Black Games Archive

Context, Culture, and Representation


NBA Street

Source: NBA Street Presskit (IGDB)
https://www.igdb.com/games/nba-street

Developer: NuFX, EA Canada
Publisher: EA Sports BIG
Release Year: 2001 (PS2), 2002 (GameCube)
Platform: GameCube/PS2
Genre: Sports
Taxonomy: Playable Black characters; voice acting/motion capture; Black NPCs; Black cultural traditions; Narrative themes; robust character creation system; fandom/community/reception; mechanics; anti-Blackness/regressive characterizations

Combining the talent and big names of the NBA with the attitude and atmosphere of streetball, you try to score 21 points to win.

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