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[ironmang]

NBA Street sold me on my PS2 after playing it at a friends house so I'll have to go with that. Probably would have bought it anyway when GTA 3 and MGS 2 dropped but still gotta give credit where it's due.

 

[gforguava]

Okay, here are the rules - there are none! No stats. No squeaky-clean courts, high priced players or NBA (Nerds and Babies Association) rules. This is JAMMIT - where you play on the streets and push to the limit. FLAUNT IT. Man, you look too good. Forget those robots in jerseys. We used digitized players for this game. TAUNT IT. Tell 'em to back off, pay up or front this. Or shut up and let the ball do the dissin'. SHOVE IT. Hey, you do what it takes to win. And sometimes it takes a jab in the ribs and a push in the back. PICK IT. 1 or 2 player action. 3 killer opponents. 8 different 1-on-1 games. SLAM IT. "Slam Cam" lets you show off your dunking moves from the view of the brutalized basket. KEEP IT. Passwords save your best games. Just in case some fool doubts how good you really are. FACE IT. You're gonna get a little dirty. And this game's gonna get a lot dirty. GET IT? Now JAMMIT

Digitized actors make everything better and that makes Roxy, Chill, and Slade the Buzz, Kato, and Ty of Basketball games.

"Mama says knock you out!"

 

[The Boom Camel]

Run and Gun 2 in the arcade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZSrTqxuhfI

This is the correct answer. Loved that game!

 

[Staf]

Not played a lot of basketball games but i remember loving NBA Jam on the SNES.

 

[Codeblue]

How is it not Charles Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden?

 

[13randO]

Was gonna posted Street Vol.2 and it's in the OP. Hot damn.

 

[Forceatowulf]

The only answers:

NBA Streets vol. 2
NBA Ballers.

 

[0coolclimate0]

NBA Jam.

 

[petran79]

Lakers vs Celtics.
All the legends are there.

1. NBA LIVE 95

I had so many crazy games in multiplayer with my brother. It got so bad I chucked my controller on the floor once. We were just hitting threes the entire time. We'd run it up the court and hit a three and it took 3 seconds off the clock. We knew all the spots where they'd go in. Our 3 min (or was it 5?) quarter games would have scores of 200-199... that time I chucked my controller on the floor, i don't think my brother missed.

Had the superior DOS version.

Exactly same experience on my part when I was playing with my friend. Once he was angry too and shouted at his own players "arent you ashamed of your selves!?". Sprites were nodding in dissapointment.

 

[CountAntonius]

My favorite was the original NBA 2k. I'm sure sequels were better but that game just floored me. I was played NBA games since double dribble and loved them in every generation and I was not prepared for what they did with NBA 2K. It was absolute gaming bliss and such a technology leap forward I felt like it came from the future.

 

[Jimrpg]

Obviously dated in the gameplay department but I give my nod to College Hoops 2K8 for having the deepest franchise mode with a full AAU schedule, extremely deep recruiting including international players/JuCo players, a full slate of preseason tournaments you could choose from in addition to other postseason tourneys besides the major one, a weekly highlight show from different games around the country along with bracketology, and of course it had all the teams/conferences at the time. Probably forgetting some of the other unique features. Just a ridiculously dense simulation sports game package.

Always wanted to play this... but its probably a little dated now.

 

[Squarehard]

 

[Neo Sentai Gafman]

um

i dont know, probably this

I like this game because it doesn't require me to play basketball.

 

[Jimrpg]

Had the superior DOS version.

Exactly same experience on my part when I was playing with my friend. Once he was angry too and shouted at his own players "arent you ashamed of your selves!?". Sprites were nodding in dissapointment.

Haha!

Yep I had the PC CD-ROM version... might have been DOS. The quality of the presentation was next level with all the photos of the players. It was like the HD version compared to the SNES version.

The ONLY thing missing was Michael Jordan.

 

[bender]

Run and Gun 2 in the arcade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZSrTqxuhfI

I prefer the original. Jam and Street are great games but Run And Gun is my GOAT. It's the only arcade cabinet I've ever owned.

 

[Randy Solo]

Definitely NBA Jam for the Sega Megadrive or NBA Live 95 for the Super Nintendo. I much prefer fun over authenticity when it comes to sports games.

 

[poodaddy]

There is no other answer.

 

[Spinluck]

2k11

the current games are still riding off that one.

changed the series.

 

[MaGlock]

The fact it took 21 posts before someone posted NBA JAM, is just a travesty and y'all should be ashamed. Me and the boys still run tourneys bi-monthly on SNES.

 

[DAHGAMING]

Space jam.

 

[Elvin Atombender]

I had lots of fun with TV Sports Basketball on the Amiga.

 

[Seganomics]

NBA Live 95 was fantastic. That theme tune...

http://youtu.be/mZ7fgZ_ItXw

 

[DeadbeatCassanova]

You're all wrong.
It's ShaqFu

 

[Bizzquik]

The jump from NES' Double Dribble to this Sega Genesis title was unbelievable.

 

[cacildo]

Mario Tennis for the Wii U might be the worst one.
Its almost a demo in comparison. I think 3 on 3 is also one of only
3 basketball games on the ds,
one of them being a Harlem Globetrotters game that is probably terrible.
I personally love 3 on 3 but I can really see disliking how you have to play it.
Or how Hard it gets towards the end.

Looney Tunes B Ball is great if only because it was clearly programmed by Elmer Fudd who padded his own shooting ability.

Looney tunes B ball is the best basketball game ever

 

[StayDead]

NBA Jam is a masterpiece.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

1. NBA Street Vol. 2

2. NBA Jam 2010

3. Who gives a shit about the rest

 

[rekameohs]

NBA Live 05 dunk contest is sweet nectar

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ixruRXkkYn8

 

[Jimrpg]

Anyone remember The Flintstones: Rescue of Dino and Hoppy?

Fred was so deadly from the corner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdKMzTRgKM8

 

[ScaryShark]

NBA Live 95 was fantastic. That theme tune...

http://youtu.be/mZ7fgZ_ItXw

It's too bad NBA Live has such a negative connotation to it now because a lot of those games were fantastic for its time. NBA Live 2000 was a huge deal when it came out. Definitely one of my favorite sports games ever.

 

[darkwing-buck]

Always will be NBA 2K11 for me. I'm not even a big Jordan fan, but being able to play some of his biggest games was pretty awesome as a basketball fan. Plus I had a lot of fun messing around with the my player mode and franchise modes.

God that game was amazing. Also toughest 2K game IMO

 

[Sad Affleck]

NBA Jam Tournament Edition. God I spent so much money on that game in the arcades.

 

[Dadasch]

So much truth in the OP...
NBA Street Vol. 2 is not only the best basketball game ever, I'd even argue it's the best sports game ever.

 

[darkwing-buck]

2K11 was so good, it killed the Live franchise for almost a decade.

Contrast to madden, where EA needed to buy out the competition to make sure they wouldn't get 1 upped.

 

[ljubomir]

Never officially released outside of Japan, but it didn't stop it from being available on Famiclones all around Europe.

 

[GlassBurrito]

NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC for Dreamcast, It's classic NBA Jam gameplay with 3D character models and the unmistakable John Tesh NBA on NBC musical score.

Looney Tunes B Ball is great if only because it was clearly programmed by Elmer Fudd who padded his own shooting ability.

Elmer Fudd is a hunter after all. It makes sense that he's good at shooting.

 

[Klart]

This

 

[Karsha]

That basket game with the River City characters was the GOAT.

 

[D.Lo]

NBA Jam actually helped popularise the NBA in Australia. It was the only ever overall culturally significant basketball game IMO.

 

[Warablo]

Nba Street Vol. 2 and Nba 2k6 to 2k9.

Nba Jam made it popular.

 

[CaptainJaff]

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

No fun when OP has the correct answer.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I can tell you which has the greatest villain.

 

[Seganomics]

It's too bad NBA Live has such a negative connotation to it now because a lot of those games were fantastic for its time. NBA Live 2000 was a huge deal when it came out. Definitely one of my favorite sports games ever.

The 16 bit EA Sports era was probably my favourite period as a gamer. Hardly in depth simulations, but so much damn fun.

 

[PhantomZone]

Double Dribble on NES
NBA JAM T.E
TOTAL NBA 97 on psx (made the best Jordan, looked better than 2Ks attempts in 2k11-).

 

[Seganomics]

Oh shit! This, this, this!!!! Thank you for handing me back a memory from my childhood.

 

[CaptainJaff]

You are very welcome

 

[purseowner]

Pyre

 

[ItalianJoe83]

Tekken

 

[Exodust]

NBA Street Vol.2