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All About...
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| NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC |
| Review |
| Do we really need another NBA Jam style game? |
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| You can play on street courses instead of NBA stadiums. |
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When NBA Jam first debuted in the arcade and made its initial steps into the home market, it was easy to fall in love with its fresh take on sports gaming. Since that time, we've seen the same concept packaged and repackaged too many times to count, and with the release of NBA Showtime, it's painfully apparent that the concept is on its last legs.
Showtime is almost exactly the same as the old NBA Jam arcade games. The graphics are now polygonal, but they're so lacking in detail, you'd almost wish the programmers stuck with sprites. The sound is almost exactly the same, and the gameplay offers nothing new. If you've never played the Jams series, you'll enjoy the gameplay, but if you own any version at all of this franchise, then you'll find nothing to get excited about in Showtime.
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Dan Egger
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| "The graphics are now polygonal, but they're so lacking in detail, you'd almost wish the programmers stuck with sprites. " |
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| The create-a-player mode is sorely lacking in options. |
| If you like the NBA Jam style of gameplay, you'll find more of it here. |
| The player models are distinctly uninteresting in appearance. |
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| Developer |
Midway |
| Publisher |
Eurocom |
| Genre |
Sports |
| Players |
4 |
| Supports |
Controller Pak (Memory) |
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