Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26584 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Acclaim
• Released on: 2002-02-22
• Platform: Game Boy Advance

Manufacturer's Description
This official NBA-licensed game includes all 29 teams and courts and more than 140 NBA superstars. NBA Jam 2002 offers two-on-two arcade action and two new Jam-style courts, including Beach and Street Jam. This version of the game marks the return of Fun mode, with player hot spots, hang time, half-court superdunks, and on-fire players.

The game includes signature and special player moves, including alley-oops, sky hooks, and off-the-glass passes, and various modes of play, such as practice, season, playoffs, Jam style, head-to-head, and the all-new Horse mode. You will be able to unlock secret teams, such as the NBA Rookie Team, East and West All-Star Teams, and the All-NBA Team, and access tons of hidden cheat codes and surprises.

Customer Reviews

*DO NOT* BUY THIS "GAME"
I'm a huge basketball fan and loved the original NBA Jam games and almost ran to the shop to buy this. Bad move. It is so heart-breakingly awful it really does defy belief. The front end looks very swish but when you get to the actual game you will kick yourself for wasting 30 quid. I'll summarise in bullet form a few of the main faults;

* The outcome of shooting is pretty random - the CPU makes you release the ball when it wants and it's easier to shoot from halfcourt than to go for a lay-in. Hmmm.
* The 'commentary' doesn't even match up with the action 90% of the time, and if I hear "nicely received" one more time I might smash my GBA with half a brick.
* Bad collision detection can have two players trapped on each other with the ball between them, yet neither can pick it up.
* Some player movements aren't even properly animated, notably defence - when the player slides on D it looks as though a static sprite is moving.
* Not enough warning when the end of a quarter approaches - the clock is only visible at midcourt, and if there is a countdown beep you certainly can't hear it through the speaker.
* The ball is coloured too darkly, making it hard to see. No excuse.

In short, it's just not fun. This game is bad, bad, bad, with no redeeming features whatsoever - I'm taking my copy back and demanding my money.