Blades of Steel or Double Dribble? (1 Viewer)

[The Noid]

A Konami version of Sophie's Choice.

 

[by_the_sea_wannabe]

double dribble ever so closely, in large part because I also enjoyed ice hockey. Their was no other basketball game close to double dribble.

 

[snitwitch]

Double Dribble and it shouldn't be close. Blades of Steel was OK but paled in comparison to Nintendo thin guy / medium guy / fat guy Ice Hockey and the NHL SEGA hockey franchise.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Blades of Steel by far

 

[tom22406]

double dribble ever so closely, in large part because I also enjoyed ice hockey. Their was no other basketball game close to double dribble.

NBA Jam destroys this even though I love DD.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

double dribble ever so closely, in large part because I also enjoyed ice hockey. Their was no other basketball game close to double dribble.

NBA Jam destroys this even though I love DD.

I'm pretty sure he meant at the time. There were literally no other basketball games for a few years. Tecmo Basketball was by far my favorite basketball game on the NES.

 

[Arizona Ron]

DD had the close up cinematography (if that's what you call it) which BoS didn't have.

I think DD wins.

 

[Foosball God]

Blades... of steel!

 

[MattFancy]

Blades of Steel and it isn't even close!!

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Blades of Steel cause of this

 

[VA703]

very close, but id have to give it to blades of steel because of the fighting. double dribble had the cool slow mo dunk going for it though

 

[koby925]

Blades of Steel cause of this

Yep. This was sort of the equivalent of the DD slow mo dunk. I much preferred this.

 

[Terpman22]

very close, but id have to give it to blades of steel because of the fighting. double dribble had the cool slow mo dunk going for it though

This. If I could fight in DD, it would be DD.

 

[VA703]

arch rivals was the fighting version of Bball

 

[Copeman]

Make the pass! Make the pass!

 

[tom22406]

Ice Hockey on NES was great and then I learned the Super Puck trick and it got even better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIW1iAtBy4k

So many hours invested in this game.

Blades of Steel was my choice here but DD was great as well.

 

[Fat Nick]

This is like making someone choose between their children...

Both are amazing games, especially for their time. I'll add that I went with Blades of Steel simply because Double Dribble had the near-automatic 3-point spot that kind of ruined game play some.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Blades of Steel cause of this

Yep. This was sort of the equivalent of the DD slow mo dunk. I much preferred this.

Agreed. Love that it looks like two members of Cobra are fighting. Also, love how after the fight, play isn't stopped and the ref comes out and carts that loser off the ice.

 

[Zow]

DD pissed me off a bunch when I played it. I forgot why. Thinking there was some level of the computer going into an "F You you're losing at all costs" mode like the early Madden games.

 

[snitwitch]

DD had a sweet spot for threes, near the baseline. I used to abuse my little brother with this.

 

[tikigods]

Blades of Steel and it's not even close.

 

[Mt. Man]

I'll take Blades of Steel of these two.

It would have been a tougher choice for me if it was Super Basketball (also from Konami) instead.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Pretty sure Super Basketbsll wasn't for the NES.

Hoops was another good one but I can't fathom how anyone could rank another basketball game on the NES above Tecmo NBA Basketball. It even had Jordan.

 

[Fat Nick]

Pretty sure Super Basketbsll wasn't for the NES.

Hoops was another good one but I can't fathom how anyone could rank another basketball game on the NES above Tecmo NBA Basketball. It even had Jordan.

I didn't even know this existed...The only branded basketball game I ever played was Jordan vs. Bird. While not a full 5-on-5 game, it had some pretty sweet mini-games. The dunk competition was awesome.

 

[snitwitch]

Pretty sure Super Basketbsll wasn't for the NES.

Hoops was another good one but I can't fathom how anyone could rank another basketball game on the NES above Tecmo NBA Basketball. It even had Jordan.

I didn't even know this existed...The only branded basketball game I ever played was Jordan vs. Bird. While not a full 5-on-5 game, it had some pretty sweet mini-games. The dunk competition was awesome.

I remember playing the prequel to this one on my Apple ][e!!

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Pretty sure Super Basketbsll wasn't for the NES.

Hoops was another good one but I can't fathom how anyone could rank another basketball game on the NES above Tecmo NBA Basketball. It even had Jordan.

I didn't even know this existed...The only branded basketball game I ever played was Jordan vs. Bird. While not a full 5-on-5 game, it had some pretty sweet mini-games. The dunk competition was awesome.

I remember playing the prequel to this one on my Apple ][e!!

I remember playing both! I the Apple IIe. Hard Hat Mack, Blade of Blackpool, and most importantly, Hardball!

Remember those (wretchedly bad) EA sports Bulls Lakers and the like? God those games were more simulation then actual playing.

 

[snitwitch]

Pretty sure Super Basketbsll wasn't for the NES.

Hoops was another good one but I can't fathom how anyone could rank another basketball game on the NES above Tecmo NBA Basketball. It even had Jordan.

I didn't even know this existed...The only branded basketball game I ever played was Jordan vs. Bird. While not a full 5-on-5 game, it had some pretty sweet mini-games. The dunk competition was awesome.

I remember playing the prequel to this one on my Apple ][e!!

I remember playing both! I the Apple IIe. Hard Hat Mack, Blade of Blackpool, and most importantly, Hardball!

Remember those (wretchedly bad) EA sports Bulls Lakers and the like? God those games were more simulation then actual playing.

I loved me some Hardball!

Also was deeply in love with Microleague Baseball (though it was more simulation than playing)

 

[Mark Davis]

The biggest thing on DD playing head to head there was a huge advantage for player 2. Moving right to left the 3 ball was a lot easier to shoot.

 

[belljr]

Hardball was the ####. Behind the pitcher cam was awesome

 

[Game Time]

Hardball was the ####. Behind the pitcher cam was awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jejblUhw3hU

hahaha.. god I spent a lot of hours playing this.. thought I was the only one.....

my buddy and I also spent hours playing Computer Baseball on the Commodore 64.. kept all our stats by hand.. we had notebooks filled with them.... .. ahh.. the good old days

 

[belljr]

Knuckle ball was the shizznit

 

[rockaction]

A Konami version of Sophie's Choice.

Love the reference. Nobody I know remembers that movie.

 

[rockaction]

Pretty sure Super Basketbsll wasn't for the NES.

Hoops was another good one but I can't fathom how anyone could rank another basketball game on the NES above Tecmo NBA Basketball. It even had Jordan.

I didn't even know this existed...The only branded basketball game I ever played was Jordan vs. Bird. While not a full 5-on-5 game, it had some pretty sweet mini-games. The dunk competition was awesome.

I remember playing the prequel to this one on my Apple ][e!!

I remember playing both! I the Apple IIe. Hard Hat Mack, Blade of Blackpool, and most importantly, Hardball!

Remember those (wretchedly bad) EA sports Bulls Lakers and the like? God those games were more simulation then actual playing.

EA one-on-one with Bird was a staple in my household way back when. Bought a computer card and joystick just for it. A long way since then.

 

[belljr]

Pretty sure Super Basketbsll wasn't for the NES.

Hoops was another good one but I can't fathom how anyone could rank another basketball game on the NES above Tecmo NBA Basketball. It even had Jordan.

I didn't even know this existed...The only branded basketball game I ever played was Jordan vs. Bird. While not a full 5-on-5 game, it had some pretty sweet mini-games. The dunk competition was awesome.

I remember playing the prequel to this one on my Apple ][e!!

I remember playing both! I the Apple IIe. Hard Hat Mack, Blade of Blackpool, and most importantly, Hardball!

Remember those (wretchedly bad) EA sports Bulls Lakers and the like? God those games were more simulation then actual playing.

EA one-on-one with Bird was a staple in my household way back when. Bought a computer card and joystick just for it. A long way since then.

Jordan vs bird ..ftw

 

[HughHoney]

Blades of Steel. Blades of steel vs Arch Rivals woulda been a tougher choice.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Blades of Steel. Blades of steel vs Arch Rivals woulda been a tougher choice.

What a simple, fun game.