Sports Jam
{{Short description|2000 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|image = Sports Jam cover.jpg
|developer = WOW Entertainment
|publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Sega|NA|Agetec}}
|release = Arcade
{{vgrelease|JP|December 2000|WW|2001}}Dreamcast
{{vgrelease|JP|April 12, 2001|NA|July 2001}}
|genre = Sports video game
|modes = Single-player video game, multiplayer video game
}}
{{nihongo|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.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| MC = 64/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/sports-jam/ |title=Sports Jam (DC) |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101005115/https://www.metacritic.com/game/sports-jam/ |archivedate=November 1, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 23, 2024}}
| Allgame = (DC) {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Skyler |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=35147&tab=review |title=Sports Jam (DC) - Review |website=AllGame |publisher=All Media Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116073036/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=35147&tab=review |archivedate=November 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate=June 23, 2021}}
(ARC) {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Jon |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=31449&tab=review |title=Sports Jam (Arcade) - Review |website=AllGame |publisher=All Media Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115042608/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=31449&tab=review |archivedate=November 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate=June 23, 2021}}
| Edge = 6/10{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/4/43/Edge_UK_100.pdf |title=Sports Jam (JP Import; DC) |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=100 |date=August 2001 |page=100 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127163248/https://retrocdn.net/images/4/43/Edge_UK_100.pdf |archivedate=November 27, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 23, 2024}}
| EGM = 5.67/10{{cite magazine |last1=Kujawa |first1=Kraig |last2=Leahy |first2=Dan |last3=Hager |first3=Dean |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/d/da/EGM_US_145.pdf |title=Sports Jam (DC) |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=145 |date=August 2001 |page=111 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725180104/https://retrocdn.net/images/d/da/EGM_US_145.pdf |archivedate=July 25, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 23, 2024}}{{efn|Two critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Dreamcast version each a score of 5.5/10, and the other gave it 6/10.}}
| Fam = 27/40{{cite magazine |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=12493&redirect=no |title=スポーツ JAM [ドリームキャスト] |language=ja |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630054354/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=12493&redirect=no |archivedate=June 30, 2021 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 23, 2024}}
| GI = 7.75/10{{cite magazine |title=Sports Jam (DC) |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=100 |date=August 2001}}
| Gamekult = 5/10{{cite web |last=Choquet |first=David |date=May 11, 2001 |url=https://www.gamekult.com/jeux/sports-jam-3010006567/test.html |title=Test : Sports jam : petits sports entre amis (DC) |language=fr |website=Gamekult |publisher=TF1 Group |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501143916/https://www.gamekult.com/jeux/sports-jam-3010006567/test.html |archivedate=May 1, 2021 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 23, 2024}}
| IGN = 7.1/10{{cite web |last=Chau |first=Anthony |date=July 13, 2001 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/07/13/sports-jam |title=Sports Jam |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628155958/https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/07/13/sports-jam |archivedate=June 28, 2021 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 23, 2024}}
| NGen = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Smolka |first=Rob |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen81Sep2001/page/n87/mode/2up |title=Sports Jam |magazine=NextGen |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=81 |date=September 2001 |page=87 |accessdate=June 23, 2021}}
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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."{{cite magazine |author=Tokyo Drifter |date=July 18, 2001 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/15421.shtml |title=Sports Jam Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050113193404/http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/15421.shtml |archivedate=January 13, 2005 |url-status=dead |accessdate=June 23, 2021}}{{efn|GamePro gave the Dreamcast version 3.5/5 for graphics, 3/5 for sound, and two 4/5 scores for control and fun factor.}} 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.{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software) |language=ja |magazine=Game Machine |publisher=Amusement Press, Inc. |issue=628 |date=February 15, 2001 |page=17}}
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References
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External links
- {{KLOV game|id=9733}}
- {{moby game|id=/16771/sports-jam/}}
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Wow Entertainment games
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