NBA Jam
NBA Jam is an arcade basketball game that was developed by Midway and marketed in 1993 by Acclaim. Published in 1994, the company ports for console SNES, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega - CD, Sega Game Gear and Game Boy. The arcade version played in the first twelve months, more than a billion dollars. The console reactions were also more than five million copies.
Game Description
NBA Jam is one of the first arcade sports games, which has an official license of the appropriate sports league. So the game is based on the teams of the NBA season 1992 /1993. Every team in the game is represented by two players. As in many later NBA reactions, however, is the then most popular players in the league, Michael Jordan, not by its separate from the NBA licensing as a game character. Game play describes two -on- two matches each. The usual basketball rules are in the game practically non-existent; so there are, for example, neither foul nor can the ball has left the field of play. In particular, the dunks are exaggerated in the game. It is not uncommon that such a character jumps several feet high or wide, thereby possibly performing pirouettes. In the game samples are used, which should give the appearance of one commentator. Examples of these phrases are " He's on Fire! " Or "Boom Shakalaka ". The first set is used, for example, if a player three times in a row can score points. If it hits then a second time, it burns so the power of the basketball basket.
Successor
1994 NBA Jam Tournament Edition was published. In addition to data of the then current NBA season, there are more than 120 NBA players in the game instead of the 54 players of the predecessor. In addition, new game modes, as well as many Easter Eggs have been implemented. For example, it is possible to play in a kind of Super - Deformed mode. In addition to the reactions for the consoles on which even the first part was published, Acclaim marketed additional versions for Sega 32X, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Atari Jaguar and MS -DOS. The last arcade game in the series is now developed in 1996 by Acclaim NBA Jam Extreme. While this is represented with 3D graphics, Midway continued to produce with NBA Hangtime a 2D title. NBA Jam Extreme was also released for PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and Windows.
Furthermore, in 1998 NBA Jam was released for the Nintendo 99 and Game Boy Color 64, 1999 NBA Jam 2000 for Nintendo 64, 2001 NBA Jam 2002 for Game Boy Advance, and finally the 2003 NBA Jam for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The latest installment was released on October 5, 2010 for the Nintendo Wii and 25 November 2010 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
NBA Jam iPhone
On 10 February 2011 was published by EA Sports, the first version for the iPhone and the iPad. The game is controlled via a touchscreen. In the classic campaign you play with a team a 36 Matches comprehensive season in which the player against 29 NBA teams, against 6 Legend teams ( New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets and Magic / Bird) and the Stickman team of EA developers compete. In single game mode, you can with a team play during a game against another team. In addition, by challenges to be completed, privileges and NBA legends unlocks.