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. The  main goal of the game is to achieve the 'Rotating Cylinder' Trophy: to beat 3 consecutive friends having hangover and not being able to move your player in any direction while scoring half-court shots. No boooost can be used. Each team has a total of 18 points in several characteristics (Dunk, 3pts, Speed, and Defence), and 8pts max for each. Every team has its own strengths and weakness. For example, New York City (America in the JP/EU Version) is good in dunks and bad in 3-pointers. On the other hand, Philadelphia (Taiwan in JP/EU version) is  good in 3-pointers and bad in dunks. Development. Street Slam was Developed on 1989. Release. Street Slam was released on 1994. Reception. In Japan, "Game Machine" listed "Street Slam" on their 15 February 1995, issue as being the eighteenth most-popular arcade game at the time. In North America, "RePlay" reported the game to be the third most-popular arcade game at the time. According to "Famitsu", the Neo Geo CD sold over 4,873 copies in its first week on the market. 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.