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Instruction booklet · January 1996

College Slam

SportArcade1 playerESRB E

The story

Part of the NBA Jam series of basketball games, College Slam allows you to choose from over 40 real college teams and take part in head-to-head games, tournament games, and season-long play. The gameplay is arcade-style two-on-two fast action featuring backboard shattering wild dunks, power-ups and other crazy moves. The game also features fight songs from all the available teams.

Specifications

Released: January 1996
Developer: Iguana Entertainment
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Players: 1
Genre: Sport · Arcade
Rating: ESRB E
Themes: Action
View: Side view

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players: 48/100 (3 ratings)

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Vol. 6 · No. 229Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢

The Omaha World-Pixel

Week of January 5, 1996

Jan. 7

One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 150 people. Philadelphia receives a record 30 inches of snowfall and New York City's public schools close for the first time in 18 years. The federal government in Washington, D.C. is closed for several days, extending the time federal employees are out of the office from the 1996 federal government shutdown.

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