Sports Jam

Sports Jam
DeveloperWOW Entertainment
Publishers
PlatformsNAOMI, Dreamcast
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: December 2000
  • WW: 2001
Dreamcast
  • JP: April 12, 2001
  • NA: July 2001
GenreSports video game
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Sports Jam (スポーツ・ジャム, Supōtsu Jamu) is a video game developed by WOW Entertainment for the Sega NAOMI and Dreamcast in 2000–2001.

Gameplay

Sports Jam features twelve arcade-style sporting challenges covering several disciplines, including basketball, baseball, association football, American football, golf, tennis and ice hockey. Individual events test skills such as shooting, batting, goalkeeping and racing, with each challenge featuring its own rules and objectives.

Reception

The Dreamcast version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Tokyo Drifter of GamePro said, "With many degrees of selectable difficulty, a wide variety of events, and the ability to customize your own tournament, Sports Jam offers lots of replay value and fun." Rob Smolka of NextGen said of the game, "Essentially a group of sports-based Java applets, there's enough charm and challenge to keep you coming back to improve your score." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.

Also in Japan, Game Machine listed the arcade version in their February 15, 2001 issue as the third most-successful arcade game of the month.

Notes

  1. ↑ Two critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Dreamcast version each a score of 5.5/10, and the other gave it 6/10.
  2. ↑ GamePro gave the Dreamcast version 3.5/5 for graphics, 3/5 for sound, and two 4/5 scores for control and fun factor.

References

  1. ↑ "Sports Jam". GamePlayers DC (in Traditional Chinese). No. 10. April 2001. pp. 18–19.
  2. 1 2 "Sports Jam (DC)". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  3. ↑ Miller, Skyler. "Sports Jam (DC) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Jon. "Sports Jam (Arcade) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  5. ↑ Toxic (June 2001). "Sports Jam [JP Import]". Consoles + (in French). No. 113. p. 90. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  6. ↑ Edge staff (August 2001). "Sports Jam (JP Import; DC)" (PDF). Edge. No. 100. Future Publishing. p. 100. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 27, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  7. ↑ Kujawa, Kraig; Leahy, Dan; Hager, Dean (August 2001). "Sports Jam (DC)" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 145. Ziff Davis. p. 111. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "スポーツ JAM [ドリームキャスト]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Sports Jam (DC)". Game Informer. No. 100. FuncoLand. August 2001.
  10. ↑ Choquet, David (May 11, 2001). "Test : Sports jam : petits sports entre amis (DC)". Gamekult (in French). TF1 Group. Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  11. ↑ Chau, Anthony (July 13, 2001). "Sports Jam". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  12. 1 2 Smolka, Rob (September 2001). "Sports Jam". NextGen. No. 81. Imagine Media. p. 87. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  13. ↑ Tokyo Drifter (July 18, 2001). "Sports Jam Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG. Archived from the original on January 13, 2005. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 628. Amusement Press, Inc. February 15, 2001. p. 17.