
I have high hopes on this game and believe it can give the top basketball games a run for their money. That wouldn't be reasonable though this list is for groundbreaking or truly influential games over the years. If we wanted, we could just take the last ten games that were put out over the past four years and say those are the best ten. This is a list that is hard to put into a solid top ten. There have been other memorable titles such as Double Dribble, Arch Rivals, NCAA Basketball and Coach K basketball in the past. Basketball in video games has made great strides over the past thirty years and I expect 2K11 to be the next leap in progress. We can go back to Basketball on the Atari 2600 in 1979 to find the roots of video game basketball. Most importantly NBA 2K11, with the Michael Jordan modes being put into the mix. NBA Elite 11 (Formerly NBA Live) has been postponed at this current point to March 31, 2011. A sequel, Barkley Shut Up and Jam 2, was exclusively released for the Genesis in 1995.On October 5th, the new releases of NBA Jam and NBA 2K11 will be released in stores.


Ports for the PC and Atari Jaguar were in development but never released. īarkley Shut Up and Jam! received mixed but positive reception when it was released on both platforms, with reviewers praising the graphics, sound and multiplayer, while others criticized the controls, lackluster animations and gameplay, with critics also comparing the game with NBA Jam. Originally known as Charles Barkley Basketball during development and initially released on the Genesis, it was later ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and first released on North America in June 1994 and this version was released months later in both Japan and Europe on the same year by Den'Z and Sony Electronic Publishing respectively. Single-player, multiplayer (up to four players)įeaturing arcade-style gameplay similar to Midway's NBA Jam but closely following the rules seen in street basketball, players compete with either CPU-controlled opponents or against other players in matches across various cities of the United States.
