Turns out NBA Jam and Oregon Trail go together really well. It's a super out there combination of concepts and ideas, and yet it's all very solid. The gameplay consists of ceremonial rites you perform by dunking an orb into a flame, which is really compelling in a reasonably strategic way as a sports game should, plus the outcomes drive the narrative of the overall journey providing meaningful stakes. It just rules to recruit a crew of outcast ballers, level them up and bring the noise.