NBA Hangtime
Hangtime was the third basketball game by the original development team behind the NBA Jam series. The title was changed due to the NBA Jam name being acquired by Acclaim Entertainment, the publisher of the…
NBA Hangtime is a sport developed by Funcom, released 16 April 1996 on Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
What NBA Hangtime is
NBA Hangtime is a sport game developed by Funcom and released in 1996. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Hangtime was the third basketball game by the original development team behind the NBA Jam series. The title was changed due to the NBA Jam name being acquired by Acclaim Entertainment, the publisher of the games for the home market. Acclaim's NBA Jam Extreme was released the same year as Hangtime. Features introduced in Hangtime included character creation, alley oops and double dunks. A software update known as NBA Maximum Hangtime was released for the arcades later in the life cycle.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and non-fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the NBA series
NBA Hangtime is the 26th of 187 entries we hold in the NBA series. The next entry was NBA ShootOut in 1996. Its critic score of 54 is 19 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is NBA 2K11 at 92.
How it was received
NBA Hangtime holds a critic score of 54 out of 100. That places it above 17% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 16 points below the year average.
What it launched against
NBA Hangtime launched on 16 April 1996, within three weeks of Duke Nukem 3D, Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition, Jumping Flash! 2 and Conquest of the New World. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Duke Nukem 3D, Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition, Jumping Flash! 2, Conquest of the New World.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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