Street Slam


Street Slam is a basketball video game developed by Data East for Neo Geo, released in 1994. The game features three-on-three basketball match-ups with a variety of different teams.
A sequel to the game, known as Dunk Dream '95 in Japan, Hoops '96 in Europe, and simply Hoops in North America, was released in 1995. In 2010, the original game was released for the Wii on the Virtual Console, as well as part of the compilation Data East Arcade Classics.
Street Slam was the inspiration for The King of Fighters character Lucky Glauber.

Gameplay

In the US version of the game, players can select a three-player team from a selection of 10 cities in the United States. In the European and Japanese versions of the game, the cities are replaced with countries around the world. The selection screens, player skin colours and costumes also change between the versions.
Each team has a total of 18 points in several characteristics, and 8pts max for each. Every team has its own strengths and weakness. For example, New York is good in dunks and bad in 3-pointers. On the other hand, Philadelphia is good in 3-pointers and bad in dunks.

Development

Release

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Street Slam on their February 15, 1995 issue as being the eighteenth most-successful arcade game of the year, outperforming titles such as Hat Trick Hero '95. On release, Famitsu scored the Neo Geo version of the game a 25 out of 40. Next Generation reviewed the Neo-Geo version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "Street Hoop is definitely arcade-style action and meant primarily for two players with its quick passing and under-sized court, and it translated well enough to the home system."

Retrospective reviews

Street Slam has been met with equally positive reception from retrospective reviewers in recent years.