So I'm stuck out of town for 3 weeks and have nothing to do in the evenings. I own NBA Jam for the PS3 and honestly, haven't really played it all that much since I got it. I've been hearing some good things about the iPhone version and decided to get the bad boy. 

I have to say that I will probably end up playing this version more than the console one. This game plays amazingly well on the touch screen and for some reason I can actually do things more reliably than the console version (can't tell you how often I jump instead is shove on the PS3). It has the same graphics, the same (crappy) music (thankfully you can access your iTunes library during the game to replace that horrible and boring normal background music) and the style of gameplay. The things it dosen't have are multiplayer, the minigame challenges (never played those things in the PS3 actually). 

The type of gameplay is perfect for a quick break and perfectly tailored for the phone. I may seem lazy, but it takes a bit of work to boot up the console, change the TV input, get the disk loaded and then start the game. I didn't really feel that the console version had enough stuff to warrant all that "work" and wished it stayed as a downloadable game as originally planned. Now I can just grab the phone and play a few quarters and then go on to something else. 

Would love if the next version have a character creator. I loved that feature in NBA Hangtime for the N64 (loved the hangtime rap as well). I can only imagine that if they do release a new Jam, I'll get it for the phone and not the console.    

So I'm stuck out of town for 3 weeks and have nothing to do in the evenings. I own NBA Jam for the PS3 and honestly, haven't really played it all that much since I got it. I've been hearing some good things about the iPhone version and decided to get the bad boy. 

I have to say that I will probably end up playing this version more than the console one. This game plays amazingly well on the touch screen and for some reason I can actually do things more reliably than the console version (can't tell you how often I jump instead is shove on the PS3). It has the same graphics, the same (crappy) music (thankfully you can access your iTunes library during the game to replace that horrible and boring normal background music) and the style of gameplay. The things it dosen't have are multiplayer, the minigame challenges (never played those things in the PS3 actually). 

The type of gameplay is perfect for a quick break and perfectly tailored for the phone. I may seem lazy, but it takes a bit of work to boot up the console, change the TV input, get the disk loaded and then start the game. I didn't really feel that the console version had enough stuff to warrant all that "work" and wished it stayed as a downloadable game as originally planned. Now I can just grab the phone and play a few quarters and then go on to something else. 

Would love if the next version have a character creator. I loved that feature in NBA Hangtime for the N64 (loved the hangtime rap as well). I can only imagine that if they do release a new Jam, I'll get it for the phone and not the console.