NBA Street Retrospective

A retrospective on the first NBA Street installment, a game that pioneered virtual street basketball. While NBA Street Vol. 2 may be the more popular version of the game, the original created an entire genre.
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[@hassanhaulcy]

Street had some of the best soundtracks as well. It’s such a shame EA is so money hungry now cause they used to put out classics

[@anonymous-qb8nd]

2k exactly in same boat man.. money hungry slimy company.. micro transactions are the downfall of quality gaming

[@KillzSniper]

you’re braindead

[@wassupguy1]

@@KillzSniper you’re a Cavaliers fan and you play Fortnite, I don’t think you have the room to call anyone brain dead

[@DADON99]

@@anonymous-qb8nd even tho you’re right about the microtransactions...2K actually tries to put depth in modes like franchise mode while EA strictly doesn’t give a shit. Look at the PS5 version of 2K21 vs PS5 version of Madden 21...Madden 21 looks exactly like the PS4 version while in 2K21 you can see the difference

[@anonymous-qb8nd]

@@DADON99 yep ur right about the graphics with 2k there good but the gameplay is horrendous on both next and current gen.. and 90% of animations are recycled from previous 2k games.. i guess both companies in same boat

[@fyrecracker7201]

NBA Street is automatically a good game because of the EA sports BIG intro

[@EddieDubs]

SSX was fantastic too. How things have changed.

[@shawklan27]

That intro is so hype

[@garrett9562]

To me any ea game that was associated with EA BIG is a good game

[@piedpiped3267]

Every time I watch it I just think of Videogamedunkey saying “big big Big BIG BIG BIG”

[@seannborba8416]

When EA Actually gave a crap

[@brifromnyc4271]

NBA Street 1 & 2 was prime sports gaming

[@animegamesssss3565]

They need to remake this game. It was dope and still is to this day

[@retro_kruger1599]

My child hood is this game. I really hope they remake it but I highly doubt it

[@imbad_bot5931]

But they won’t have the company so EA making it by them selves may mess up the game

[@Amb252]

They definitely shouldn't make a new game ea sports is trash nowadays I don't want them ruining everything else

[@animegamesssss3565]

@@imbad_bot5931 the only way they can mess it up is worth micro transactions. And considering i can play this game for hrs on in that's cool with me cuz ill grind to get my stats up

[@imbad_bot5931]

@@animegamesssss3565 yea I guess so

[@BrandonA1]

NBA Street Vol. 2 has my favorite basketball gameplay ever. I got a PS2 back in June because I wanted to play a lot of the games you mention in your video and bought many of them (Madden 07, NCAA 06, Nascar Thunder 04, NFL2K5, etc.) and once I got my hands on NBA Street I was instantly in love. It's gameplay is so much fun and addictive and the only sports gane I'd take ovet it is probably 2K16 and Thunder 04. It is a true masterpiece in sports gaming

[@jumpman2326]

You can’t forget about Fight Night Round 3 that was so fun

[@fwitz2017]

This was honestly one of the best basketball video game I have ever played. It's been a while since I've popped this in the ps2. Might have to dig it out of the box in the attic after this. Thanks softdrinktv, very nostalgic.

[@satiricalzero]

I like how the original gave you Jordan right out of the box, like "here you go, an op player to get you started"

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

It's also cool how he becomes the final boss at the end of the ladder.

[@rylanrobinson8487]

Growing up in that era, it was the exposure from the “And1” mixtapes. Great video

[@pp3k3jamail]

Remember they had a and1 basketball video game also

[@thelunaist2014]

That commentary is so good Bobbito Garcia so much personality and character.

[@thepassingstatic6268]

I kinda found him annoying after awhile. Especially doing story mode

[@darnell16player]

NBA Street Vol.2 is my favorite game to play. I still have that and other games like NFL2k5, Ncaa 06 and Madden 07. Street OG wise is still very fun to play and even your friends will roast you too and hype you up so it was 2x the chaos in fun form.

[@joshuabyrd320]

Threw realism out the window but the most fun I've ever had playing a basketball game

[@joeyteter9383]

I absolutely loved these games growing up. They definitely still hold up, and they are still games that i adore the hell out of

[@SomeGuyNamedMack]

You're right about the accessible to other gamers part. Not alot of people around me played a ton of sim sports games which made it less enjoyable to play but when I put on NBA Street, NHL Hitz or Mario Strikers, everyone wants to play

[@aaronwilliams8728]

Not gonna lie this game was a HUGE part of my childhood. One of my all time faves no doubt.

[@bgn1]

This game is incredible

[@kinginconsistent]

I miss these games sooo much

[@christophermurphy8860]

Yes! NBA Street v2 is one of my favorite games of all time, and I’m glad it’s being mentioned here.

[@mimperial1982]

Best basketball game ever, IMO. It's a travesty that they haven't re-released the game. But that just shows how far EA has fallen off

[@MegaMac464]

Man imagine if we got a NHL Street with ball hockey. That would be so sick

[@johngray7117]

NBA Street Vol.2 is the greatest NBA game EA ever made.

[@thepassingstatic6268]

Truth

[@tannerbarnes7072]

You sound like you want to do a SSX retrospective.... you should do it..

[@ultrainstinctsongokunetwor171]

Remember when Microtransaction did not exist Good times EA Good times.

[@producedbykhireyakeem4340]

NBA STREET 2 RETROSPECTIVE NEEDED

[@Custer_X_Of_The_DAU]

I love NBA Street V2. I got for 10 bucks on Amazon and I say it was money well spent.

[@Cerebral12Assassin]

An NBA Ballers retrospective would be awesome!!

[@frank-bmtz]

Had SO MUCH FUN playing Volume 2.

[@chrisbonde7488]

If I remember right, "Hoops" for NES used street ball scoring. But I haven't played that game in over 30 years so I could be remembering it wrong. Love NBA Street though.

[@kdawg6862]

Man the soundtrack in streets 2 played a huge part of my childhood 🤝 thank you just blaze

[@thepassingstatic6268]

Yeah, I think I can say the same. Thats honestly how I discovered new music, from the games I played. Burnout. Tony Hawk. SvR. But Street Vol. 2 holds a space in my heart. I played the hell out of Vol. 2 as a kid, and whenever T.R.O.Y. started to play, I would always nod my head. Good times

[@jgeorge2693]

Dilated peoples - live on stage

[@Lilpresh42069]

The greatest basketball series of all time made by the greatest studio of all time. RIP ea big

[@mosesrosa5983]

I’m not a 2Kfan, so this was my basketball game. Awesome.

[@osurocks24]

Awesome job! Love your retrospectives!

[@zachseymour2554]

Dude! SSX! The memories ea big really had some amazing graphics and mechanics for that time that rlly had that arcade feel down that everyone now trys to copy

[@graysonbyass-rascoe4326]

Nba street vol 2 has the best startup song of all time "they reminisce" was and still is a street classic no cap. I was sitting there on pcsx2 after i got it going "wow this song and game is great" not only did nba street introduce casuals to our type of basketball (the people in the cities and the hood with different rules and ethnicities) but our type of music. They did the work and so did you, great vid sd hope your doing well! Stay safe and thanks for the memories 🙏🏽

[@tburns957]

Vol.1 and 2 were great but everybody know Vol 3 was perfection Interactive Gamebreaker dunks Create a Court Slam Dunk Contest GameCube version had Mario, Peach & Luigi.

[@justinjohnson2999]

Hit the nail on the head with that one

[@silversoulken]

Ew no. Not the best.

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

No, just no.

[@MIGGYME1]

Volume 3 was the best looking game and it might have the best roster (young dwade,melo,bron etc) but it lacked the excitement and replay value of volume 2.

[@teddy5269]

It’s relaxing to hear your perspective on these kind of things. I like it a lot

[@johnmecca9008]

I play a lot of this games. This video was a nice surprise. Great video!!

[@parkergibb8005]

I love these videos thank you excited for this one

[@davidmejorado855]

I would smash on this game! I still got it on the PS2. Will never go outta style.

[@Birdman32]

This game was raw 🔥

[@Leyuhm]

Still playing NFL / NBA Street series to this day since I was 7-8. I am 24 now lmao. NFL Street itself spawned a massive love for football even more but NBA Street is truly the reason I started to get to know basketball overall. Great video as always my guy!

[@the_zest3849]

You are literally like the only person who's talked about one of my favorite games of all time in a youtube review. Thankyou dude

[@spade2187]

Man the nostalgia I’m in my early 30s this take me back thanks man

[@Amb252]

The greatest basketball game of all time

[@YDINO69]

I think we are all waiting for a BIGS 2 retrospective

[@MrRaider772]

NBA Street one of the best basketball games of all time! 🎉

[@Gamesoldier68]

Thanks for another great video. My son and I would spend hours playing NBA Street Vol. 2 on GameCube. Loved it!

[@sambeezy007]

Nba and NFL Street 2 are games I still play today along with many other PS2 games because with the CD you get EVERYTHING and you had to work hard to get what you wanted. No paywall

[@SoggyHotDoggy]

Street is the only other basketball series besides Jam that can get people who dont give a shit about basketball to play and have the time of their life.

[@PowderHeight]

Gotta love GP, VC and AI laughing at JWill dancing smh 😂😆 back when you could make those jokes

[@Dashman98]

Actually when I first played this game it not only reminded me of nba jam but also street hoops from the NeoGeo, which had a gamebreaker type dunk as well as being streetball

[@samnobles211]

Great video man. Would love to see a vid on SSX, those games are classics.

[@Bosshunter351]

You should make a retrospective of Backyard Football

[@STHUltra]

As someone who never plays sports games, NBA Street Vol. 2 was one of my favorite games growing up. So much that I actually completed it. From Dunkin on fools to styling on them and then hittin em with an off the hezy just to hit a 3. Good times, Goooood times.

[@PPYT100]

THIS VID DESERVES MORE VIEWS!!!

[@trevon444]

Bro growing up everyone was always talking about vol 2 but I only played volume 1. This game is underrated as hell

[@doubleot]

I remember playing this game, lots of fun, really enjoyed it. I didn't realize there was goaltending allowed until after I played a few games and that was disappointing since any outside shot could always be taken away. But still a fun game.

[@jjb2382]

I remember when you would have the game on easy and you go on a winning streak the announcer would constantly bug you to change the difficulty. Me being a curious kid I wanted to ling he will say it. He literally wouldnt stop bugging me about a difficulty. Small details but games today don't have emerson like before.

[@jared9962]

I loved the first NBA Street!

[@trevionsmith3187]

You should do a video on And 1 Street Hoops...idk which was first but this is one of my favorite basketball games ever

[@manoskok1810]

Keep up the great work, you're almost at 100k

[@Choteron3]

Played an insane amount of time NBA Street vol 2 as a kid. Great memories

[@sayedistrending]

3:08 Michael Jordan killer crossover in a Wizards uniform. Only in a video game. Wizards fans are saying "Where the hell was this in real life?"

[@jordanquattro7856]

If you wasn’t alive for this then you really can’t speak on it. I’ll never forget opening my PS2 and having this as my first game.

[@Twigg4075]

This series deserved way more than 8 mins. C'mon, man! I lost track of how many PS2 controller shoulder buttons I broke playing the first game. Ah, the memories.

[@SOFTDRINKTV]

This is only on game 1. I will make seperate videos for Vol 2 and 3

[@Twigg4075]

@@SOFTDRINKTV Oh, ok, cool. I thought this video was for the entire series. Keep up the great work.

[@sbcj9]

My sister and me played it over the holiday weekend and we played for hours. We didn't even sleep we stayed up all night to get through the circuit in one night. It was nice to go back and play a classic

[@MrJoekinggiant74]

I miss EA BIG, RIP

[@2414kels]

Still own it I remember seeing the commercial on ESPN and picking it up day one. Stayed up playing for hours.

[@Goats-rj6xv]

Loving this song

[@nonyabizz3533]

The movement of the ball above the rim to this day is some of the best.

[@ninji5226]

Street vol. 2 is the GOAT, I don't know of what, but it is. Few things were as bad ass as the double dunk.

[@JustcallmeGnarly22]

I have this for the Gamecube. Never played it until recently. Have to say it's really good and holds up today.

[@GreeNLeaF32]

I love nba street especially the second one

[@mikelmoon100]

NBA 2K had a street mode. I remember playing it on Dreamcast around year 1999-2000: very fun.

[@Mateus_Carvalho]

1:08 That's the FIFA Street reboot there. The one you're thinking of has Ronaldinho flipping the ball over, pretty cool cover art and a hell of a game to boot. The reboot was alright, sort of played like regular FIFA at the time (which wasn't all that bad).

[@richardhenry5858]

NBA Ballers was dope too.

[@myleswalker018]

Great basketball video game.

[@TheRealJC323]

Man I loved NBA Street. I schooled everyone I played with MJ.

[@mattfroonjian6340]

Awesome. I'd love to see an NFL Blitz retrospective.

[@GoatedOne201]

Glad I still own this game 🔥

[@dorianthemenace]

As much as I love NBA Street Vol.2 NBA Street Vol.1 Holds a spot in heart and is my 1A and Vol.2 1B

[@cantControlLife]

Nostalgia right here for me, still here the loading beat.

[@pablomyersmyers6914]

Childhood memories 💯💯💯💯 that an NFL Streets

[@NostalgicRush]

My mom took me to GameStop one day and told me I can get a cheap game lol and found this for 9.99 on the GameCube and fell in love with it and put countless hours in this game with my cousin when we were kids I remember teaching him how to play and now not too long ago I taught my son how to play and he loves it this game is really timeless

[@Fata1Client]

Sarasota series has me pumped so far, is the next upload gonna be a continuation?

[@tylerhembree2433]

Oh how much I miss this game

[@jamsgamingstation6023]

I don't even like nba games but NBA street was soooo good. I would buy it in a heart beat if they remade it

[@JL050]

High school memories

[@amerikkkasmostwanted7489]

Vol3 was my favorite. Ik everybody loves part two and I do too but 3 was just more of a hit for me

[@bobbydahill840]

I loved this game so much I used to slip n slide so much (irl).....I couldn't do streetwise thoe I got my love of dribbling from this and and 1

[@antfrancis9941]

Busted rim, off da chain. Yes a classic indeed.

[@GeloBetter]

Always Click When I See A SoftDrink Video❤️‼️

[@jaheimmoultrie7584]

2:15, while i like older hockey games like NHL 7 to 12, NHL 14, NHL 2K5 to NHL 2K8, simply that hockey games i like the most, i enjoyed the most, sixth gen NHL 2K5, NHL 2K6, my favorite generation is the seventh gen, NHL 7 to 12, NHL 14, NHL 2K7, NHL 2K8. i missed 11 hockey games that is actually great to legendary.

[@anthonydolce5401]

Amazing game

[@IshBalla]

SSX Retrospective next! Great video!

[@thirstfen]

I think the early nba 2ks with iverson on the cover also had 1's and 2's on the street mode

[@adrienrelongoue760]

The 2000s were the era of STREETS game. NBA, FIFA, NFL, DEF JAM FIGHT FOR NY, AND1

[@explosionsandstuff7787]

Am I the only one that likes Street 3 the best? The level of customization in the game, plus moving the trick moves to the right analog stick made it easier to flow from trick to trick.

[@ImGilbertTF]

SOFTDRINKTV IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!! WWWWWWWWWWS

[@LuemD]

Let’s go

[@gregsky01]

It always disappoints me that there was never an NHL Street game. Same concept, same engine as the NHL series and just replace the ice with asphalt rinks and the ice skates with inlines. You can’t tell me that wouldn’t have done well.

[@kwall337]

I agree. The closest we got to it is the NHL Hitz series. They are pretty fun

[@gregsky01]

@@kwall337 I love Hitz and I love the arcade mode and pond hockey mode in ESPN NHL 2k5 but it’s not the same at all. They could still do it because they put a lot of effort into threes more than the actual game so give us a decent street hockey game. You could have different backdrops for each city or even similar to hitz just completely whacky backdrops. Wanna play hockey in the Wild West or on a pirate ship? No problem