Everyone remembers sitting in front of your box TV as a child, playing on your Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo, or Sega Genesis and wishing you were Michael Jordan dunking from the foul line or Jerry Rice catching a long bomb.
The best part about it was, the more unrealistic, the more fun the game was.
Video games like NFL Blitz, NHL Hitz, and NBA Jam were what it was all about. The bulging muscles, the bone shattering hits, and the ability to defy gravity and all rules of physics made the games exciting and the fun never ended.
Since then, we have grown older and we have turned into a generation where graphics and realistic sports games are what sells. The Madden, NHL, and NBA 2K franchises have all been very successful, setting a new bar each year, and making the games as close to the real action as possible.
Many companies have attempted to recreate these old school "arcade-style" video games to attract a wide range of audiences. With certain NFL and NHL games, they have been successful. NFL Street and NHL Arcade were very well made and made a good amount of money. But every time an arcade-style NBA ...
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