NBA In The Zone / NBA Pro Series Review - Nintendo 64 - Ultra HDMI - HD

[@Adam-M-]

Thank you for sparing us from separate videos on the series. You’re absolutely correct, it would have been a bit much lol.

[@n64glennplant]

ill be doing it for the rest of the sports games such as madden also, no need IMO for individual reviews when the upgrades are mostly visual

[@eduardofjornalista]

One of my first games was NBA In the Zone 98. Liked your review, as always.

[@retro_jojo3159]

To be fair, games like this can be quite fun when you play against your friends. I love going back and playing shotty retro games with friends and laughing at how bad the game is.

[@n64glennplant]

id still much rather play hang time or something more arcade like :)

[@retro_jojo3159]

@@n64glennplant indeed, nothing can match the NBA jam type games

[@franzpattison]

Wow the graphics of 98 look like the screen has been smeared with Vaseline. The player tags look like they're popping out they're so sharp haha

[@n64glennplant]

Yeah they were so bad for 98

[@8thLife]

I definitely got some good laughs out of you describing the negative aspects of these games whilst trying to maintain as positive of a spin on it as you could! 😂

[@n64glennplant]

All about the bants 😂

[@sileightys]

I remember hitting a buzzer beater from the opposite hoop on in the zone '98 against my brother once. That shit was funny and we tried it over and over again after that to no avail.

[@martinalther6661]

I actually liked NBA Jam ‘99, despite its more sim-focused gameplay. Will that and 2000 be getting a joint review soon? Also, NBA Live 99 gets my vote for Best B-Ball Game Soundtrack.

[@n64glennplant]

yeah ill be doing the remaining sports games as series reviews rather than individual :)

[@puwazatza]

didn't have a opportunity to play this game but from the visual presentation standpoint, NBA courtside did a better job imo

[@inexpugnabilis]

I'm also from Europe and at the time because of the Summer Olympics 1992 and Chicago's dominance on the court the interest wasn't that low for basketball. It wasn't a niche market anymore

[@n64glennplant]

when I lived in Spain the sport was much more popular than in the UK, by the time of the WWE attitude era there were many basketball fans in my area as we had some big sponsorship from Adidas who made a load of free courts

[@johnv7317]

If you want to play some good basketball video games other than NBA Courtside games you should try out the Visual Concept basketball games like the NBA 2K series.

[@n64glennplant]

see I rarely play sports games in the modern era but I know that series does look amazing

[@anonconspicuous6910]

GP with the mic drop again!

[@n64glennplant]

too much free time on my hands lol

[@arcadethomas]

With follow cam its much like their earlier arcade hit "run and gun"

[@n64glennplant]

Cool

[@franzpattison]

I notice you mention the low quality sound. A suggestion may be to include a few seconds of it to illustrate the point -- the beauty of a video review over text. :D

[@n64glennplant]

Sadly even short clips can get caught by KZbin’s overly sensitive copyright detection

[@franzpattison]

@@n64glennplant oh I never considered that. but isn't that fair use? I see lots of game channels including game audio. And how can the algorithm recognize random gameplay audio? (ie not a prerecorded track that can be compared to an existing copyrighted waveform)

[@adamhenry6793]

Needs more Shaq.

[@n64glennplant]

Shut up and JAM!!!

[@adamhenry6793]

@@n64glennplant And welcome to Japan!

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

Need that juicey shaq meat.

[@adamhenry6793]

@@bigkmoviesandgames Oh yeah.

[@BLY99]

@@bigkmoviesandgames It comes highly recommended by that celebrity Dick who was on Ellen.

[@patbrown911]

We can see why Konami gave up on making other sports games genres besides Pro Evolution .

[@n64glennplant]

Exactly! 😂😂😂

[@kenrickkahn]

Konami wanted to get into sports but it didn't quite work out.. I think their heart was in the right place but they chose a direction that wasn't clearly good..

[@royelmer6990]

I tried to buy Extreme-G for a tenner in Dixons back in the day, and this was in the box. It was the '99 version. It was £40 at the time, I played it a couple of times, and took it back for Extreme-G. Says it all, really...

[@n64glennplant]

haha how on earth did that happen

[@royelmer6990]

@@n64glennplant I don't know, but returning a full price game in favour of something from the bargain bin says something about how naff the game was.

[@jonathan2950]

Not being a fan of basketball, I’ve only ever liked NBA Jam which I played on the SNES. Didn’t realise that series had a game on the N64 under the name NBA Hangtime. I’ll have to pick that up.

[@n64glennplant]

That’s right and hangtime is a huge amount of fun!

[@deckofcards87]

And just about all of the console ports of Hangtime are awesome, I personally prefer it over the NBA Jam franchise.

[@strawberrymanga9]

What's the name of the music playing in the background at 4:55?

[@n64glennplant]

Usually it’s something from the game

[@MrRetrostage]

will you cover up the NBA Live games sometime?

[@dwainfrett5385]

Do NBA Live 99 and 2000 please

[@ndg8240]

Do any of these games have franchise mode ? I know nba jams 1999 do

[@jamesrolph6384]

Very interesting

[@n64glennplant]

thank you!

[@Diddddu]

The very reasons that you say this game wasn't very fun is the same reason the people thought 2k was boring in the beginning a B.ball sim is suppose to play at a certain pace.A lot of people thought this game was gonna be like the the arcade game run n gun but it wasn't.I liked this series.

[@Antonio25668]

Never played the NBA in the zone series of games, but great review.

[@n64glennplant]

thanks Antonio!

[@Antonio25668]

@@n64glennplant you're welcome.

[@kenrickkahn]

I rented it (98) one time... and I hated it.. I went back and played NBA Hangtime and NBA's Kobe Bryant(R.I.P) Courtside.. NBA In the Zone gameplay felt off and the graphics wasn't good to me..

[@ZachAttackIsBack]

The players are moving .... so .... slowww. Wow. This is a title I skipped, instead opting for NBA Courtside. I think I made a smart decision.

[@n64glennplant]

you defo did, this is such a slow paced experience

[@janmoeller80]

Playing the NTSC version might mitigate this a little bit.

[@inexpugnabilis]

I would just recommend the final title in the series NBA in the Zone 2000. Though I always rather picked up NBA Courtside on my N64 as well as NBA Live 2000 on my PS1. Those are better titles in presentation (for example the mode in which you can unlock Jordan by beating him in the streets) and gameplay-wise. Also the A.I. seems to be far better. Just as you described: NBA in the Zone 2000 was Konamis best effort, but in the year 1999 there were far better entries/basketball sims stealing its show.

[@n64glennplant]

glad you agree fella :)

[@manfriedn64]

I own the three games, but just for the collection as I am not interested at all by basket. But I really feel that '2000 release is quite a huge improvement in terms of graphics. Then as a not basket ball fan, the simulation side and the fact it has a slow gameplay makes that it's definitely not my cup of tea.

[@n64glennplant]

I guess you’d also much rather play hangtime too 😬

[@manfriedn64]

@@n64glennplant Yes, but if I have to choose, ISS 64 is the best arcade sport experience on the console

[@Oldschool1943]

i had nba in the zone 98 on ps1 and its faster then n64 version and much better

[@kitsunemetal]

I wasn't a fan of the Nba hangtime games Gleen i stuck with Nfl blitz series.

[@n64glennplant]

blitz is fun, but always love arcade NBA games

[@pal-of-pals]

Don't think I ever picked up any basketball games, apart from Space Jam on PS1.

[@jordan9272]

At least I don't have to face the terrifying Glenndust this time 😁

[@Wesley_C]

Got to have Raptors.

[@luismagallanes2371]

You got a point that this is a disappointment from Konami considering what they did with ISS series on the system. I rented this game one week and everybody hated it.

[@n64glennplant]

glad it was a rental rather than purchase!

[@silvereloking6149]

It's funny how series going worse from '98 to 2000.

[@n64glennplant]

Yeah

[@bumpndump9643]

the chilean miners joke killed me, lol

[@Morshu316]

Gotta love that Glenn is never reluctant to make jokes like that.

[@n64glennplant]

there will always be those that take offence but if I can bring a chuckle to someones day in this over serious world we live in then I dont mind :)

[@AxlTheScourge]

Is Akklaims NBA Jam 2000 game actually faster than these games? Its sad when an imitation is better than something original

[@n64glennplant]

yes they are - stay tuned ill be doing another double feature for those games soon

[@sonicthehedgehog7144]

nice review

[@n64glennplant]

thanks STHH :)

[@sonicthehedgehog7144]

@@n64glennplant np

[@FoguYanker]

Next nba jam series please!

[@n64glennplant]

ill do another double feature for those games soon

[@biskellion3]

I picked up In The Zone 98 as part of a multi-cartridge deal. I found it somewhat fun to play but after beating it once I've never felt the urge to play it again. In addition to Glenn's criticisms, the game is very easy and the AI is not a challenge once you figure it out and you select any decent team. I never lost a game playing on the "All-Star" difficulty.

[@YTC1234]

I never got to play this game as a kid. N64 didn’t really have many good basketball games at least in my opinion.

[@n64glennplant]

see I would say they had a great arcade game in hang time and a cool sim in the courtside games

[@DSolymanH]

Even as a kid growing up in the US, these games seemed lame after NBA Jam on the Snes

[@n64glennplant]

and hang time on N64 also! :)

[@darthboxOriginal]

Lol...I hate sports games as a rule, but your reviews are still worth watching. You had my laughing out loud with the jokes

[@n64glennplant]

thanks Darth - always more videos on the way!

[@rh8560]

The crowds are as flat as cardboard

[@WillowThomkin]

Never picked up any sports games.... We were playing Smash and Mario Kart here, but I wouldn't buy this trilogy.... looked like it wasn't In the Zone.

[@rh8560]

I guess covid was in existence during the development of this game because the crowds are gone