Download a Free Basketball Management Simulation Game (JSB)

[JSB]

Jump Shot Basketball is available for free download until 11:59 Eastern tommorow night (10/2). There are no restrictions. The game is complete and includes every feature including 15 past seasons! The only "limit" is a nag screen that promotes our new basketball game Courtside Challenge Pro Basketball (Expected to finally be released later this year) We do hope you will consider supporting the games ;)

The complete game can be downloaded and installed from the following link.
(Less than 11 MB)
http://www.shotsports.com/jsbfree.exe

For more information about the game please visit:
http://www.shotsports.com
http://www.courtsidechallenge.com

We hope you enjoy the game!
Sincerely,
Nancy of JSB

[Ragone]

Free is my favorite word... well next to sex..

but combine the two.. and thats the greatest.. err.. can't wait to try your game :)

[FBPro]

I'm grabbing this one myself.

[dubb93]

I actually bought a version of this way back in the day, it was very well done. May check this out if I have time, but I'm having alot of fun with the TEW demo and FOF right now.

[Joe]

courtside is actually being released? really? finally? I don't believe you.

[Zippo]

ok question, why does the new game have a different name? Isn't it just the new version of JSB? Or no?

[bhlloy]

Nice game with all the features you'd expect, but I have to question whether the engine is solid. Fired it up and simmed a season, and with very little tweaking my horrible Bobcats team made the second round of the playoffs, rolling over the Pistons in the first round. Sonics made the finals losing to the Pacers and the Spurs weren't even anywhere near the playoffs. This is with the 2004 rosters that come with the game and the players look realistically rated.

Eck... just noticed LeBron (my scouts rate him best player in the league) was traded to the Lakers for a first round pick and Devean George while Cleveland was first in the conference. I had turned CPU trading on, guess it will have to be turned off again.

Anyhow, really want to give this a chance as I need a filler until FM2006 and Bowl Bound are released. Will play about with it more in the morning.

[Neon_Chaos]

Oooh. JSB for free? Cool.

'Free' is a word that I love.

[stevew]

Free is good....paying for it, maybe not so much.

[Emiliano]

Cool. I'm trying this one as well.

[QuikSand]

I downloaded it, and ran an initial draft. I know precious little about basketball strategy, I just tried to select decent players. After the draft, I felt like I had done a poor job. My staff stunk. I prepared for the worst.

We went 69-15, with the best record in the conference, and probably only lost in the conference finals due to the fact that both our point guards were out hurt, forcing us (my stiff staff, making auto-decisions) to insert all manner of bums there.

From here, I don't know quite what to expect. If I already have one of the best teams (with practically no effort or expertise) - what am I building toward?

[Deattribution]

Nice game with all the features you'd expect, but I have to question whether the engine is solid. Fired it up and simmed a season, and with very little tweaking my horrible Bobcats team made the second round of the playoffs, rolling over the Pistons in the first round. Sonics made the finals losing to the Pacers and the Spurs weren't even anywhere near the playoffs. This is with the 2004 rosters that come with the game and the players look realistically rated.

Eck... just noticed LeBron (my scouts rate him best player in the league) was traded to the Lakers for a first round pick and Devean George while Cleveland was first in the conference. I had turned CPU trading on, guess it will have to be turned off again.

Anyhow, really want to give this a chance as I need a filler until FM2006 and Bowl Bound are released. Will play about with it more in the morning.

Yeah, didn't strike me as the most amazing engine either, did a quick trade for Iverson to the heat (E.Jones/D.Jones and a 1st rounder for Iverson and Snow? I think it was).. Started off 4W 21L with D. Wade, Shaq and Iverson, not that I expected to be undefeated but I figured we'd manage more than 4 wins.

[Deattribution]

I downloaded it, and ran an initial draft. I know precious little about basketball strategy, I just tried to select decent players. After the draft, I felt like I had done a poor job. My staff stunk. I prepared for the worst.

We went 69-15, with the best record in the conference, and probably only lost in the conference finals due to the fact that both our point guards were out hurt, forcing us (my stiff staff, making auto-decisions) to insert all manner of bums there.

From here, I don't know quite what to expect. If I already have one of the best teams (with practically no effort or expertise) - what am I building toward?

Sounds like the experience my brother had with FOF (2k1 I believe).. Selected his favorite team, Detroit Lions, went something like 11 and 5, won the SB and then never played again.

[Neon_Chaos]

Been playing this a lot, tweaking scoring a bit towards the lower end... checking out the players. I've played a 10-year season since 1988... loading historical draft files but generating random Career Projection Ratings for the players. Pretty fun. The usual players are still pretty much dominanct, but by randomizing the Career Proj. Ratings, they either burn out... get worse or get better.

Shaq is still Shaq in my league, but Zo is better. Sean Rooks has emerged to be a powerhouse, and Todd Day is the best SG in the NBA in 1998.

There are some qirks in the engine, but it's pretty stable, and it really depends on a lot of factors... your bench, injuries, a player's mood... etc. etc.

[Emiliano]

Jump Shot Basketball is available for free download until 11:59 Eastern tommorow night (10/2). There are no restrictions. The game is complete and includes every feature including 15 past seasons! The only "limit" is a nag screen that promotes our new basketball game Courtside Challenge Pro Basketball (Expected to finally be released later this year) We do hope you will consider supporting the games ;)

The complete game can be downloaded and installed from the following link.
(Less than 11 MB)
http://www.shotsports.com/jsbfree.exe

For more information about the game please visit:
http://www.shotsports.com
http://www.courtsidechallenge.com

We hope you enjoy the game!
Sincerely,
Nancy of JSB

Sorry guys but: it is me or this link doesn't work anymore? Was this limited to last week? I'm only able to download the demo from the site...

[DaddyTorgo]

Sorry guys but: it is me or this link doesn't work anymore? Was this limited to last week? I'm only able to download the demo from the site...\

it was just for a day (or two days actually). As a promotional thing to get interest in their new release that is coming out.

[sabotai]

Sorry guys but: it is me or this link doesn't work anymore? Was this limited to last week? I'm only able to download the demo from the site...
Read the very first sentance in the first post over again. :)

[Emiliano]

Read the very first sentance in the first post over again. :)
Done.

I've only paid attention to the "Jump Shot Basketball is available for free download" part... ;)

[Groundhog]

Courtside Challenge: Maximum Basketball.

Message boards don't even work anymore over at shotsports.com.

[grisha]

How come when I draft a player he only gets worse? I've never seen a player get noticably better.

I would have posted this in the JSB forum, but it doesn't work for me. Can anyone else get in?

Also, I can't seem to get to the CourtsideChallenge website. Can anyone else?

[Galaril]

I think Gary's excellent pro b game killed this game chances and they are defunct.

[stevew]

Courtside Challenge: Maximum Basketball.

Message boards don't even work anymore over at shotsports.com.


It's a shame, cause Jumpshot was good for awhile.