Man, NBA Pro Basketball – Bulls vs Lakers takes me back. It’s one of those early Sega Genesis sports games where the players look like chunky pixelated action figures, but man, does it nail the fast-paced chaos of 90s basketball. You pick between the Bulls or Lakers (obviously), and within seconds you’re sprinting down the court with Jordan or Magic—though good luck making a three-pointer without some serious practice.

The controls are simple—pass, shoot, steal—but the real fun is in the little details. The way players stumble after a hard foul, the satisfying *thunk* of a dunk, even the weirdly intense crowd noise that sounds like someone recorded a gym full of people shouting into a tin can. Defense is brutal, steals happen way too often, and the AI will absolutely humiliate you if you’re not careful.

It’s not the deepest basketball sim, but for a quick arcade-style game, it holds up. Just don’t expect modern realism—this is pure, exaggerated 16-bit hoops. If you’ve got a Genesis lying around, it’s worth a few quarters’ worth of nostalgia.