

Hellbane then leads Barkley to the tomb of LeBron James, revealing that the Hellbane's real name is Balthios and that he is LeBron's great grandson. He is then chased down by the B-Ball Removal Department, led by Michael Jordan, but is rescued by another b-baller outlaw referred to as the Ultimate Hellbane, a Zauber practitioner. After another Chaos Dunk is performed in Manhattan and kills 15 million people, Barkley is immediately put to blame. The main game takes place in 2053, in the post-cyberpocalyptic ruins of Neo New York. As a result, basketball was outlawed and many professional basketball players were hunted down and killed, in what was called "the Great B-Ball Purge". Twelve years prior to the game's events, in 2041, Charles Barkley inadvertently performed a cosmically powerful dunk known as the " Chaos Dunk" at a basketball game, killing all people in attendance except for himself and his infant son, Hoopz. Saving takes place at random gas pumps in the environment, which spout off random opinions about console video games, or "vidcons", as they call it. The characters can also be placed into healing, attack and effect battle roles, depending on their skill set. Most attacks require multiple or timed button presses as in the Mario RPG series, and some of the attacks are accuracy-based, dealing more damage for more accurate hits. Once a battle is initiated, each player has a number of attacks and skills they can use. Enemies appear on the game field and may run at the player and attack if the player moves into their line of sight. System," is influenced by many commercial JRPGs. The game's battle system, dubbed the "B.A.B.B.Y. A host of former and current NBA players also feature as NPCs. The player controls former NBA player Charles Barkley and a handful of secondary characters.

There is a sequel in the works called Barkley 2: Revenge of Cuchulainn. It features traditional JRPG-styled battles and dungeons. It is the unofficial sequel to Barkley Shut Up and Jam! and Space Jam and the first game in the Hoopz Barkley Saga. Tales of Game's Studios Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa, typically abbreviated as Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden or simply Barkley, is a parody freeware role-playing video game developed by Tales of Game's Studios.
