Post by Arthur Digby Stamp on Jul 21, 2008 6:55:20 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley%2C_Shut_Up_and_Jam:_Gaiden
I have no idea how many of you remember the SNES and Mega Drive game "Barkley Shut Up and Jam!", but I vaguely remember it as being a cash-in on the craze that NBA Jam had started, and the reason behind the Suns getting stuck with the sub-par team of Kevin Johnson and Dan Majerle in the console versions of NBA Jam. Certainly, a travesty not to be forgotten.
Well apparently, nearly a decade and a half later, an independent studio has taken it upon themselves to create a tongue-in-cheek sequel to Barkley Shut Up and Jam. Except this time, it's an RPG, truly capturing the essence of the Round Mound of Rebound. It's title?
Tales of Game's Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa
Here's the plot description, as taken from the Tales of Game's website:
The Great B-Ball Purge of 2041, a day so painful to some that it is referred to only as the "B-Ballnacht". Thousands upon thousands of the world's greatest ballers were massacred in a swath of violence and sports bigotry as the game was outlawed worldwide. The reason: the Chaos Dunk, a jam so powerful its mere existence threatens the balance of chaos and order. Among the few ballers and fans that survived the basketball genocide was Charles Barkley, the man capable of performing the "Verboten Jam"...
Flash forward 12 years to the post-cyberpocalyptic ruins of Neo New York, 2053. A Chaos Dunk rocks the island of Manhattan, killing 15 million. When the finger is put on the aging Charles Barkley, he must evade the capture of the B-Ball Removal Department, led by former friend and baller Michael Jordan, and disappear into the dangerous underground of the post-cyberpocalypse to clear his name and find out the mysterious truth behind the Chaos Dunk. Joined by allies along the way, including his son Hoopz, Barkley must face the dangers of a life he thought he gave up a long time ago and discover the secrets behind the terrorist organization B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S.
...AWESOME.
And here's the hilariously over-the-top trailer...
I have no idea how many of you remember the SNES and Mega Drive game "Barkley Shut Up and Jam!", but I vaguely remember it as being a cash-in on the craze that NBA Jam had started, and the reason behind the Suns getting stuck with the sub-par team of Kevin Johnson and Dan Majerle in the console versions of NBA Jam. Certainly, a travesty not to be forgotten.
Well apparently, nearly a decade and a half later, an independent studio has taken it upon themselves to create a tongue-in-cheek sequel to Barkley Shut Up and Jam. Except this time, it's an RPG, truly capturing the essence of the Round Mound of Rebound. It's title?
Tales of Game's Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa
Here's the plot description, as taken from the Tales of Game's website:
The Great B-Ball Purge of 2041, a day so painful to some that it is referred to only as the "B-Ballnacht". Thousands upon thousands of the world's greatest ballers were massacred in a swath of violence and sports bigotry as the game was outlawed worldwide. The reason: the Chaos Dunk, a jam so powerful its mere existence threatens the balance of chaos and order. Among the few ballers and fans that survived the basketball genocide was Charles Barkley, the man capable of performing the "Verboten Jam"...
Flash forward 12 years to the post-cyberpocalyptic ruins of Neo New York, 2053. A Chaos Dunk rocks the island of Manhattan, killing 15 million. When the finger is put on the aging Charles Barkley, he must evade the capture of the B-Ball Removal Department, led by former friend and baller Michael Jordan, and disappear into the dangerous underground of the post-cyberpocalypse to clear his name and find out the mysterious truth behind the Chaos Dunk. Joined by allies along the way, including his son Hoopz, Barkley must face the dangers of a life he thought he gave up a long time ago and discover the secrets behind the terrorist organization B.L.O.O.D.M.O.S.E.S.
...AWESOME.
And here's the hilariously over-the-top trailer...
