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Dunk Kids

System(s): Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Sega Enterprises^[1]

Developer: I.T.L^[1]

Peripherals supported: Gear-to-Gear Cable

Genre: Sports^[2]^[3] (basketball)

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-09-16^[3]	¥3,8003,800	G-3352

Dunk Kids (ダンクキッズ) (spelled with an apostrophe as Dunk Kid's) is a Sega Game Gear half-court basketball game developed by I.T.L and published by Sega. Released exclusively in Japan in September 1994, the game utilizes the Gear-to-Gear Cable for local multiplayer.

The game claims to be licensed by the All-Japan Street Basketball Association (ASBA), though it is not clear if this was a real league or something invented for the game.

Gameplay

The game is a two-on-two basketball game played on a half-court with one basket. The goal is to score more baskets than the opposing team; baskets from within the key are worth one point, and baskets from outside the key are worth two points. Scoring from under the basket sometimes triggers a special dunk animation. The player can choose from one of eight teams, half of which are prefectures of Japan. Each team has different defense, speed, and shooting characteristics. The active team member is moved with the D-pad.

When playing defense, the player can steal the ball from an opponent when close with or jump to try and block a shot with . The defending player is charged with balltending if the player touches the ball when it is above the basket, which gives the offensive team points for the shot.

When playing offense, the player dribbles the ball by holding , passes by pressing , and shoots with . The player automatically has control of the team member who possesses the ball. The player must dribble to move with the ball to avoid traveling. Opponents can intercept balls as they are being passed.

There is a tournament mode where the player chooses one of the four Japanese teams and faces the other teams in order of increasing difficulty (with the other three Japanese teams being the easiest). In this mode, each match is three minutes long, and the team with the highest score at the end of the period wins. There is also a free play mode where the player can choose to play as any of the eight teams and also selects the opposing team. Free play matches can be played with a time limit (which is selectable), or players can compete to attain a certain score.

The game supports two-player play over a Gear-to-Gear Cable. Players can compete together against the AI, where each player controls a different team member, or they can compete against each other, with each player controlling a team of two players as in the single-player modes.

Teams

Tokyo
Okinawa
Osaka
Kanagawa
China
Russia
Europe
Hawaii

Courts

The Okinawa court appears to be located in an American military base. The Europe court takes place in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Tokyo

Okinawa

Osaka

Kanagawa

China

Russia

Europe

Hawaii

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
Japanese	ダンクキッズ	Dunk Kids

Magazine articles

Main article: Dunk Kids/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

48

^[4]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

48

^[5]

	48
Based on 2 reviews

Dunk Kids

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	77ed48f5
MD5	1d1c50cdbfe605a37d5dcf1250a951df
SHA-1	7525923ba2531d5079d66b2b1156cb5e7d44c66a

512kB

Cartridge (JP)

External links

Dunk Kid's (Game Gear) article at Lunatic Obscurity

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/I.T.L
↑ File:DunkKids GG JP Box Front.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-12-07 04:57)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1994" (JP; 1994-08-08), page 17
↑ Famitsu, "1994-09-02" (JP; 1994-08-19), page 40

Dunk Kids
	Main page \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

[http:.2F.2Fgdri.smspower.org.2Fwiki.2Findex.php.2FI.T.L-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/I.T.L

[:File:DunkKids_GG_JP_Box_Front.jpg_p-2] File:DunkKids GG JP Box Front.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20181207045745.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fgamegear.2Fsoftware.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-12-07 04:57)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-09.pdf_p17-4] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1994" (JP; 1994-08-08), page 17

[5] Famitsu, "1994-09-02" (JP; 1994-08-19), page 40

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-{{sub-stub}}'''''Dunk Kids''''' (ダンクキッズ) is a basketball game for the [[Sega Game Gear]]. It was only released in Japan.
+'''''Dunk Kids''''' (ダンクキッズ) (spelled with an apostrophe as '''''Dunk Kid's''''') is a [[Sega Game Gear]] half-court basketball game developed by [[I.T.L]] and published by [[Sega]]. Released exclusively in Japan in September 1994, the game utilizes the [[Gear-to-Gear Cable]] for local multiplayer.
+The game claims to be licensed by the All-Japan Street Basketball Association (ASBA), though it is not clear if this was a real league or something invented for the game.
+==Gameplay==
+The game is a two-on-two basketball game played on a half-court with one basket. The goal is to score more baskets than the opposing team; baskets from within the key are worth one point, and baskets from outside the key are worth two points. Scoring from under the basket sometimes triggers a special dunk animation. The player can choose from one of eight teams, half of which are prefectures of Japan. Each team has different defense, speed, and shooting characteristics. The active team member is moved with the D-pad.
+When playing defense, the player can steal the ball from an opponent when close with {{1}} or jump to try and block a shot with {{2}}. The defending player is charged with balltending if the player touches the ball when it is above the basket, which gives the offensive team points for the shot.
+When playing offense, the player dribbles the ball by holding {{1}}, passes by pressing {{1}}, and shoots with {{2}}. The player automatically has control of the team member who possesses the ball. The player must dribble to move with the ball to avoid traveling. Opponents can intercept balls as they are being passed.
+There is a tournament mode where the player chooses one of the four Japanese teams and faces the other teams in order of increasing difficulty (with the other three Japanese teams being the easiest). In this mode, each match is three minutes long, and the team with the highest score at the end of the period wins. There is also a free play mode where the player can choose to play as any of the eight teams and also selects the opposing team. Free play matches can be played with a time limit (which is selectable), or players can compete to attain a certain score.
+The game supports two-player play over a [[Gear-to-Gear Cable]]. Players can compete together against the AI, where each player controls a different team member, or they can compete against each other, with each player controlling a team of two players as in the single-player modes.
+===Teams===
+*Tokyo
+*Okinawa
+*Osaka
+*Kanagawa
+*China
+*Russia
+*Europe
+*Hawaii
+===Courts===
+The Okinawa court appears to be located in an [[wikipedia:United States Forces Japan|American military base]]. The Europe court takes place in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
+{{gallery|widths=160|screens=yes|
+{{gitem|Dunk Kids, Stages, Tokyo.png|Tokyo}}
+{{gitem|Dunk Kids, Stages, Okinawa.png|Okinawa}}
+{{gitem|Dunk Kids, Stages, Osaka.png|Osaka}}
+{{gitem|Dunk Kids, Stages, Kanagawa.png|Kanagawa}}
+{{gitem|Dunk Kids, Stages, China.png|China}}
+{{gitem|Dunk Kids, Stages, Russia.png|Russia}}
+{{gitem|Dunk Kids, Stages, Europe.png|Europe}}
+{{gitem|Dunk Kids, Stages, Hawaii.png|Hawaii}}
+}}
+==Versions==
+===Localised names===
+{{aka
+|jp_name=ダンクキッズ
+|jp_trans=Dunk Kids
+}}
+==Magazine articles==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
 ==Physical scans==
+{{ratings|GG}}
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+==Technical information==
+===ROM dump status===
+{{romtable|
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+}}
+==External links==
+*''[https://lunaticobscurity.blogspot.com/2020/08/dunk-kids-game-gear.html Dunk Kid's (Game Gear)]'' article at [https://lunaticobscurity.blogspot.com Lunatic Obscurity]
+==References==
+<references/>
+{{DunkKidsOmni}}