Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition

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Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Konami
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Samsung (KR)
Peripherals supported: Team Player
Genre: Sports (basketball)
Number of players: 1-8
Release Date RRP Code JP 1994-03-04 ¥8,800 (9,064)8,800e T-95083 US 1994-04-27 $59.9559.95 T-95126 EU 1994-03 T-95126-50 DE 1994 DM 129.95129.95 T-95126-50 PT 199x UK 1994-04-15 £44.9944.99 T-95126-50 AU 1994 FHYP00SMC KR 1994 GM94003JT

Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition (ハイパーダンク ザ・プレイオフエディション), released as Hyper Dunk in the PAL region and Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition in North America, is an arcade-style basketball game released by Konami for the Sega Mega Drive in 1994. It is the third console basketball game released under the Double Dribble branding in North America, following the original Double Dribble for the NES (released as Exciting Basket in Japan) and Double Dribble 5 on 5 for the Game Boy (Konamic Basket in Japan).

Hyper Dunk is notable for being one of the few Mega Drive games that allows up to eight players with the use of two Team Player adapters.

Gameplay

Playoff tree

The game is a basketball game where two teams of five players each compete. Games are four quarters long, with each quarter being 4 minutes long (which can be changed to 2, 8, or 12 minutes). There is a 24-second shot clock (which can be changed to 30 or 45 seconds).

Teams and rosters are fictional, with every player rated on multiple characteristics:

• Height: How tall the player is, which affects his ability to block.
• Shot: How accurate the player is at shooting.
• Steal: How effective the player is at stealing the ball from opposing players.
• Speed: How fast the player runs.
• Jump: How high the player can jump.
• Power: How effective the player is at pushing opposing players away.
• Strength: The player's stamina, which decreases over the course of the game, reducing the player's effectiveness.

Each team has twelve total players. Before the game starts, the player can swap players in and out of the active positions (PF for Power Forward, SF for Small Forward, C for Center, PG for Point Guard, and SG for Shooting Guard).

	Tip-Off
	At the start of the game, all of the players meet in the center of the court. One player from each team leaps for possession of the ball with .
	Defense
	The active team member can run in any direction using the D-Pad. Team members that are not being controlled by a human player are controlled by the computer, but the player can cycle through these team members with to change control to one of them. The player can jump to block a shot with or try to steal the ball from a nearby member of the opposing team with .
	Offense
	After the other team scores, one team member standing just out of bounds throws the ball in to a teammate with to put the ball back into play. The player can hold the D-Pad in a direction while passing to pass to a particular teammate. After gaining possession of the ball, the teammate can dribble in any direction using the D-Pad. The team member passes the ball to a teammate with . The player can hold the D-Pad in a direction while passing to pass to a particular teammate. If there is more than one teammate in that direction, the player passes to the nearest one. Holding while moving fixes the player's movement in that direction, then passes the ball when is released, allowing the player to pass in a particular direction while moving in a different direction. The team member can perform a jump shot by holding to jump, then releasing to shoot. If the team member is near the hoop, he attempts a dunk instead. The team member can perform a jump pass by holding to jump, then pressing while in midair. If a player commits a foul (such as a shot timer violation or throwing the ball out of bounds), the opposing team is given possession of the ball. The team with possession of the ball can pause the game with  START  and call a timeout to perform substitutions. Each team can call a maximum of two timeouts per quarter.

Modes

There are three modes of play:

• Playoff: For one player. The player chooses a team and competes in an elimination tournament. The playoff tree can be edited by the player before starting the game. The first round is the best of five games, but subsequent rounds are best of seven. The game uses passwords for continuing.
• Exhibition: For one or two players. A single game for one player against the computer or two human players against each other.
• Multi-Play: For two to eight players (using one or two Team Player adapters as necessary). A single game between two teams. Players can be assigned to either team. Each player controls a different member of the team but can cycle control over the computer-controlled teammates.

Teams

Hyper Dunk lacks an official NBA license, so its teams represent US states and cities that have actual NBA franchises but with no names and fictional logos and players.

Conference	Team	Players
Western	DC
	Portland
	Seattle
	Chicago
	Charlotte
	Phoenix
	Cleveland
	Atlanta
Eastern	Utah
	Minnesota
	New York
	San Antonio
	Houston
	New Jersey
	Boston

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition	Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition
Japanese	ハイパーダンク ザ・プレイオフエディション	Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition
English (Europe)	Hyper Dunk	Hyper Dunk

Production credits

• Program: H.Nitta, M.Harada, N.Sakanaya
• Graphic Design: S.Kushibuchi, T.Nagisa, N.Shirasuboshi
• Sound Program: A.Fujio, O.Kasai
• Sound Effect & Music: M.Yanagisawa, M.Adachi
• Supervisor: Y.Haruki
• Director: H.Nitta
• Producer: T.Kirita
• Presented by Konami

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Hyper Dunk: The Playoff Edition/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-02: "February 1994" (1994-01-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-03: "March 1994" (1994-02-08)

Print advert in Video Games (DE) #1994-06: "6/94" (1994-05-25)

Print advert in Game Champ (KR) #1994-06: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) NTSC-U 40 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) PAL 60 Aktueller Software Markt (DE) 75 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 70 Console Mania (IT) PAL 89 Consoles + (FR) 68 Computer & Video Games (UK) 61 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 52 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 60 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 85 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 58 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 58 Gamers (DE) 27 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 31 GamesMaster (UK) 58 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 64 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 80 Joypad (FR) PAL 48 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 67 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) 66 Mega (UK) PAL 62 Mega Force (FR) 75 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 86 MegaTech (UK) PAL 68 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 65 Player One (FR) 65 Play Time (DE) 79 Power Unlimited (NL) 69 Sega Power (UK) PAL 52 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 83 Sega Zone (UK) PAL 56 Sega Force (SE) 59 Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU) NTSC-U 35 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 76 Super Juegos (ES) 73 Todo Sega (ES) 86 Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-U 65 Tricks 16 bit (RU) PAL 77 Video Games (DE) PAL 50 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 50

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