Dunk Mania

Description

Two on two basketball. Polygons are the components that make up the graphics on this System 11 based title. The game uses a sideline viewing perspective.

Dunk Mania was produced by Namco in 1995.

Namco released 310 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Dunk Mania was produced include: Godzilla Wars Jr., Belly Bomber, J-League Soccer V-Shoot, Gun Bullet, Tekken, Air Combat 22, Alpine Racer, Cyber Cycles, Dirt Dash, and Namco Classic Collection Volume 1

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Specs

Name	Dunk Mania
Developer	Namco (Japan)
Year	1995
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7669
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Sports
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA+
# Simultaneous Players	4
# Maximum Players	4
Game Play	Either
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 3 - Shift\|Shot/Block\|Pass/Steal
Sound	Amplified Either (Mono or Stereo)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Play

A two-on-two basketball game played from a midcourt sideline perspective. Emphasis is on dunks. After every dunk, two replays are shown of the dunk from different camera angles. Press start to skip the replays. After every basket, the other team gets the ball at half court -- no out of bounds throw-ins.

Since there is no NBA license for this game, there are ten teams from US cities with names like the Orlando Gators and the Indiana Speeders.

The computer's artificial intelligence is severely lacking even on the hard levels. The computer plays little to no defense at all. There is no pushing of opponents as there is in the NBA Jam series (though there are no fouls either).

There are no quarters, no halftimes, it's just one continuous game. If you win, you get to play against the next team. You can actually beat all the teams with one credit since it lets you keep playing. Beat all the teams and you get three dunks in a slam dunk contest. Afterwards, the game ends.

Dunk Mania KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.08 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.40

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	3.00
Collector Desire	2.00

Technical Rating: 2.75

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	2.00
Originality	2.00
Sound/Music	3.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Game Logo

Cabinet Information

The sideart shows a generic white basketball player in a red uniform.

Miscellaneous

Board settings are done through a menu in software. There are two DIP switches. One freezes the screen and the other enters the setup menu where you can change credits/coin, Japanese or USA uniforms, stereo/mono, etc.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Dunk Mania Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Scarce - There are 4 known instances of this machine owned by Dunk Mania collectors who are active members. Of these, 4 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Dunk Mania circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Manuals

Operation Manual - Dunk Mania Manual — **Operation Manual**
(4 pages, 0.52 MB File)

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