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Thursday (NBA Jam returns!) edition: Wha' Happened?
Posted by: Michael Rand Updated: January 7, 2010 - 9:23 AM
Roughkat alerted us to some very exciting news the other day. First clue: He's heating up. Second clue: He's on fire! Yes, EA is reportedly bringing NBA Jam -- one of the great games of the 1990s -- back in updated form exclusively for Wii.
Things brings back not only a flood of memories and an instant urge to buy the updated game, but also a string of questions:
1) What was the best two-man team in the SNES version of the game? For our money, it was Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning of the Hornets.
2) What was the worst team? We never really considered that since nobody would want to play with the worst team. No offense to someone we can claim as one of us (New Ulm!), but the Bucks' team of Brad Lohaus and Blue Edwards doesn't seem to be particularly savory.
3) Looking over the old rosters on Wiki, we had no idea there were different players used for different consoles since all we ever played was the Nintendo (SNES) version. Does this blow anyone else's mind, or were you aware that Reggie Miller had three different teammates, depending on what version of the game you were playing?
4) For the image of Dan Majerle (pictured) did the game makers use a composite of Bill Clinton and Al Gore?
5) Was the team of Christian Laettner and Chuck Person (or Isaiah Rider, depending on your version) quite tantalizing for a young Minnesota fan?
6) In the updated game, assuming every player is available, what will be the best two-man team? We'd have to say it'd be fun to play with LeBron and Shaq if they gave the big fella good skills. But Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire might be video game paradise.
7) In the updated game, assuming every player is available, what would you choose as your two-man Wolves team?
Madden "rating czar" breaks down special categories for Favre
Posted by: Michael Rand Updated: August 20, 2009 - 11:33 AM
We just got off the phone with Donny Moore, who is in charge of rating players for the Madden 10 video game. His official title is game designer, but on the latest round of business cards he had made up, he is described as the Madden "Rating Czar." Such a title brings power. He decides the ratings for all the players in the game.
We spoke with Moore for a Q&A that will run later this week in the newsppaer, but we thought Stu would appreciate a couple of bonus questions that may or may not make the cut.
RB: I know you are locked into set rating categories, but if you had to go off the grid, what do you think his “Gunslinger” rating would be?
DM: He’d still have that. I’d call that … it’s more of a tendency. Favre would probably be 99. I don’t know a better gunslinger in the league.
RB: How about his “Looks like a kid just having fun out there” rating?
DM: Oh, man. Or his attention-getting rating. That would be off the chart, 100.
Moore also said ratings will change with roster updates -- which he hopes come out every week. So even though Favre is at an 82 right now, he could move up or down on a weekly basis (just like other players, of course). Moore ended with a humorous anecdote about how Edgerrin James used to text message him all the time to see how his rating compared to the ratings of other former University of Miami running backs.
What about all of you? Any special ratings categories you would like to see for specific players?
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