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NBA ShootOut '97
Developer(s)Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Programmer(s)Ben Fawcett
Chris Emsen
John Conners
Paul Nath
Artist(s)Antonia Blackler
Mario Allen
Simon Fenton
Composer(s)Richard Joseph
Jason Page
SeriesNBA ShootOut
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
  • EU: 20 March 1997
  • NA: 11 March 1997[1]
  • JP: 27 June 1997
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

NBA ShootOut '97 (Total NBA '97 in Europe) is a 1997 basketball video game developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It is the second installment of the NBA ShootOut series. The cover features Eddie Jones of the Los Angeles Lakers. It is the final game in the series to be developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, with Sony Interactive Studios America replacing them for later installments.

Gameplay

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ShootOut 97 features rosters from the 1996–97 NBA season. However, the game does not include Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal, as they were replaced with custom players named "Roster Guard", "Roster Forward" and "Roster Center" respectively.

Reception

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Most critics hailed NBA ShootOut '97 as a dramatic improvement over the original. Kraig Kujawa and Dean Hager of Electronic Gaming Monthly praised the faster game speed and new icon passing system.[5] Kujawa wrote a longer review of the game for GameSpot, in which he additionally complimented the authentic NBA sounds and visuals and criticized the small play book.[10] GamePro gave it a 3.5 out of 5 in sound and a perfect 5.0 in every other category (graphics, control, and fun factor), saying that it "shakes up the basketball world, cooking the court with spectacular, slam-dunkin' gameplay and the most realistic five-on-five hoops action ever brought to the 32-bit arena." Like Kujawa and Hager, they highly approved of the icon passing system.[15] A Next Generation critic called the game "the first true basketball simulation for a console", elaborating that unlike previous basketball video games, the statistics have a significant impact on how players perform in actual gameplay. He also commented positively on the icon passing, but said the game was not as fun as NBA In the Zone 2 due to the controls, explaining that "the game has an almost clinical feel, almost as if the player isn't really affecting the outcome of plays."[12]

The game held an 87%, based on five reviews, on the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2] In Japan, where the game was released under the name Total NBA '97 (トータルNBA'97, Tōtaru NBA '97), on June 27, 1997, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Game Informer News". Game Informer. 4 May 1999. Archived from the original on 4 May 1999. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "NBA ShootOut '97 for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. ^ Sutyak, Jonathan. "NBA ShootOut '97 - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Total NBA '97". Edge. No. 44. Future Publishing. April 1997. p. 90. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b Kujawa, Kraig; Hager, Dean (April 1997). "Team EGM Sports: NBA Shoot Out '97 [sic]". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 93. Ziff Davis. p. 114.
  6. ^ a b "トータルNBA'97 [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  7. ^ Storm, Jon; Reiner, Andrew; McNamara, Andy (April 1997). "NBA Shootout '97 [sic]". Game Informer. No. 48. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  8. ^ Joe Kidd (April 1997). "NBA Shoot Out '97 [sic]". GameFan. Vol. 5, no. 4. Metropolis Media. p. 85. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  9. ^ The Fan (March 1997). "NBA Shootout '97Review [sic]". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on 6 June 1997. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  10. ^ a b Kujawa, Kraig (18 March 1997). "NBA Shootout '97 Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  11. ^ Boor, Jason "Jay" (18 March 1997). "NBA Shoot Out 97 [sic]". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Hoopla (NBA ShootOut '97 Review)". Next Generation. No. 30. Imagine Media. June 1997. p. 114. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Total NBA '97". Official UK PlayStation Magazine. No. 19. Future Publishing. May 1997. pp. 80–82. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  14. ^ Walk, Gary Eng (2 May 1997). "NBA Shootout '97 [sic]". Entertainment Weekly. No. 377. Time Inc. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  15. ^ Johnny Ballgame (May 1997). "NBA Shootout '97 [sic] Sets the Court on Fire". GamePro. No. 104. IDG. p. 100. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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