

NBA Jam 2000 is that ridiculous arcade basketball chaos you remember, but cranked up on the N64. Within seconds of booting it up, you're throwing alley-oops from half-court and shattering backboards with dunks that would get you arrested in real life. The commentary guy loses his mind the whole time—"BOOMSHAKALAKA!"—and honestly, that’s half the fun.
It’s got updated rosters from the 1999-2000 season, so you can finally settle the debate: could Shaq actually out-dunk Vince Carter? (Spoiler: probably not.) The graphics are a step up from the old arcade version, but it still looks gloriously chunky in that late-90s N64 way. Three-on-three matches get wild fast, especially if you turn on the turbo mode and just start chucking threes like a maniac.
If you miss when basketball games didn’t take themselves seriously, this one’s a time capsule of pure, unhinged fun.
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