College Slam (GB)

College Slam for Game Boy Color is an arcade-style 2-on-2 basketball game, highly reminiscent of the popular NBA Jam series. The game emphasizes fast, dynamic, and rule-laxed gameplay, prioritizing entertainment over realistic simulation.

Players choose from a roster of real-life college basketball teams (though player names might be altered due to licensing issues) to compete in matches. Each team has two players on the court, and the objective is to score points by shooting or performing spectacular dunks. A defining characteristic of College Slam is its disregard for most fundamental basketball fouls, such as personal fouls, traveling, or goaltending. This allows players to execute superhuman moves and dunks without interruption.

The dunks in College Slam are often wild and exaggerated, featuring impossibly high jumps and mid-air acrobatics. When a player scores a consecutive number of points without the opponent scoring, they become "on fire," making their shots nearly unstoppable and their dunks even more powerful. This creates intense scoring streaks that can rapidly shift the momentum of the game.

The game's control scheme is relatively simple, tailored for the Game Boy Color, allowing players to easily perform shots, steals, passes, and dunks. Despite being a handheld version, College Slam successfully retains the fun, over-the-top action and non-stop pace of its arcade contemporaries, providing hours of energetic entertainment for fans of basketball and arcade games alike.