Monday, 3 March 2025

Great Basketball (Sega Master System review)

Developer: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Publisher: Sega of America
Released: 1987

Great Basketball is a sports game that was released in Brazil as Great Basket.

+ Includes eight teams with an abbreviated version of their national anthem, and the half-time show is a cute idea.

+ Winning a game and then hitting bonus three-point shots rewards you with the ability to upgrade your team's stats.

- Your squad members are completely useless and prefer to wander around looking for lost treasure than actually taking part.

- Pace of play is lacking, as the game stops after every single basket so the scoring team can burst into celebration!

- Defense is farcical with no logic to steals, and marginally making contact results in an overabundance of pushing fouls.

- Inbounding a pass after a CPU basket is nervy, as your teammates usually drift into the opponent's half and aren't visible.

- Dunk animation is laughable, and the game doesn't afford you any customisation options for difficulty or quarter length.


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