Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College Hoops

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Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College Hoops
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Time Warner Interactive
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Sports (basketball)

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$64.9564.95[1] T-48236
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega Drive
AU
$129.95129.95[2] FDIC03SMC
OFLC: G

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Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College Hoops is a basketball game with commentary from US sportscaster and former basketball coach Dick Vitale. It features numerous college basketball teams, and was developed and published by Time Warner Interactive in 1994.

During development the game was codenamed with the simpler title of Dick Vitale's Awesome Baby Basketball[3].

Gameplay

The game is unusual in that it attempts to create a fully 3D experience on Sega Mega Drive hardware, something assumed impossible. Depending on who has the ball, the screen rotates to face behind the player, rather than having a side-on view like NBA Jam. Unfortunately due to console limitations, this means there are no backgrounds (minus the floor and hoops), the rotations are choppy and the framerate is lower than in most games.

Teams

Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College Hoops lacks an NCAA license, so names its teams after US states, grouped into four conferences:

Pacific Conference

  • Arizona
  • California
  • Kansas
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Oklahoma
  • Utah

Gulf Conference

  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Louisiana
  • No Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas

Atlantic Conference

  • Connecticut
  • Mass
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Virginia
  • Wash DC
  • W Virginia

Midwest Conference

  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Kentucky
  • Ohio
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Wisconsin

History

Release

Though likely intended for a US-only release, Dick Vitale's "Awesome Baby" College Hoops managed to find its way to Australia.

Magazine articles

Main article: Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College Hoops/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)[4]
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Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)[5]
  • Game Players (US) #0710: "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[6]
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Physical scans

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Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[7]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
46
[1]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
75
[8]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
65
[9]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[10]
Sega Mega Drive
61
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Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College Hoops

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Technical information

Main article: Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College Hoops/Technical information.

References


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