TIME Magazine’s All-Time 100 Greatest Video Games
November 18, 2012 at 3:43 pm | Posted in News | 1 CommentTags: All-Time Video Games, best video game lists, Madden '95, NBA Jam, Punch-out!!, Retro Gaming, Sports games, Tecmo Bowl, TIME All-Time 100 Video Games, video games, Wii Sports
All-time lists are always subjective but at times can be purposefully confrontational or downright lacking in thoroughness. The TIME tech staff that put together their list did an amazing job and I absolutely recommend reading their work. You can never please everyone with these type of lists but there is a terrific blend of appealing to both casual and hardcore gamers with their selections. How did the sports genre fare?
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iOS Mini-Review: NBA Jam
March 17, 2012 at 1:18 am | Posted in iOS Reviews | 1 CommentTags: EA, EA Sports, iOS, iOS gaming, iPhone games, NBA, NBA Jam, Sports games, video games
I remember my first handheld experience with NBA Jam very fondly. Being a big NBA fan and playing the original game as often as I could in the arcades, I was extremely excited when NBA Jam came out for the Sega Game Gear in 1993. Sure, the graphics were stunted but I was finally playing with NBA-licensed teams and with real NBA players! Even on the Game Gear’s 3.2″ screen, NBA Jam translated the arcade experience well. Since EA picked up the NBA Jam license from a defunct Midway, they’ve rekindled the flames of the classic with solid home console releases and a successful download-only follow-up. Expanding into the world of mobile games was an obvious step for the franchise. NBA Jam has always been easy to pick up and play, but what happens when you take away buttons and move to an iOS touchscreen device? NBA Jam ($0.99 App Store) keeps up the tradition of replicating its classic feel across gaming platforms as EA Sports engineers the mobile version to work as well as ever.
EA Sports Gets One Right: NBA Jam: On Fire Edition Lives Up To Its Name
October 23, 2011 at 11:59 pm | Posted in Reviews | 53 CommentsTags: EA Sports, Gobblers, Jam Bots, NBA, NBA Jam, NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, Playstation 3, PS3, PSN, Retro Gaming, Sports games, sports video games, video games, XBLA, Xbox 360
As a retro video game collector, downloadable titles would seem to conflict with my passion for the hobby. I love games that can be displayed in my office complete with their box and manual, representing my own personal archive of video game history. I do not have my head in the sand though. Downloading full games and additional game content is 100% the future of where gaming is going. We’ve already see it with the available titles on the Playstation Network and Xbox Live and possibly may with entire systems like the Playstation Vita (its predecessor, the PSP Go was full download only). As a sports gamer, there is potential with the avenue of download-only games but to date the execution and selection has been pretty poor. Perusing online marketplaces, your options are normally limited to darts, bowling, fishing or PSOne snowboarding titles. There have been attempts before to release unique standalone titles (we’ll explore them here at RSGW), but overall most are re-releases like Baseball Stars 2 or poor original arcade attempts like Madden Arcade and NHL 3-on-3 Arcade. Like a beacon in a storm of sports shovelware, EA Sports’ NBA Jam: On Fire Edition is exactly what downloadable sports gaming should be, and the results of their recent endeavor are glorious.
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