Street Slam (Neo Geo AES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2017
- A playthrough of Data East's 1994 basketball game for the Neo Geo AES, Street Slam.
Played through as Miami on the normal difficulty level.
Street Slam (or Street Hoop, or Dunk Dreams, depending on your region) has the distinction of being the only basketball game ever officially produced for the Neo Geo, and thankfully, it's quite a good one. It was one of the few games that Data East produced for the hardware, but it upholds the level of quality that we saw from them in titles like Karnov's Revenge, Magical Drop, and Windjammers.
Instead of being of the EA-style "simulation" variety of sports games, it's crystal clear that it was always intended to be a fast-paced coin-op title first and foremost (though it was just as excellent on the AES at home!). The gameplay consists of 3-on-3 "street" games - goal tending is completely allowed here. There are ten available teams that you play through, all representing major American cities in the US release. The Euro/Asia and Japanese version use countries instead to represent the teams, though they're functionally identical across all versions. Regardless of which you're playing, team choice is quite important as each team has some pretty significant differences, indicated by the ratings at the bottom of the selection screen.
The gameplay is fairly simple, as evidenced by the game's use of just two buttons - one is for defensive moves, and the other is for offense. The functions change based on context, though, and the actions are largely based on the timing of button presses and the direction the stick is being held in. It's pretty intuitive and allows for a surprising number of moves and combinations, and it will feel familiar to anyone that played NBA Jam. There is also a "super shot" meter (resembling super meters from fighting games) at the bottom of the screen that fills with each successful shot, and when this meter is filled, you can launch into an unblockable showboat move that will never miss. These are pretty nice in how they allow you to control the pace of the game, and the explosions/flames that result are pretty fun to watch as the shockwave knocks everyone to the ground.
The action is solid and fun - like I said, it's quite similar to NBA Jam - but the real selling point here is the thoroughly over-the-top presentation. The level of bombast has been set to 11, and it's awesome. Everything is over-exaggerated and highly stylized in a way that would only ever be seen in the 1990s. The characters are all huge and really well drawn, the animations are all fluid and link together convincingly, the backgrounds sport a heavy amount of attention paid to detail, and those super shots are quite funny in how overly dramatic they are. This was an extremely nice looking game in 1994, and its charm still holds up well. It's dated, but it's still just so fun to watch.
The sound fares even better than the graphics. The music is incredibly loud, loaded with synths and samples that would sound right at home in pop music from the early 90s, and the voices! Oh man. All of the songs feature vocals, which was quite a rarity at the time - many games had done this before with one song, but every track in Street Slam has a full complement of vocals, and at some surprisingly high quality for a non-CD title. They're all ultra-corny (much of it is rap that approaches Engrish at some moments, and the muddled pronunciation in some of them lead to some pretty hilarious moments of misunderstood lyrics), but they're all quite memorable and frame the action surprisingly well. Outside of the music, the announcer enthusiastically announces everything happening on the court, and the players often grunt, yell, and taunt as they brutalize each other for the win.
Like Burning Fight, my first exposure to this one was when I got it cheap for the Neo Geo CD. It went into the machine every time someone came over for quite a long time - I really got into it. Years later, I still have the game in my MVS cab! For those without the hardware, though, it can easily be played via the Wii's Virtual Console or the Data East Arcade Classics compilation (also on Wii). It's unfortunate that the sequel never received any console ports, but hey, at least we have this one. It's fun, it's quick, and it's loud - it's everything you'd expect out of a game that could be played on the iconic candy-red cabinet that you'd find tucked away in the corner of a bowling alley, news agent, or diner.
Oh, and remember Lucky Glauber, the basketball/karate guy from the King of Fighters '94 USA team? Though he was an original character for KOF, it seems as if someone at SNK might have been inspired by another Neo Geo title while creating his character... :)
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Street Slam is a great throwback to the days when NBA Jam and Arch Rivals dominated the arcade sports scene. It's fun, it's fast, and it's loud - exactly like it should be.
And those song lyrics!
Yep - was never a fan of more serious sports sims, but I love arcadey sports games.
Street Slam is Slamming with excitement and entertainment
With ABSOLUTELY AWESOME graphics and STUNNINGLY AMAZING gameplay
Street Slam, Windjammers and Neo Turf Masters, the best sports Neo•Geo titles.
+moviemetalhead Those are all good, but you can't leave out Baseball Stars 2!
NintendoComplete Indeed! Slipped my mind. Derp, lol.
What about league bowling?
Greg K Didn't play it back then.
Greg K I loved that one too, it was in a machine at a McDonald's at the end of my block when I was in elementary school :) right next to wild west cowboys of moo mesa!
I play thes game in 2005 😍
Ah, man! This is fun to watch just for the music. Did I just hear 'kiss the ring'? So many places one could go with that, innocent and not so innocent! As for the game, more Data East madness; just what were those guys on?
The 80's and 90's were the best times for games, I think. There was much craziness going on. Shame developers these days are bit a more 'stiff' and business like.
Stanton Bentley For real, I loved it when games could be good without taking themselves too seriously. Anymore big game development seems to view itself as competition for the super-budget Hollywood dramas and action films, forcing super heavy themes. I like the fluffier ones sometimes:)
Lol I believe he's saying "Kiss the rim!"
"Kiss the rim"
For me: the best Basketball videogame, with no flaws, the only thing I miss, is not having the chance to play in the court you see in the final credits... Apart from that, perfect game 👍🏀😎✌️
Apperently Clem is a master in this game and knows how to dunk :D
Whats the diff between Street Slam and Street Hoop? One has countries you can pick and the other cities...Are there any gameplay differences?
They’re both the same game other than the difference you mentioned. Street Hoop was the european title. But that is the version they used in the ACA Neo Geo edition for the Switch in the US.
@@infinitygenealpa Thanks Brother!!!
El chico con La hoodie gris en la stage de Chicago " que no se note que soy el dealer" jajaja
Nice
Este Steet Slam es japones o es Americano???? en el Street Hoop los equipos son internacionales. Aqui se juega en todo Estados Unidos que diferencia uno del otro.
This game is made in Japan.
Street Slam es el nombre de la versión de USA. Street Hoop es el nombre internacional. En Japón tiene otro nombre: Dunk Dream. Para seguir agregando a la confusión. 😅
Great graphics for an early neo title
Great graphics, period 😎🏀
Is this & Street Hoop same game?! 🤔
Yes
The rap vocals in this game are hilarious. They sound like they are being done by some elderly white guy. But they're still better than those god awful rap songs in Persona 3 by Lotus Justice.
This or NBA playgrounds? NBA playgrounds currently on sale for 28 AUD for physical version so always resellable. This at normal price of 10.50 AUD. This isn't about graphics but gameplay. I am sure for single player the neo would be great, but nba street has replay ability longevity for as long as the nintendo switch servers exist and someone is at the other end to play with.. so... The thing is, the speed and movement of this LOOKS more fun but i've played neither.
NBA playgrounds ???? That game is utter garbage and these graphics are beautiful.
well I got both for total of 38 AUD, around 26 USD so i think that's reasonable.. when i play one player against CPU i play neo geo, when i want to play a human I play nba.. best of all worlds. Sometimes when you are a solo player you feel the need to play against real people and had hamster provided that function on any of their neo geo games it would have been amazing. But they didn't. I am also playing neo cup 98 which is awesome soccer, 3 count bout and a ton of other neo geo games. I LOVE the neo geo stuff I have over 30 titles already on my switch. Cheers
@@yandman26
Can you tell me what's a&b on the ps4 controller plz
spent WAY too much money on this game
X2 👍 and, it was well spend 🏀😎
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