Basketball fans know authenticity when they see it, and NBA: In the Zone is definitely the real deal. The first game in a long series of In the Zone titles, the original is packed with NBA-style excitement from the tip-off to the final buzzer. All 29 teams (circa 1996, mind you) are available for competition, and it's a trip just to see which teams all of the players were on back in the mid-'90s. As soon as you pop the game in, you'll notice that the graphics were truly ahead of their time with 3D texture-mapped polygons for fluid gameplay. There are tons of offensive and defensive maneuvers to test out, including behind-the-back passes, skyhooks, alley-oops, fade-away jumpers, and huge dunks. Boasting AI that is much better than anything else that came out for a few years after its release, the original In the Zone is the perfect game for classic gaming aficionados or big-time hoops junkies.