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[VGEsoterica]

EVERYONE and their uncle (especially the Uncle's that work at Nintendo lol) have played NBA Jam. It basically became an iconic part of 90s gaming history. Ported to every damn console and portable system ever and basically wrote the book on how to make a sports video game that was BASED on the sport in question but really pivoted the actual mechanics to a way more fast paced arcadey feel.

So it should come as no surprise that every company under the sun wanted their piece of the pie! Enter Dunk Mania from Namco...a fully 3D NBA Jam style basketball game running on PS1 arcade hardware. A really fun time...but also a total clone of the source material. But it's a super fun game...especially with two player yet sadly compared to NBA Jam this one has just straight up faded into obscurity.

So that got me thinking...what are some of the other "really good clone games" out there.

 

[AJUMP23]

I have never seen this game. Pretty cool.

 

[VGEsoterica]

I have never seen this game. Pretty cool.

yeah its definitely really obscure by now...which is kind of why I love it

 

[The Pleasure]

I was gonna post you only love it because it's on m2 hardware.

 

[EverydayBeast]

One thing about clones is they can actually be good I would say immortals fenyx rising as example.

 

[radewagon]

SAINT'S ROW!!!!

 

[VGEsoterica]

I was gonna post you only love it because it's on m2 hardware.

haha I wish it was on M2. This is just PSX based

 

[ManaByte]

NBA Jam took off because it had real teams and players. This game didn't.

 

[bender]

Konami's Run and Gun is still the most fun arcade basketball ever and that's coming from a huge NBA Jam/Showtime fan.

 

[VGEsoterica]

Konami's Run and Gun is still the most fun arcade basketball ever and that's coming from a huge NBA Jam/Showtime fan.

This is a very legit opinion

 

[VGEsoterica]

NBA Jam took off because it had real teams and players. This game didn't.

yes licensed teams / players made a huge difference. So long as you chose Stockton. Only right choice

 

[InfiniteCombo]

I have never seen this game. Pretty cool.

VGEsoterica really lives up to his username. I dig all of his threads as I generally learn something new/cool every time.