1993 · Park Place Productions · Basketball · Sports

Super Slam Dunk

Nintendo exclusive

A basketball game featuring 28 teams. Even though the game doesn't carry an NBA license, 27 of the teams are based on the cities of their real professional counterparts of that era. The other team is an all star team.

Released: 16 July 1993
Platforms: SNES
Genres: Basketball Sports
Developers: Park Place Productions
Publishers: Virgin Interactive
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Country: United States

About

Super Slam Dunk, known in its entirety as Earvin "Magic" Johnson's Super Slam Dunk, is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System basketball video game endorsed by Magic Johnson and released in 1993.

Keywords

basketball
celebrity tie-in

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Gameplay

The game features 27 fictionalized versions of real-life NBA franchises in addition to an all-star team. There is an exhibition and a playoffs mode. Magic Johnson gives pre-game insights of the teams, while Chick Hearn commentates on the game play-by-play.

A view of the basketball court from half court is available featuring isometric graphics. Players can choose to turn fouls on or off and how many minutes that each quarter will be; this can be changed between two minutes and a full-fledged 12 minutes.