Platform: PC
Region: Region Not Set
Developer(s): High Voltage Software
Publishers(s): Mindscape, Inc.
ReleaseDate: 1997-02-28
Players: 2
Co-op: No
NCAA Basketball Final Four 97
Final Four 97 allows you to play any one of 64 NCAA teams (not based on the 1997 Final Four) over the course of a 30 game season, or cut right to the chase and play the NCAA tournament. In typical fashion, you can simulate a game, take control of the team, or have limited coaching functions while watching. You can assign simple plays to function keys, but it's unlikely that it will make any difference because of the poor AI and game logic. Most of the problems are obvious in your first hour with the game, which always begs the question, "Did anyone play this thing before it was released?" You can start with the absurd - being able to pump fake your way from the free-throw line all the way to the basket (the game switches your pivot foot, moving you in random directions), move to the obvious - an AI that allows fast-breaks on almost every in-bounds play, and end with the obscure - being able to avoid three-second calls by continuously pump faking in the key.
ESRB Rating: E - Everyone
Genre(s): Sports