Street Slam

"Street Hoop" redirects here. For Activision's 2002 video game, see Street Hoops.

Street Slam^[a] is a basketball video game developed by Data East for Neo Geo, released in 1994.^[1] The game features three-on-three basketball match-ups with a variety of different teams. Street Slam is the only basketball game released on the Neo Geo.

Street Slam
North American arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Data East Onan Games (Zeebo)
Publisher(s)	Data East SNK (AES/CD) G-Mode (Zeebo)
Producer(s)	Iwao Horita
Designer(s)	Atsushi Kaneko
Programmer(s)	Kenichi Minegishi Mitsutoshi Sato Mya
Artist(s)	Endo Chang Hiroki Narisawa Sachiko Moizumi Tony Taka
Composer(s)	Tatsuya Kiuchi
Series	Dunk Dream
Platform(s)	Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Zeebo
Release	Arcade WW: 8 December 1994 Neo Geo AES WW: 9 December 1994 Neo Geo CD JP/EU: 20 January 1995 Zeebo BRA: 16 April 2010
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Neo Geo MVS

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.

Gameplay

Screenshot taken in the pre-rotating cylinder era

In the US version of the game, players can select a three-player team from a selection of 10 city-based teams in the United States. In the European and Japanese versions of the game, the cities are replaced with countries around the world. The selection screens, player skin colours and costumes also change between the versions.

Each team has a total of 18 points in several characteristics (dunk, 3pts, speed, and defense), and 8pts max for each. Every team has its own strengths and weaknesses. For example, New York (USA 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.

Release

Street Slam was first released on the Neo Geo MVS on 8 December 1994 in Japan. The home version was released on the Neo Geo AES on 9 December 1994 and on the Neo Geo CD on 20 January 1995.^[2]

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	(Neo Geo) 80%[3]

Review scores

Publication	Score
AllGame	(Neo Geo) [4]
Famitsu	(Neo Geo) 25 / 40[5]
Next Generation	(Neo Geo CD) [6]
Consoles +	(Neo Geo CD) 78%[7]
GamesMaster	(Neo Geo) 76%[8]
Games World	(Neo Geo CD) 69 / 100[9]
Hobby Consolas	(Neo Geo CD) 88 / 100[10]
MAN!AC	(Neo Geo) 77%[11]
Mega Fun	(Neo Geo) 61%[12]
Micromanía	(Neo Geo CD) 83 / 100[13]
Play Time	(Neo Geo) 60%[14]
Superjuegos	(Neo Geo CD) 90 / 100[15]
Ultimate Future Games	(Neo Geo CD) 45%[16]
Video Games	(Neo Geo) 80%[17]

Contemporary reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Street Slam as the eighteenth most popular arcade game of February 1995.^[18] In North America, RePlay reported the game to be the third most popular arcade game at the time.^[19] According to Famitsu, the Neo Geo CD version sold over 4,873 copies in its first week of release.^[20]

On release, Famitsu scored the Neo Geo version of the game a 25 out of 40.^[5] Next Generation reviewed the Neo Geo version of the game, rating it two stars out of five.^[6]

Retrospective reviews

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	(Switch) 70%[21]

Review scores

Publication	Score
IGN	(Wii) 8.0 / 10[22]
Nintendo Life	(Wii) 8 / 10[23] (Switch) 7 / 10[24]

Retrospective assessments

Street Slam has been met with equally positive reception from retrospective reviewers in recent years.

Notes

1. Also known as Dunk Dream (Japanese: ダンクドリーム, Hepburn: Danku Dorīmu) in Japan and Street Hoop in Europe.