Display F. Mid-Air Dunk Trick List G. List of Best Dunkers H. Other Stuff I. Version History J. The Final Words -1. Closing -2. Special Thanks -3. Copyright Info -4. Contact Info =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= A. Intro ---- This is an in-depth guide on Dunk Contests in NBA Street V3. Arguably the biggest (and best) new feature in the NBA Street Series, the Dunk Contests add a whole new way to have fun while playing this game. What is a Dunk Contest? Read on. (also, note: this can work on any version of this game--PS2, XBox, or GC--but any controls given are for Playstation2. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= B. What Is A Dunk Contest? ---- The Dunk Contest is the biggest new feature in NBA Street V3. Basically, you have 3 tries (or less, depending on what you choose) to pull off as much crazy **** as you can in mid-air and end it all by throwing the ball down into the hoop. The actual goal is to get the most points, which you receive through doing dunks. The best part of these contests, though, is that you simply have an assload of fun playing them, whether against the computer or against your friends. So to find out how to MAXIMIZE your fun (and by that, i mean start WINNING dunk contests), read the rest of the FAQ. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= C. Dunk Contest Controls ---- Key: O = circle X = cross/X TS = trick stick (right analog stick) Turbo = L1/L2/R1/R2/a combination of those four O/Turbo: Jump and Start Dunk TS/Turbo: Mid Air Trick (during the dunk) X/Turbo: Freeball Pass (before dunk) Select: Use props (before dunk) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= D. Setting Up a Contest ---- --- 1. How do I get to a dunk contest? --- From the main menu, hit "Play It" and then go to "Dunk Contest". --- 2. Customization Time --- Once you've chosen to enter a dunk contest, you've got a lot of choices to make. a. How Many Dunkers: Pick the number of dunkers that will participate in this contest. Choices: 2, 4, or 8. b. Difficulty: Pick how easy or how hard the contest will be. Choices: Got Game (easy), Mad Game (medium), Legendary (hard). c. Choose Dunkers: Pick who will participate in the dunk contest. Choices: Anyone on any team, including the 30 NBA teams, the NBA Stars, the NBA Legends, the Top Dunkers, the Street Legends, and the Beastie Boys teams. -Once you've picked a player, pick whether or not they will be controlled by a controller (a human) or the computer. d. Choose Venue: Pick where you'll have the dunk contest. Choices: Tandy (location: St. Louis, MO), Venice Beach (Los Angeles, CA), or Rucker Park (New York, NY). --- 3. My Rules --- After you've picked from each of the above categories, it's time to decide how the contest will go down. You have two choices: Play Game or My Rules. If you select My Rules, you'll have a few more choices to make: a. Props -- Free Setup/Persistent: If you choose persistent, props will stay around until the end of the round. If you pick free setup, props will be cleared after each dunk. b. Dunks Per Round -- 1/2/3: Pick how many dunks will be performed per round. c. Watch CPU Dunks -- Yes/No: Pick whether or not you want to see the computer players' dunks. d. Scoring -- Drop Lowest/Add All: Drop Lowest means that the lowest score that you receive for a dunk will not count (only active if you have 2 or 3 dunks per round chosen). Add All takes all scores and adds them together to get your final score for the round. If you just chose "Play Game" the game will chose Free Setup, 3, Yes, and Drop Lowest as the setup. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= E. During the Contest ---- Once you've chosen everything, it's time to get the actual contest on. This will be broken down into three sections: Before the Dunk (when your player is standing around ready to jump and start the dunk), During the Dunk (when your player is in mid-air), and After the Dunk (scoring). --- 1. Before the Dunk --- First of all, the shot clock IS in effect, so once the countdown starts at the bottom corner of the screen, you better work quickly. (As long as you start your dunk with at least one second on the shot clock, though, there's no problem) So, now that you're ready to dunk, start your dunk by pressing X and a turbo button(s). But before you do that, you can throw a little bit of extra flavor in there by doing one of these: a. Props: Hit select, and the light will go towards an item on the side of the court. Hit Up or Down to look at the other props. If you find one that you want to place on the court so you can jump over it, highlight it and press X. Then use the left analog stick to place your prop wherever you want on the court. Props can occasionally be tricky, because every once in a while you'll time it incorrectly and run into the prop (and if you do that, you will receive ZERO points almost every time). But as long as you can get the timing down, you should try it whenever you get a chance. It isn't very hard, and the judges seem to love it. b. Freeball Pass: Hold any of the turbo buttons and press X. Your player will throw the ball in the air (he'll throw it in different ways depending on what turbo buttons you press). Then, while the ball's in the air, start a dunk the way you normally would (X/Turbo). Your player should grab the ball, and then you'll be at the normal mid-air screen. The problem with Freeball Passes, in my mind, is that after the pass, you don't usually have that much time to do tricks unless your player has a very high dunk rating (say, 90+). IF you DO still have a lot of airtime, go crazy. When tricks are thrown in, the judges LOVE Freeball passes. But simply doing a pass and then casually floating in mid-air, which very likely could happen, won't cut it (trust me, I've seen the computer do it and get low scores way too many times). Bottom line: Freeball Pass it at your own risk. Now that you've taken off, it's time to see what you can do in the air. --- 2. During the Dunk: --- Once you're in the air, it's all about one thing: Mid-air tricks. The more turbo buttons you're holding (0, 1, 2, 3, or 4), the longer the trick will take, and the less time you'll have for other tricks, but you'll get more points for pulling off tricks that involve more turbo buttons. Don't try to cram in 3257895691489 air tricks in one jump. If you try to do too much for your character to handle, you WILL miss the dunk, and your score will most likely be in the single digits. Throwing in one big trick (i.e. 3 to 4 turbo buttons) and then a simple trick (i.e. 0 to 1 turbo button) seems to work just fine with me. To see exactly what kinds of tricks you're pulling, look at the circles on the combo meter: Red Circle/Arrow: 4-turbo trick Yellow Circle/Arrow: 3-turbo trick Green Circle/Arrow: 2-turbo trick Blue Circle/Arrow: 1-turbo trick White Circle/Arrow: 0-turbo trick To see a list of each mid-air trick, read the Mid-Air Dunk Trick List towards the end of the FAQ. --- 3. After the Dunk --- As soon as your player throws the ball down into the hoop (or misses their dunk), a new display will come up. At the bottom of your screen, you'll see two things: a. Originality Meter: This basically shows what the judges thought of the stuff you did in the air. If you pulled off a multitude of great tricks and threw it down, you'll get a full meter. If you only do one trick while in the air, the meter won't be as full. As you rise in difficulty, it gets harder and harder to fill a trick meter completely. (Another note: If you do the same mid-air tricks during a combo, your originality meter will reduce, and you'll get less points. Also, if you copy someone else's dunk, the meter will decrease as well. Credit to DXM Zer0 for telling me this) b. Trick Display: This shows the types of tricks that you pulled while in the air, in sequence. Each of the circles represents the following: Red Circle/Arrow: 4-turbo trick Yellow Circle/Arrow: 3-turbo trick Green Circle/Arrow: 2-turbo trick Blue Circle/Arrow: 1-turbo trick White Circle/Arrow: 0-turbo trick White Basketball: Freeball Pass Trophy-looking shape: Props were used Orange basketball: Dunk was successfully completed Red Circle/Slash: Dunk was not successfully completed So that'll basically give you a short story about your dunk. Now once you see those, the panel of judges (made up of LeBron James, Elgin Baylor, and Stretch, by the way) will score your dunk, from a scale of 0 to 30. This basically critiques your dunk and says what the judges thought of it. Usually, 20+ is ideal for dunks on Got Game, and even higher on the 20s will work on harder difficulties. The high teens isn't bad on lower difficulty, but when the difficulty rises, so will your opponents' scores. Once you actually complete your turn, you can watch CPU dunks, if you chose to, and then, if you have another turn, you'll go again. If not, you'll be taken to the scorecard, where you can see how you did compared to your opponents. Your score for all of your dunks translates into this: Top 4 out of a round of 8: You move on to round of 4. Top 2 out of a round of 4: You move on to round of 2. Higher score in a round of 2: You win the contest. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= F. Mid-Air Dunk Trick List ---- This simply tells you what tricks you will perform when you hit any particular combination of buttons. For a quick directional refresher: NW N NE W . E SW S SE Now, then, these directions will be referred to when showing the way you should push the trick stick to perform the moves. 0-Turbo Button Moves: ---------- N: Double Pump-Chest High NE: Right Hand Mailman E: Statue of Liberty Right SE: Tap Outside Of Right Foot S: Double Pump-Waist High SW: Tap Outside Of Left Foot W: Statue of Liberty Left NW: Left Hand Mailman 1-Turbo Button Moves: ---------- N: Windmill NE: Cover Your Eyes Right E: Liberty Spin Right SE: Tap Right Knee S: Hold With Knee SW: Tap Left Knee W: Liberty Spin Left NW: Cover Your Eyes Left 2-Turbo Button Moves: ---------- N: Toss Behind Back Right NE: Tap Left Knee Right Knee E: Through Right Leg SE: Toss Under Right Arm S: Toss Behind Back Left SW: Toss Under Left Arm W: Through Left Leg NW: Tap Right Knee Left Knee 3-Turbo Button Moves: ---------- N: Behind the Back Left NE: Around Head Right E: Shoulder Roll Right SE: Tap Inside Of Right Foot S: Behind the Back Right SW: Tap Inside Of Left Foot W: Shoulder Roll Left NW: Around Head Left 4-Turbo Button Moves: ---------- N: Toss Behind Back Left NE: Bounce Off Right Knee E: Bounce Off Right Foot SE: Through Both Legs Right S: Under Both Legs SW: Through Both Legs Left W: Bounce Off Left Foot NW: Bounce Off Left Knee =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= G. List of Best Dunkers ---- Here's the list of all players on NBA TEAMS ONLY who have dunk ratings higher than or equal to 75. Listed next to them are their dunk ratings. Atlanta Hawks: Al Harrington (75) Boston Celtics: Ricky Davis (81), Paul Pierce (75) Charlotte Bobcats: Gerald Wallace (90), Emeka Okafor (85) Chicago Bulls: Tyson Chandler (75) Cleveland Cavaliers: LeBron James (99), Drew Gooden (90), Zydrunas Ilgauskas (75) Dallas Mavericks: Jerry Stackhouse (85), Michael Finley (80) Denver Nuggets: Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin, Marcus Camby (all 80) Detroit Pistons: Ben Wallace (81), Tayshaun Prince (80), Rasheed Wallace (75) Golden State Warriors: Jason Richardson (90) Houston Rockets: Tracy McGrady (90), Yao Ming (75) Indiana Pacers: Jermaine O'Neal (90), Steven Jackson (75) Los Angeles Clippers: Chris Wilcox (90), Corey Magette (85), Elton Brand (75) Los Angeles Lakers: Kobe Bryant, Caron Butler (both 90), Elton Brand (75) Memphis Grizzlies: James Posey (75) Miami Heat: Shaquille O'Neal (81), Dwayne Wade (75) Milwaukee Bucks: Desmond Mason (90), Keith Van Horn (75) Minnesota Timberwolves: Kevin Garnett, Latrell Spreewell (both 90) New Jersey Nets: Vince Carter, Richard Jefferson (both 90), Ron Mercer (75) New Orleans Hornets: Jamaal Magloire (75) New York Knicks: Tim Thomas (90) Orlando Magic: Steve Francis (90), Dwight Howard (80) Philadelphia 76ers: Samuel Dalembert (75) Phoenix Suns: Amare Stoudemire (85), Shawn Marion (75) Portland Trail Blazers: Darius Miles (90), Derek Anderson, Shareef Abdur-Rahim (both 80) Sacramento Kings: Chris Webber (75) San Antonio Spurs: Tim Duncan (80) Seattle Sonics: Rashard Lewis (80), Ronald Murray (75) Toronto Raptors: None Utah Jazz: Carlos Boozer (75) Washington Wizards: Antawn Jamison (90), Larry Hughes (85), Kwame Brown (80) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= H. Other Stuff ---- Here's where we pull out everything and throw the craziest ideas that have worked for you. -If you really want to do a lot before you actually hit mid-air, try this: pull a prop (preferrably a shorter prop) and place it in the lane. Walk up to just outside of the 3-point line. Do a Freeball Pass. Then, while the pass is in the air, jump up for the ball. If you execute it perfectly, you'll have done a Freeball Pass AND you'll have used a prop, and you may still have time to pull something in mid-air. It takes some time to master, but if you've got a great dunker, than try it. You won't be disappointed with what the judges give you. -To get lots of SP points: Select two of the best dunkers and pull a bunch of crazy **** in the contest. Then select rematch, and you can do it again. Credit to Nflglacier@aol.com for sending this in. -To get an easy 30 point dunk: As King James, in Legendary: 1) Add a prop (any) directly in the middle (default position) 2) Approach the basket. When you\'re between the 3pt and the top of the key, hold all 4 turbos and press O to jump 3) Immediately, hold all 4 turbos and click r-stick to the right (for a red-right) 4) Immediately, hold 2 turbos (L1+L2 is easiest) and click r-stick up (for a green-up) 5) Immediately let go of everything so you don't accidentally do more tricks. Credit to bhchan73@hotmail.com for sending this in. To contribute something here, send me an e-mail at the address given at the end of this FAQ. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I. Version History ---- Version 1.0 (3/2/05): Initial version. Completed everything that was initially planned for the FAQ. Version 1.05 (3/17/05): Added Free Setup/Persistent definition and other contributions. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= J. The Final Words ---- --- 1. Closing --- Well, thanks for sitting through all of that (or just finding a certain section that you may need). Took a decent amount of time to put all of that together. If you want to send me a) corrections that need to be made, b) Dunk Contest strategies/tips, or c) any suggestions on the FAQ period, drop me an e-mail at the address I'll give at the end of the FAQ. (Don't send grammar corrections. I'll fix them some other time) --- 2. Special Thanks --- Special Thanks go out to: .EA Sports BIG for creating this awesome game that is, in my mind, one of the best (if not THE best) basketball game of any kind out on the market now. .Each of the following users: (if you didn't give a name, I used your e-mail) -DXM Zer0 -the greatest -walk1nrvoluti0n@hotmail.com -Infernal45@aol.com -ice.rewind@gmail.com -fake fake for telling me the Free Setup/Persistent meaning. Any users mentioned in the FAQ for contributions, including DXM Zer0, Nflglacier@aol.com, and bhchan73@hotmail.com To get your name on here, send me something. Strategies, tips, anything like that. --- 3. Copyright Info --- This FAQ is made for the following websites only: www.gamefaqs.com and/or www.gamespot.com This may not be reproduced except for personal/private use. If you see this on another website, that's copyright infringement, and please e-mail me at the address given at the end of the FAQ. If you want the right to use this at your site, please e-mail me so I can (A) authorize you to do said act, as long as you include credit to me during your FAQ, and (B) so I can add your website name to this FAQ. Thanks. --- 4. Contact Info --- If you want to e-mail me and send me either a) tips for the FAQ, b) Dunk Contest strategies, c) consent to use this on another website, or d) a compliment (yeah, get real -__-), you can talk to me at the following address: rohr_k21[at]hotmail[dot]com Of course, replace the [at] with an @ sign, and the [dot] with a period (.) . If you're just going to send me an e-mail telling me how much my FAQ sucks, don't bother; you'll simply be ignored. Also, make sure to put "V3", "Dunk Contest", or "FAQ" in the topic when e-mailing me. Yep. That's pretty much it. Thanks for reading, or skimming, or whatever you decided to do, and good bye. Copyright 2005 Kurt Rohrbeck