From TV Animation Slam Dunk: Gakeppuchi no Kesshou League
Game Boy
Developer: Bandai Publisher: Bandai
By: GammaBetaAlpha
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Table of Contents
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How to Play [HELP]
Passwords [PASS]
Donations/Amazon [DONT]
Contact Info [CONT]
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How to Play
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[HELP]
Gameplay
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Slam Dunk follows fairly standard basketball gameplay of two teams of
five players each, throwing a basketball into a net, and the one side that has
more points after two halves winning. Given that the game is on the Game Boy,
you can expect that the controls are extremely simplified.
To wit: instead of a full-court match-up, you move a single player
around under your own control, either as the ball-carrier or on the defense.
When you meet up with a member of the opposing team, you engage in a one-on-one
matchup with a set of commands that are almost but not quite rock-paper-scissors
in nature to dribble by or block/steal the ball. When shooting the ball, you do
not engage in any fancy controls, just a simple bar and cursor with a shaded
area to land the cursor in.
The main ending for the game involves winning the Tournament Mode.
Slam Dunk is Super Game Boy functional, and the colouring helps to
distinguish between the two teams when playing.
MAIN MENU
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These are the following four options on the main overview menu for the
game.
Tournament Mode
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In Tournament Mode, you play a total of 4 matches, with the game ending
being determined by a round-robin. The order of teams you play is as such:
vs. Ryonan
vs. Shoyo
vs. Kainan
vs. Ryonan (2)
There are a total of 9 passwords for the game, three for each mode of
difficulty, one for each of the latter three matches. To see the official
ending, you need to defeat Ryonan in the second match-up.
Single Match Mode
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In Single Match, you can play as any of the four teams vs. one of the
remaining three teams.
Team Information
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With this option, you are given a brief blurb on any of the four teams
in the game.
Options
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Difficulty
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Switches between Easy, Normal and Hard Difficulties.
Music
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Turns Sound effects and music on and off.
Showdown Time
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When in a showdown, you have the option of having 5 seconds to make your
decisions before the game makes one for you automatically, 9 seconds, or
unlimited time.
Half-Time Length
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Allows you to toggle the length of each half-time between 5 to 20
minutes.
Super Game Boy Functions
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If you are playing the game using Super Game Boy functions, the game
colours in your uniforms, which can be especially handy in remembering whether
you are blocking or attacking when in a showdown. Shohoku is red, Ryonan is
blue, Shoyo is green and Kainan is red. Additionally, all your own teammates on
the mini-map are coloured red.
Moving
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On the mini-map on the lower side of the screen, you will have ten
circles, five shaded and five white, along with the numbers of each player. If
one of your own members has the ball, that circle will be shaded dark, while an
opposing team member holding the ball will be a totally white circle with no
number. You will have to make use of the mini-map to follow play.
You can move the ball upfield to attempt to get closer to the net to
shoot. If on defense, you can move a member of Shohoko around and attempt to
touch the current ball-carrier to initiate contact. If your ball-carrier gets
intercepted by an opposing team member, or you touch the circle of the opposing
ball-carrier, you will enter a showdown.
While playing defense, you can switch between your own members by
pressing the B button.
Showdowns
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Whenever a ball-carrier's circle icon is touched on the mini-map by
another player of the opposing team, a showdown will occur.
In a showdown, you can input up to two different functions as the ball-
carrier, or three different controls as the defender. More information on what
these functions are is shown below in the Offense and Blocking descriptions. For
the most part, the first input describes the main action of the play, while the
second (and third) inputs modify the first input. As the ball-carrier, either
you make it around the defender, or you get your ball taken away. The reverse is
true for the blocker: either you steal the ball away, or you allow the ball-
carrier to get past you.
Because the opposing player also will have the same set of inputs when
you face-off, there is almost a rock-paper-scissors sense to the showdown, but
not quite. Notably, in Easy Mode you are far more likely to get by/block your
opponent, but your success rate drops dramatically in Normal and Hard Mode.
Furthermore, what your opponent does seems to be fairly randomised,
though he is of course more likely to perform some actions more often than not
in certain situations: for example, attempting to take a jump-shot while close
to the net, but never behind the centre line.
Occasionally, a foul will occur by the defense. This appears to be
totally randomised as to when it happens. When it does, the ball is moved
upfield, and the fouled player gets to throw the ball in to a teammate of
choice. As a result, if you were fouled, you can throw the ball in to a teammate
and set up for a quick shot on net.
Shooting
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Shooting can be done through one of two ways: when engaged in a showdown
as the ball-carrier, or pressing the B button to initiate a showdown with no
opponent. In the former case, you must first select either a Fake or Attack
input, then follow it up with a Shot. In the latter case, you can select Shoot
directly.
When you make your throw attempt, a bar will be shown with a small
section shaded in, with a cursor quickly moving left and right. To get a shot
in, you need to have the cursor at least partially within the shaded section,
and even if you are completely in it is still not a guaranteed shot.
The closer you are to the net, the larger the shaded section becomes.
For example, from behind the three-point line your shaded margin is fairly
small, but past the three-point line it expands, and becomes especially big
right in front of the net. Again, however, even if you land within the shaded
section your shot is still not guaranteed to go in, though your chances go up
substantially. If you get an animation prior to shooting, however, you will know
you made it.
It should be noted that while you CAN make a shoot from behind the
centre line, it will never go in - your shot will always be too low to make it
in the net.
Offense
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When you have the ball, your ball carrier will be highlighted in dark.
If you move around and get intercepted by a member of the opposing team, a menu
will open up with the potential to input two functions. The first function, Fake
or Attack, determines your first action, while the secondary input determines
the second action. For example, a Fake - Cut-In involves you faking your
opponent out to one side, while dribbling the ball around to his other side.
Attack - Shoot is an aggressive straight-up attempt to shoot at the net.
If you initiate an action yourself by pressing the A button, however,
the Right Function will be Shoot from the start, and the Left and Bottom
Functions become Dribble, which lets you move around again.
Primary Input:
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Fake フェイク (Left Function)
As the name suggests, you will start by attempting to fake your opponent
out to one side.
Attack こ゛ういん (Right Function)
With Attack, you do not bother to fake, and instead engage directly in
your secondary input.
Secondary Input:
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Cut-In カットイン (Left Function)
With a Cut-In, you will do a dribble around your opponent.
Pass パス (Top Function)
In passing, you can choose one of your four remaining teammates to pass
the ball to. Note that if you are past the centre line and pass the ball back
past the centre line, you will of course go offside.
Shoot シユート (Right Function)
Shooting makes a shoot attempt right at the net, opening up the Shot
attempt bar and cursor.
Blocking
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When facing off as the defense, blocking mechanisms seem a little weird.
You have 3 possible inputs in a row you can enter, though some inputs will
finish the whole sequence.
For the first input, you can either choose:
Guard ガード (Left Function)
Attack こ゛ういん (Right Function)
Where Guard seems to leave your player standing where he is, while
Attack causes him to be aggressive, and can somewhat modify your later inputs.
You can choose neither of them by pressing Up or Down and skipping to the second
input.
For the second input, you can choose:
Steal スティール (Left Function)
Steal is not very aggressive, as you do not make a forward attempt at
stealing. Rather, it seems to steal the ball if the opponent attempts to dribble
around you, or intercepts passes to the side.
Basket バスケット (Upper Function)
Basket is an aggressive steal. Instead of waiting for your opponent to
move, you move forward and try to steal the ball from him before he can do
anything.
Block ブロック (Right Function)
This Function appears to mostly be for blocking shots at the net, though
it does sometimes cause a steal from in front.
If and only if you chose the Steal Function can you enter a third input,
and this results in being able to either end your inputs by pressing the left or
down button, or add a third input of either Basket or Block.
Blocking Inputs
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Right - Right: High-Jump Block against a throw
Up - Right
Down - Right
Left - Right
Right - Up: Steals from in front
Up - Up
Left - Right - Up
Right - Left: Steals from the opponent dribbling around you
Up - Left
Down - Left
Right - Left - Right: Moves to intercept a pass along your right side
Up - Up
Left - Up
Right - Left - Left: Moves to intercept a pass along your left side
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Passwords
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[PASS]
Thanks for these passwords goes to the user Keiji Nanjo off of GameFAQs.
To use these passwords, on the main menu screen, hit the first option
(Tournament Mode), then the second, right option for Passwords.
Shohoku vs. Shoyo (Easy) TENSA
Shohoku vs. Shoyo (Hard) SLAMD
Shohoku vs. Shoyo (Normal) GEKIS
Shohoku vs. Kainan (Easy) ISAKU
Shohoku vs. Kainan (Hard) UNKDE
Shohoku vs. Kainan (Normal) ENIHY
Shohoku vs. Ryonan (Easy) RAGIH
Shohoku vs. Ryonan (Hard) WINER
Shohoku vs. Ryonan (Normal) OSENN
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Contact Info
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[CONT]
Although I believe I have found everything there is to find in this
game, there is occasionally the possibility of some super secret level in an
obscure game that was never found because it was too obscure, or the like. If
you have anything that you feel needs to be includes, feel free to email me at
gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com
If you have any other information to contribute or notice any errors,
again, shoot me a notice at gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com
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Credits
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[CRED]
Thanks go to the atwiki website for information on this game:
http://www14.atwiki.jp/gball/pages/687.html
Thanks for the passwords goes to the user Keiji Nanjo off of GameFAQs.
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