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People have work, family, school, and other important things that prevent them from playing basketball on a court. Some people like the sport, some people don't. However, when it comes to basketball video games, even 5 or 10 minutes can bring out people's basketball skills in a video game.
Nice article. I would add Tecmo NBA Basketball for the NES to this list. I liked the focus on NBA Jam, though!
Thank you and I'll see what I can do.
I will do my best to add it later when I have time.
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Chris Buffa (Modojo): Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A
The famous "Konami Code", a string of simple commands almost every video game player knows by heart. Although it first debuted in the 1986 NES title, Gradius, the cheat gained notoriety for granting 30 lives in the NES version of Contra, a side scrolling title so difficult most players relied on the code to beat the game.
Don't forget to press Select before you press Start for two players. lol!
(Wait ain't that suppose to be A, B, A, B?) o_O