- Release Date: March 28, 2006
- Genre: Sports
- Style: Basketball
- Similar Games: And 1 Streetball (Xbox), NBA Live 06 (Xbox), NBA 2K6 (Xbox), College Hoops 2K6 (Xbox)
Game Description
Midway's streetball series continues with NBA Ballers: Phenom, which introduces two-on-two action and expands the story-driven career mode found in its predecessor. Once again the emphasis is on using an array of over-the-top moves to outperform rival athletes from the NBA. This time, however, players can explore a bustling Venice Beach, Hollywood, and Beverly Hills in an off-court exploration mode that involves talking with pedestrians and performing various quests. Players begin by creating a custom character and advance through a storyline that will pull them in one of two directions.Through their interactions with hip-hop artist Ludacris or pro basketball star Chauncey Billups, players can build a life as a business entrepreneur or try to become a number-one draft pick in the NBA. Over the course of one week, which coincides with the NBA Finals in Los Angeles, players will participate in tournaments against real-life NBA stars, explore parts of the city to locate hidden diamonds or mascot heads, and complete shooting challenges, spelling bees, and even rhythm-based dance contests. Money earned from both quests and tournaments can be used to purchase clothing items, mansions, and other worldly possessions.
~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide
Production Credits
Executive Producer: George Gomez; Development Director: Shekhar Dhupelia; Producer: Tracy Johnson, Mark Smith; Creative Director: Mark Turmell; Lead Programmer: Erik Juhl; Art Director: Ricardo Boronat; Audio Lead: Vince Pontarelli; Interface Lead: Ernie Perez; Animation Lead: Steve Bowler; Cinematics Lead: Nadrew Currie, Marty Stoltz; Additional Production Assistance: John Cruz; Lead Platform Programmer: Brian McGroarty, Graham West; Senior Programmer: David Horachek; Gameplay Programmer: Vinh Chu, Jeff Campen, Jamie Rivett; Audio & Game Flow Programmer: Jim Koepke; Cinematic Programmer: Kristofel Munson; Create-a-Baller Programmer: David Jones; Feature Programmer: Luis Correa, Noah Ruffell, Cameron Silver, Josh Williams; Additional Programmer: Drew Dormann, James Freeman-Hargis, Dave Lang, Adisak Pochanayon; Advanced Technology Group: Mark Inglis, Ed Keenan, Shawn Liptak, Nathan Mefford, Mike O'Connor, Alan Perez-Rathke, Josh Williams; Lead Technical Artist: Mike Hovland; Environment Lead: Everado Acosta; Environment Artist: Bryan Bode, Ross Cangelosi, Larry Mast, Thanh Pham, Brian Schultz, Matthew Taylor, Jeff Troutman; Character Lead: Gary Oliverio, Jeff Troutman; Character Artist: Ivan Mijatov, Dina Tabora, Jason Zielinski; Additional Character Art: Chuck Jones; Lead Special Effects Artist: Matthew Gilmore; Designer: Dan Laduca, Mike Lee, Nick Nicastro, John Vignocchi; Motion Studio Manager: James Gentile; Motion Capture Specialist: Fredy Palma; Animator: Randy Stratton, Michael Peterson; Facial Animator: Josh Burton, Scott Englert; Additional Animator: Darrel Christian, Kirk Degrasse; Motion Talent: Johanna Anonuevo, Reggie Banks, Steve Bowler, Jenna Deluca, Eli Figueroa, Nick Gonzales, Jorge Santos, Phillip Champion, Rachel Jones, Fredy Palma, Luis Da Silva, John Vignocchi; User Interface Manager: William Fox; User Interface Artist: Chad Bailey, John Burnett, Rob Klapka, Michelle Lin, Jeremy Rawls; 3D User Interface Artist: Wes Burke, Robert Klapka, Kevin Hurley; Additional User Interface Artist: Nathan Bailey, Wes Burke, Stewart Fritz, Kevin Hurley, Martin Ryan, Max Mollhagan-Jaksa, Colin Post, Brian Rouleau, Matthew Secrist, Brian Wing; Cinematics Manager: Jon Mcclenahan; Cinematics Artist: Spiro Anagnostakos, Doug Smith, Chuck Ernst, Greg Mitchell, Todd Keller, Shannah O'Meara, Ty Primosch, Joshua Slingerlan; Additional Cinematics Artist: Chuck Ernst, Todd Keller, Greg Mitchell, Ty Primosch, Doug Smith; Audio Director: Dan Forden; Additional Audio Support: Chase Ashbaker, Jim Bonney, Brian Chard, Alex Nied; Lead Writer: Tony Peterson; Additional Writer: Shekhar Dhupelia, Geroge Gomez, Vince Pontarelli, Mark Turmell, John Vignocchi; Cover Athlete: Chauncey Billups; Appearing As Themself: Chauncey Billups, Ludacris, Trikz, Jin, Hot Sauce; Additional Voice Talent: Simeon Norfleet, Bob Benson; QA Manager: Jacob Beucler; Lead QA Analyst: John Cruz, Ki Wolf-Smith; QA Product Analyst: Reggie Banks, Dave Bulvan, Jeremy Butkus, Jonathon Cooper, Adam Coriglione, Angelo Cruz, Starrla Lares, Robert Lathan, Greg Ranz, Chris McFadden, Hector Sanchez, Kyle Smith, Dion Solano, Trevor Traub, David Turkiewicz, Richard Vrtis, Warren Wilkes, Wynston Williams; Technical Standard Analyst: Tim Waller; QA Director (San Diego): Paul Sterngold; QA Supervisor (San Diego): Brien Atangan; Technical Standard Analyst (San Diego): Kevin Bell, Jared Hamiter, Daryl Jackson, Colin Payette; Chief Marketing Officer: Steve Allison; VP Marketing: Mona Hamilton; Marketing Director: Tom McClure, Tim Granish; Product Manager: Jack Van Leer; Director of Public Relations: Reilly Brennan; Sports PR Manager: Tim DaRosa; Studio Technology Director: Michael Weilbacher; Studio Art Director: Chip Sineni; Director of Studio Operations: Samuel Peterson; Director of Central Groups: Joel Seider; Development Director: William Muehl; Executive Assistant: Steve Rosen; VP Product Development Chicago: Scot Bayless; Senior VP Worldwide Studios: Matt Booty; VP, Secretary & General Counsel: Debbie Fulton; Licensing Counsel: Rob Gustafson; Associate General Counsel: Cory Halpern, Michael Burke; Executive Assistant: Christine Rios; Director of Licensing: Mark Morrison; Director of Advertising & Promotions: Sarah Mcilroy; Licensing Coordinator: Chari Ong; Music Supervisor: John Vignocchi; Licensing Manager: Nicole Garcia; External Music Licensing: Sessing Music Services; Creative Services: Ryan Braman, Stefano Dalu, Gary Gonzalez, Myong Hong, Rare Macapayag, Jon Mongelluzzo, Sally Nichols, Matt Schiel, Ron White, Yvonne White-Baptista; Creative Media: Peter Bennet, Michael Crawford, Rigo Cortes, Fuzzy Gerdes, Mark Holzman, Jack O'Neall, Bill O'Neil, Chris Skrundz, BethAnn Smukowski, Dimitrios Tianis, James Vogel, Christa Woss, Larry Wotman; NBA Ballers: Phenom Photos: NBA Photographs, Getty Images; "Back 'Em Down" Written By: J. Green, G. Heard; "Back 'Em Down" Performed By: Planet Asia; "I Wanna Be" Written By: Saladine Wallace, Salahadeen Wilds, David Willis; "I Wanna Be" Performed By: Camp Lo; "Ballin' Out" Written By: Theron Thomas, Timothy Thomas, Nicole Marie Whitehead; "Ballin' Out" Performed By: Rock City; "Ballin" Written By: Shaffer Smith, Sixx John; "Ballin" Performed By: Ne-Yo; "Break Bread" Written By: Willie E. Knighton Jr., Robert T. Barnett, Marshal Barnes, Webster White; "Break Bread" Performed By: Goodie Mob; "Choices" Written By: Jin Auyeung, Clyde Daniels; "Choices" Performed By: Jin; "Pull Up and Pop" Written By: Warren Mathis, Adam Cherrington; "Pull Up and Pop" Performed By: Bubba Sparxx; "I'm A Playa" Written By: Brandon Ranard Burris; "I'm A Playa" Performed By: Point Game; "The Only Way" Written By: Leslie Pridgen; "The Only Way" Performed By: Freeway; "Fresh Ballin'" Written and Performed By: Mannie Fresh For Chubby Boy; "I'm A Baller Baby" Written By: Waiel Yaghnam, Jayson Bridges, Adam Cherrington; "Give Me Dat" Written By: Joe Young, Adam Cherrington; "Give Me Dat" Performed By: Jelly Joe; "Give Me Dat" For: Basement Beats; "Go Hard or Go Home" Written By: Sean Pompey, Nissan White, Simon Julien Hasslein; "Go Hard or Go Home" Performed By: Smoke And Numbers; "Got To Get It" Written and Performed By: Heavy Mojo; "I B-Ballin'" Written By: William J. Lacey II; "I B-Ballin'" Performed By: Jeff Lacey; "I Got This" Written By: Malik Taylor, Dion Liverpool; "I Got This" Performed By: Phife Dawg; "I'm A Superstar" Written By: Theartis Jeron Thomas; "I'm A Superstar" Performed By: Ness Lee; "It's A Shame" Written By: Brandon Ranard Burris, Theartis Jeron Thomas; "It's A Shame" Performed By: Point Game; "It's A Shame" Featuring: Ness Lee; "It's On You" Written By: R. Henlsey, D. Nelson, S. Hous, W. Lukuku; "It's On You" Performed By: Fourth World; "Just Begun" Written By: Gregory Lawary, Adam Cherrington; "Just Begun" Performed By: Gena For Basement Beats; "Keep It Moving" Written By: Kanjila Kroma, Adam Cherrington; "Keep It Moving" Performed By: Kanjia For Basement Beats; "L.A. City" Written By: A. Pointer, Kenny Segal; "L.A. City" Performed By: Abstract Rude; "Let's Ball" Written By: K. Fain, A. Taylor, L. DeShazor; "Let's Ball" Performed By: Shak-C; "Raise Up" Written By: Nick Furlong; "Raise Up" Performed By: Raskal; "Siodeline Talkin'" Written and Performed By: Kain Cioffie; "Take It To the Hoop" Written By: Brandon Lloyd; "Take It To the Hoop" Performed By: B. Lloyd; "Take It To the Hoop" Featuring: Hakim Abdulsamad; "The Blacktop" Written By: Theartis Jeron Thomas; "The Blacktop" Performed By: Ness Lee; "The Lifestyle of A Baller" Written By: Howard Bailey, Michael Naylor; "The Lifestyle of A Baller" Performed By: Chingy; "They Know Me" Written By: T. J. Reynolds, Nick Furlong; "They Know Me" Performed By: Ty Jilla, Raskal; "What It Is" Written By: Jayson Bridges, Adam Cherrington; "What It Is" Performed By: KoKo For Basement Beats; "We Hot Now" Written By: A. Albano, F. Sargolini, G. Clomon, K. Bogan; "We Hot Now" Performed By: Ming+FS; "We Hot Now" Featuring: Northern League; "NBA Ballerz" Written By: William Hughes, Kenneth Anthony, Ronald Wilson, Melvin Adams, Brian Scott, Vito Tisdale, Joe Hopper; "NBA Ballerz" Performed By: Nappy Roots; "Car Wash" Written By: Norman Whitfield; "Car Wash" Performed By: Rose Royce; "Ya'll Aint Ready" Written By: Ali Jones, Adam Cherrington; "Ya'll Aint Ready" Performed By: Ali Jones; "Gotta Come Up" Written By: Terry Parker, Eric Welton; "Gotta Come Up" Performed By: Juice; "Put It On Da Line" Written By: Webster White, Ricciano Lumpkins; "Put It On Da Line" Performed By: C.I.U. "The Dean"; Beats Provided By: Jonathan Adams, Adam Cherrington, John Christopher, Nathan Murphree, T. J. Reynolds, Andrew Thielk
~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide
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