Product Description

The king of the hard court is back and better than ever with the all-new Sprite Slam Dunk Contest. NBA 2K8 continues a five year legacy of amazing NBA simulation with in-game features that bring basketball to life like never before. 2K Online - Now with tons of new features including a news ticker that updates you with sports headlines across the country, a user customizable Front Page display, and a Co-op mode that allows 2 users to play on the same team against the AI.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1779 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: 2K Games
• Model: 37254
• Released on: 2007-10-02
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Features

• Live from Las Vegas, 2K is bringing you the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, hosted by street legend Bobbito Garcia. Choose from hundreds of dunks and a vast array of props as you compete against the NBA's finest dunkers in this 4 player event. The Sprite Slam Dunk Contest is also playable online - prove to the world that you are the greatest dunker there is.
• Customizable Free Throws, Dribble Moves, and Dunks give users total control over the way their favorite players play on the court.
• Every NBA player has been completely redone to improve likenesses and overall graphical quality. Kevin Harlan and Kenny Smith now deliver emotionally charged commentary and the new Game Wrap-Up feature allows you to choose the kind of post game show you watch.
• All-new defensive controls give users more control of their player than ever before!
• Run your franchise by identifying player roles, balancing playing time, and keeping team morale up. The Hoopcast Simulator makes simulating games exciting while SimCentral centralizes all necessary information for real-time stats, standing, injuries, and much more.

Amazon.com

NBA 2K is back with the all-new Sprite Slam Dunk Contest. NBA 2K8 continues with in-game features that bring basketball to life.

Features:

• Sprite Slam Dunk Contest - Live from Las Vegas hosted by street legend Bobbito Garcia. Choose from hundreds of dunks and props as you compete against the NBA's finest dunkers in this 4 player event. The Sprite Slam Dunk Contest is also playable online.
• Customizable Free Throws, Dribble Moves, and Dunks give users total control over the way their players play on the court. New signature shots from NBA players, including Greg Oden, as well as individual post and dribble moves.
• Off-Ball Control - Run sets to get your player the ball in the best situation for him to get a quick bucket. Use the Get Open button for a fast play, or call for the exact situation you want with the Off-Ball Control menu. On offense, you have the option to switch off the ball handler to other players where you can call for alley-oops, jostle for post-position and set screens.
• Every NBA player has been redone to improve likenesses and overall graphical quality. Kevin Harlan and Kenny Smith deliver charged commentary and the Game Wrap-Up feature allows you to choose the kind of post game show you watch.
• New defensive controls give users more control of their player by using the right analog to play tighter defense on the ball-handler, body up on the ball handler and run defensive sets.
• Run your franchise by identifying player roles, balancing playing time and keeping team morale up. The Hoopcast Simulator simulate games while SimCentral centralizes all necessary information for real-time stats, standings and injuries.
• 2K Online - Includes a news ticker that updates you with sports headlines across the country, a user customizable Front Page display and a Co-op mode that allows 2 users to play on the same team against the AI.
• 2K8 Soundtrack - Featuring Common, Q-Tip, Run DMC, J-Dilla, Quasimotto, Cut Chemist, Devo, Stone Roses, Fishbone, Tommy Guerrero, Breakestra, G-Love, and Quantic.

Customer Reviews

NBA 2K8 Gets Nothing But Net!
This game is great, but I'll start off with this: It is much, much better for the Xbox 360 and PS3. The graphics on NBA 2K8 aren't that great, but are good enough. The gameplay is what really sticks out in this game. It is easy to see the court, the passing is flawless, and the game has plenty of modes. I really liked how you could pick from retro, regular, and secondary jerseys for your team to wear. The developers really took time to make each player realistic and have their own unique abilities. The commentators are repetitive and annoying, but they are pretty acurate. The controls are pretty simple and are easy to pick up. The biggest dissapointment: NO SLAM DUNK CONTEST!!!!!!!! If they added that, I would have given this game 5 stars! If you have the chance, spend the extra money and buy it for the 360 or PS3. The graphics are much better than the PS2, and there's a slam dunk contest. NBA 2K8 is the best b-ball game for 2008 right now, so any basketball fan should buy it-especially for the good price.

Good Game
Bought this game for my son and he is enjoying it. From time to time we play together, but he is starting to learn the game and pick up on some of the teams (Yes!!!). Graphics aren't the greatest and stealing the ball is somewhat easy. Other than that, it is a fun game.

BEST GAME FOR PS2!!
This game is probably one of the greatest games i have ever played
sure they miss a lot of layups but that can always be fixed by the game sliders

i still dont like the fact that they didnt change the players to their new faces like steve nash with his new hair cut and stuff like that but its pretty good
new signature shots and I LOVE TEH DUNKS THEY ARE AMAZING

this is way better than 2k7 and i definately recommend it especially at this cheap price