Should you miss the outdated NBA Jam video games, this new Harlem Globetrotters sport appears like a slam dunk

I might have wager cash that the Harlem Globetrotters had been based within the Sixties or perhaps the ’70s, however nope: right now I discovered the madcap basketball exhibition staff has been round for a stable century, fashioned in 1926 as The Savoy Large 5 (and in Chicago, not New York).

To have fun 100 years of baffling basketball trickery, the Globetrotters have unveiled a brand new sport: Tremendous Basketball Classics, a retro-style basketball sport stuffed with trick performs and slam dunks. This is the teaser:

“From playground rivalries to cheat-code-style strikes, Tremendous Basketball Classics That includes the World-Well-known Harlem Globetrotters reimagines basketball as each aggressive arcade motion and pure spectacle,” says developer Acclaim.

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“Whether or not gamers are operating a full season, difficult associates head-to-head, or dazzling the gang with over-the-top Globetrotter performances, each match is designed to really feel like a present.”

Sadly, the teaser exhibits extra of the true Globetrotters in motion than it does precise gameplay, however the screenshots and gifs on the Steam web page are promising: the throwback appears remind me of basic 16-bit video games like NBA Jam, and Acclaim guarantees the sport is stuffed with “over-the-top strikes, alley-oops, half-court bombs, and dunk animations that really feel straight out of a Globetrotters efficiency.”

That is a straightforward layup for me: I by no means noticed the Harlem Globetrotter’s reside however once I was rising up they at all times gave the impression to be on TV, torturing the poor Washington Generals with their trick performs—and I might soar on the probability to step into their footwear and do a little bit of fancy footwork myself.