Reviewed by Dyson Turner
I really can't believe all time great NBA coach and
Basketball star Pat Riley would lend his name to such an
inferior game, well It's True It's True. Pat Riley's
basketball without a shadow of a doubt is the worst
basketball simulation in existent. I can't believe games
this bad are even created not only are the controls bad the
music bad, the graphics are bad, no options its just a
boring game literally. My first impression after playing one
full game was a bad one, I couldn't believe that this thing
was even created and don't know why. The graphics are worst
than Double Dribble's the sound stinks, and there is no
substance to this game what so ever. Another shocker is that
this game has absolutely nothing to do with Pat Riley! The
only time you even see Pat Riley is during the opening
screen, and his face is on the cover, other than that folk
we have nothing. No license what so ever, no season mode,
any real teams, what a pathetic attempt at a basketball
game. I know this is a very early game, but it could have
been better than this. This piece of garbage should be
avoided at all cost.
Graphics 0.0/10
The graphics are super sour, and possibly the worst graphics
ever seen on an early Genesis game, it looks more like an
early NES game. The court all looks the same with a generic
ass blue circle in the middle, which represents nothing.
There are two types of players, tall black dudes, and short
white dudes, other than that nothing. Every one has the same
face and body structure. The dunk animations are less than
desirable, and look much like the dunk animations seen in
games like Hoops and Double Dribble. There are people on the
bench who just sit there with no animation what so ever. The
audience looks like a bunch of colorful dots, the animations
of dunks and 3 pointers get mega annoying. The same ones
kept on coming up repetitively which gets annoying in about
the 3 minutes you may play this. Then there was the other
screen after the start screen, which showed some basketball
players up close, which looked kind of good. All they had
was a small intro film, of the entire dunk sequence splice
together, which looked mega corny. The graphics needed
serious help, even if they did it really wouldn't of improved
the game much.
Sound 0.0/10
The music stinks, the sound stinks. The music that played in
the beginning was the worst midi music I ever heard in my
life. The music that played during the game was even worst
than that, if that is at all possible. Then there was music
that played during the options screen, which was pure crap
as well. The sound effects were pretty horrific as well and
some of the worst basketball sounds I ever heard in my life
let me examine them one by one. The ball dribbling sounds
like a typewriter typing. The ball bouncing off the rim,
sounds like some one tapped a tin can. The ball going
through the net the rare occasion of it happening, sounds
like somebody through a balled up piece of paper in the
trash basket. Some times you may have heard sneakers
squeaking against the floor which were really just sounded
like little mice running around. The there was this
ridiculous sounding whirling sound every time you went up
for the dunk, which real annoying real quick. When you
really think about it this game was real bad and one I would
definitely not suggest listening to or looking at.
Game Play 1.0/10
This game is for 1 or 2 players, yeah right? Like your going
to find some one else who will play this with you. Well the
only reason this column even deserves a one is because it is
basketball, other than that it doesn't deserve any thing.
There is no NBA License or an NBAPA license so don't even
think about selecting your favorite team, or even looking
for recognizable names. What was the point of even making
teams everyone had the exact same stats and did the exact
same stuff? There was this generic dunk meter, which reminds
me now of the T-Meter used in the NBA Live game for free
throws. You had like 3 dunks to chose from, it all depended
on where you were near the basket. You also had a little
cinema screen for when you went for the 3 pointer, although
I always looked like you gave your opponent a facial (all
net 3 pointer) it would always kindly hit the iron, and fall
into the opponents hands. A lot of times you could try and
slam the ball but never worked more than likely a point
guard would run up and reject your shot. There were sweet
spots at a certain spots of the court where next to anybody
regardless of their stats could nail jumpers freely, with a
99% success rate. Another huge flaw their was no option to
change the time limit of the game, now granted this is in
most modern games, because most people feel that a 48 minute
long basketball, game is a huge waste of time. It isn't when
the game is good, and since this game is horrible chances
are you will not stick around past the 2nd quarter. The
difficulty is adjustable, and there aren't any saves or
passwords.
Overall 0.0/10
This is a sorry excuse for a basketball game, no head fakes
no cross overs, no spin dribbles, none of the things that
make basketball games cool are here. There isn't any season
mode really, and you only have 6 fictional teams to chose
from. The replay value, yeah right I would like to see
somebody even play this game for 48 strait minutes like I
did. The Fun factor is non-existent this game is actually
boring, and poses no fun at all. I really can't think of any
thing good about this game besides Pat Riley being on the
cover, and no where in the game. That isn't enough for me to
buy a game and though, and unless your obsessed with Pat
Riley and want to look at his picture then get it. I still
can't believe I wasted 48 minutes of my life playing this garbage.
