NBA All Star Challenge
NBA All Star Challenge game offers a chance to compete in one-on-one basketball with NBA superstars like Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls), David Robinson (San Antonio Spurs), Larry Bird (Boston Celtics), and Patrick Ewing (New York Knicks).[2] Every mode is multiplayer-capable in addition to being selectable for single-player gameplay.[2]
Playing modes available to the players include: H-O-R-S-E, a free throw tournament, a shooting contest involving three-point shots, and a tournament where one NBA player will take on other NBA players for the ultimate prize.[2][3][4] All fouls are called in NBA All Star Challenge game, including minor fouls like goaltending. The winner of each match has a screen with a set of game statistics. Even the offer of a rematch is offered once a game is over.
Players are not chosen by name. Instead, they are chosen by their team (as of the 1991–92 NBA season). This may confuse fans who are unfamiliar of professional basketball from the late 1980s/early 1990s. Vital statistics related to gameplay are also included here like height, weight, the number of points that the player scores in a typical game, and accuracy in percentage for various shots.
Ratings – NBA All Star Challenge
The Dutch video game magazine Power Unlimited gave NBA All-Star Challenge an 80% rating in its January 1994 issue while the website Sega-16 gave the Sega Genesis version of the game a 20% rating on April 30, 2009.[2]
Game Boy sequel – NBA All Star Challenge
A sequel, NBA All Star Challenge 2, was released in December 1993 exclusively for the Game Boy. Developed by Beam Software and published by Acclaim Entertainment under the LJN label, the gameplay is largely the same, the main change being the graphical enhancements from the original Game Boy game.
NBA All Star Challenge est un jeu vidéo de basket-ball sorti en 1993 et sur Mega Drive, Super Nintendo et Game Boy. Le jeu a été développé par Beam puis édité par Acclaim Entertainment et Flying Edge.
The National Basketball Association NBA All Star Game is a basketball exhibition game hosted every February by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and showcases 24 of the league’s star players. It is the featured event of NBA All-Star Weekend, a three-day event which goes from Friday to Sunday. The All-Star Game was first played at the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951.
The starting lineup for each squad is selected by a combination of fan, player, and media voting,[1] while head coaches choose the reserves,[2] seven players from their respective conferences, so each side has a 12-man roster. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players. If a selected player cannot participate because of injury, the NBA commissioner selects a replacement.
Main Theme
One on One
Free Throws
3 Point Shootout
Horse
One on One Tournament
Tournament Standings
