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makakazo
03-13-2006, 03:53 PM
Hi, i'm going crazy looking for info about these two games and i can't remember their names. Here we go, help me please:

1st: It's an 'almost clone' of Street Hoops (the game from Data East for the Neo Geo console and arcade). It's the same but a little better, with a couple enhancements and better graphics/music. I have always thought it's from Data East too, but it seems i can't find anything looking for data East. 3 players per team, 2D action basketball, hip-hip background music, charge-meters that allow for super-dunk (4 points needed) and super-3-pointer (6 points needed). It had a special move that was a feint if you pressed the stick twice to a certain direction while dribling with the ball (this can't be done in SNK's Stree Hoops)
It's not: Punk Shot, Hard Dunk.
It's Dunk Dream '95 / Hoops / Hoops Version '96 / Dunk Dream '96 (I knew it as 'Data East's Hoops')


2nd: It's a game very similar in style to Sunset Riders but with ninja kids instead of cowboys. There are 5 ninja kids at the beginning and depending on the character selection of the players (up to 4 players), one of the non selected characters gets kidnapped randomly and then the game begins.
It is Mystic Warriors.


Do anyone know anything about these games? Any information appreciated!

Edit: It took you very little time to find both of them out. Thank you very much!

Hammy
03-13-2006, 04:21 PM
second one = mystic warriors?

ClubNinja
03-13-2006, 04:39 PM
2 is definitely Mystic Warriors. 1 might be Punk Shot, also by Konami.

Gapporin
03-13-2006, 05:00 PM
1 might also be Hard Dunk (it's 3-on-3).

makakazo
03-13-2006, 05:17 PM
I have checked your answers so far:

1. It's NOT Punk Shot nor Hard Dunk. The game I say is almost the same as Street Hoops. Same teams, same gameplay, but with a new feint and better graphics/music. I would call it 'Street Hoops 1.5' and i think it must be from Data East. The thing is, with just that new feint and a couple changes when doing block-shots this game is much more playable and less difficult. I managed to finish it a bunch of times in the original arcade.

2. It IS Mystic Warriors. Thanks!

§ Gideon §
03-13-2006, 10:43 PM
Check out this page (http://emustatus.rainemu.com/games/hoops.htm). Game #1 sounds like Hoops '96, which is basically Hoops 1.5 as you call it.

makakazo
03-14-2006, 05:33 AM
Check out this page (http://emustatus.rainemu.com/games/hoops.htm). Game #1 sounds like Hoops '96, which is basically Hoops 1.5 as you call it.

Yes, it is! Where i played it was simply called "Data East's Hoops version 96" like in the lowest screenshot in that page.

This game and 'Soccer Superstars' -the soccer counterpart of Konami´s basketball game Run & Gun- from Konami are the best basketball and soccer arcade games ever, and they are unemulated due to encryption issues. This sucks :(

BBH
03-15-2006, 06:25 AM
Check out this page (http://emustatus.rainemu.com/games/hoops.htm). Game #1 sounds like Hoops '96, which is basically Hoops 1.5 as you call it.

Yes, it is! Where i played it was simply called "Data East's Hoops version 96" like in the lowest screenshot in that page.

This game and 'Soccer Superstars' -the soccer counterpart of Konami´s basketball game Run & Gun- from Konami are the best basketball and soccer arcade games ever, and they are unemulated due to encryption issues. This sucks :(

actually, Hoops '96 / Dunk Dream '95 became playable in MAME fairly recently, although there's still some bugs with the video scaling.

I have to respectfully disagree that this game is better than the original Street Hoop / Dunk Dream though... doesn't feel as polished to me. In particular, it's waaaay too hard to steal the ball from the opponent, or at least it feels that way. Wish the matches were split into two halfs too, each game is over so fast...