Super Real Basketball (known in America as ‘Pat Riley Basketball’) is a game that I remember fondly. Developed by SEGA and released on the Genesis and Master System, it features 8 fictional teams complete with fictional coaches (you wanted Pat Riley to be your coach? too bad, he isn’t in the game) and 2 modes. In 1990 NBA Jam and NBA Live were a few years away and basketball games were in their infancy. The interesting thing about Super Real Basketball is the way it attempts to be a simple arcade bball game while including some realistic features, and it plays pretty well too.

The main gimmick of SRB is the quick time events that occur when you try to shoot from close range.

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