Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: Bboy on August 06, 2009, 10:37:58 PM
Title: NBA Jam
Post by: Bboy on August 06, 2009, 10:37:58 PM
So recently playing the 3 on 3 basketball in Sports Resort I had a nostalgic feeling for NBA Jam. In terms of basketball games, it is the last basketball game (excluding NBA Street, which I loved) that I really had fun with. So I was wondering if any of you have any memories of this game on the SNES, or if anyone knows what happened to it when Midway went under? Or do you think there could actually be a new, good NBA game from EA with all the motion-plus stuff they are doing?
Title: Re: NBA Jam
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 07, 2009, 12:24:57 AM
Warner pretty much owns everything that Midway ever made now. I don't know if they'd be able to release the games on VC, though EA doesn't have an exclusivity deal with the NBA, so it may be possible.
Title: Re: NBA Jam
Post by: Nick DiMola on August 07, 2009, 07:27:01 AM
MONSTER JAM . CHARGING UP . HE'S ON FIRE.
NBA Jam TE was the absolute ****.
Title: Re: NBA Jam
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 07, 2009, 08:21:44 AM
BOOM SHAKA LAKA!
Title: Re: NBA Jam
Post by: Ian Sane on August 07, 2009, 12:08:04 PM
Because of this game I can't have basketball on TV without saying "THE STEAL", "TERRIBLE SHOT", "FROM DOWNTOWN", etc.
NBA Jam for the SNES is one of the first games I ever had. At that point my brothers and I could still keep track of what order our SNES games were obtained:
1. Super Mario World (pack-in, duh) 2. Bubsy (*groan* youngest brother got it for birthday) 3&4. Mega Man X & NBA Jam for Christmas!
My brothers got Mega Man X as a shared present since it was more expensive and I got NBA Jam used from a videostore. I found about it on Christmas Eve actually. I needed to wrap a gift and my parents told me to do it in their room. While in there I noticed a plastic case sitting by their bed. It was the plastic case the videostore used for the game and said NBA Jam on the side! I had no idea my parents would get that for me. They were very down on videogames and I never even bothered to ask for such things (my brothers and I bought the SNES ourselves). They assumed I would like because I had rented and just played the **** out of it. They didn't wrap the plastic case, just the game and box, with the idea being to give me the case after. I'm disappointed that because of this decision I accidentally had one of my most pleasently surprising Christmas gifts blown for me the night before but it was still awesome.
A friend of mine, whose brother was a friend of my brother's, had Super Bomberman which came with the multitap. They however only had the two controllers that came with the SNES. So my brother and I brought over NBA Jam and our two controllers and had a blast. In the days of multitaps having a four player game going was a special treat. It felt like a rare achievement that required significant effort and some sheer luck. As a kid you can't just go buy a multitap or extra controllers or even drive yourself to your friends house. Playing four player NBA Jam was an event. I think we only did it once until years later when I go my own multitap.
I don't Midway owns the NBA Jam name anymore. Near the beginning of the 32/64 bit generation Acclaim released NBA Jam Extreme which was complete ****, while Midway released NBA Hangtime which was very clearly an NBA Jam sequel. Acclaim published the home versions of the NBA Jam games and must have obtained the rights to the name though some bad contract on Midway's part.
Even if you did the 2-on-2 format and the turbo and everything correctly I think a big part of NBA Jam's appeal was that it was really, well, cool. But it was what 12 year olds thought was cool back in 1993. What's cool for 12 year olds NOW would be ridiculously lame to anyone that was 12 when NBA Jam came out. While the gameplay is incredibly solid, the presentation is dated. Today's kids wouldn't like it's style and if they used a current style the old NBA Jam fans would probably be turned off.
I just want a hack to play NBA Jam TE with any NBA stars I want, past and future. Have a Lakers team of George Mikan and Shaq and a Suns team of Steve Nash and Charles Barkley.
Title: Re: NBA Jam
Post by: Bboy on August 08, 2009, 12:28:02 AM
I remember I never understood why Michael Jordan wasn't in there. Turns out it was because his name was tied up with a really lame platformer. Same for Shaq, who had a fighter.
Title: Re: NBA Jam
Post by: Mop it up on August 08, 2009, 02:33:26 PM
I remember playing NBA Jam at a friend's way back in the day. It's the only basketball game I don't dislike.
Title: Re: NBA Jam
Post by: BeautifulShy on August 08, 2009, 04:11:16 PM
I'm the same way Mop_it_up. I don't really like simulation sports. Give me NBA Jam TE or any arcade basketball game and I am happy.
Title: Re: NBA Jam
Post by: Stogi on August 08, 2009, 04:34:33 PM
I think the greatest thing about NBA Jam is all the **** talking.
"Oh oh oh Look out! Look out! In da face!"
Title: Re: NBA Jam
Post by: BeautifulShy on August 08, 2009, 04:59:35 PM
Yeah I liked pushing everybody to steal the ball. The Hidden Characters was good. Has anybody beat NBA Jam TE with a rookie team? I beat it with Kidd and Hill.
Title: Re: NBA Jam
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 08, 2009, 05:43:46 PM
I remember playing NBA Showtime in the arcade. It just wasn't NBA Jam. THen I played NBA Street on GC. It still wasn't NBA Jam. I recently popped NBA Jam into the old SNES. Now that was NBA Jam. Boom Shakalaka!! He's On Fire!!!
Title: Re: NBA Jam
Post by: Bboy on August 08, 2009, 05:49:07 PM
Yeah, I agree about NBA Street, I loved it for what it was, but it was no NBA Jam.
