NBA Jam
NBA Jam is a basketball arcade game published and developed by Midway in 1993. It is the first entry in the NBA Jam series. The main designer and programmer for this game was Mark Turmell. Midway had…
NBA Jam is a sport developed by Midway, released 31 December 1993 on Sega CD, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Arcade. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What NBA Jam is
NBA Jam is a sport game developed by Midway and released in 1993. It is available on Sega CD, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Arcade.
The premise, in the publisher's words
NBA Jam, which featured 2-on-2 basketball, is one of the first real playable basketball arcade games, and is also one of the first sports games to feature NBA-licensed teams and players, and their real digitized likenesses. A key feature of NBA Jam is the exaggerated nature of the play - players jump many times their own height, making slam dunks that defy both human capabilities and the laws of physics. There are no fouls, free throws, or violations except goaltending and 24-second violations. This means the player is able to freely shove or elbow his opponent out of the way. Additionally, if a player makes three baskets in a row, he becomes "on fire" and has unlimited turbo and increased…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the NBA series
NBA Jam is the tenth of 187 entries we hold in the NBA series. The next entry was NBA Jam Tournament Edition in 1994. Its critic score of 69 is 4 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is NBA 2K11 at 92.
How it was received
NBA Jam holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 40% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1993 averaged 64, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Players rate it 75, 6 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 3 hrs, roughly 3 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
NBA Jam launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NBA Jam yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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