NBA Hoopz on the PS1 isn’t Great
NBA Hoopz is the third game in Midway’s spinoff series. This series is more like three games that happen to use the same style and were made by Midway. Since they couldn’t use the NBA Jam name (because Acclaim was busy running that series into the ground), we got HangTime, ShowTime, and Hoopz. There were…
NFL Blitz is Great on the N64
NFL Blitz was originally released as an arcade game in 1997. About a year later, the game was ported to the N64 and the PS1. It also saw releases on other platforms. Many of these ports were made by Midway. Their relationship with Acclaim had ended at this point, so their in-house team was handling…
Ready 2 Rumble 2 is Better than the First Game
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 was released in 2000 and was ported to just about every console at the time. It doesn’t appear that an arcade version of the game was released. Around this time, Midway was releasing fewer arcade games, because arcades were closing once again. The story of the decline of dedicated…
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