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Dick Vitale's Awesome Baby! came out in 1994 for the Sega Genesis, published by Time Warner Interactive. It was part of that wave of sports games trying to capture the arcade feel, the kind you'd rent for a weekend with friends. It didn't have the polish of NBA Jam, but it had its own loud, over-the-top personality that fit right in with the era.

You control a team of college basketball players, moving them up and down the court to score more points than the opponent. The main objective is to win the game, but the real fun is in the exaggerated mechanics. You can perform absurd, physics-defying dunks from nearly half-court and drain three-pointers from well behind the arc with surprising frequency. The pacing is frantic, almost chaotic, with constant steals and fast breaks leading to high-scoring affairs. It feels like playing a cartoon version of basketball where every possession could end with the ball catching fire.