NBA Jam (1993 video game)
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NBA Jam is a basketball video game developed and published by Midway for arcades in 1993. It is the first entry in the NBA Jam series. The project leader for this game was Mark Turmell.
NBA Jam | |
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Developer(s) | Midway[lower-alpha 1] |
Publisher(s) | Midway Acclaim Entertainment[lower-alpha 2] (consoles) |
Designer(s) | Mark Turmell, Shawn Liptak, Jamie Rivett, Sal Divita, John Carlton, Tony Goskie |
Composer(s) | Jon Hey (Arcade) Rick Fox (Genesis/SNES) |
Series | NBA Jam |
Platform(s) | Arcade, Super NES, Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Game Boy, Sega CD, 32X, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, PlayStation |
Release | NBA Jam Arcade Game Gear & Sega Genesis & SNES Game Boy Sega CD Tournament Edition Arcade PlayStationSega Saturn |
Genre(s) | Sports (basketball) |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Arcade system | Midway T Unit |
NBA Jam was the third basketball video game released by Midway, after TV Basketball (1974) and Arch Rivals (1989).[5] The gameplay of NBA Jam is based on Arch Rivals, which was also a 2-on-2 basketball game. However, it was the release of NBA Jam that brought mainstream success to the genre.
The release of NBA Jam popularized a subgenre of basketball games which were based around fast, action-packed gameplay and exaggerated realism, a formula which Midway would also later apply to the sports of hockey (NHL Open Ice and later NHL Hitz), American football (NFL Blitz), and baseball (MLB Slugfest).