This is the first game on the list I'd call "bad". Numbers 10-7 failed to live up to the previous installment in the series, but were still enjoyable. We now enter the realm of games you'll want to avoid.
No one will argue that the original Barkley Shut Up and Jam was great, not sure anyone would argue it was even good. Come to think of it, are any of these "street" sports games any good? Back in the 80s and 90s Electronic Arts didn't own an exclusive license to every professional sports league. Even mediocre publishers could acquire rights to create a "real" sports game. Novelty, or "street", sports games were largely reserved for the D-list. Barkley Shut Up and Jam was an early attempt at a "street" game. Take some borderline-racist caricatures and have them play 2-on-2 basketball. The second installment in this series took it even further than the original, crossing over to truly farcical. This game couldn't exist with today's hyper-sensitive political correctness. If Don Imus tried to describe the players in Barkley Shut Up and Jam 2 he'd be banned from radio once again.
Mercifully, this game never made it past the prototype phase.
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