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>HE'S ON FIRE

NBA Jam thread.

Also welcome are College Slam, NBA Hang Time, and NFL Blitz.

To start, did anyone ever play the version with Barkley in it?

>> No.2368495

>>2368487
Best basketball game ever.

Was Showtime ever emulated in MAME?

>> No.2368673

FROM DOWNTOWN

>> No.2368695

>>2368487
Bill Clinton vs Fresh Prince
Only in NBA JAM

>> No.2368698

I am not ashamed to say that I played NBA Jam far more than any of those now-popular RPG games of the 16-bit era.

>> No.2368727

>>2368698
Same here. Still do.

>> No.2368771

HE'S HEATING UP

>> No.2368773
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No love for NHL Open Ice 2 on 2 Challenge? No joke, it's my favorite wacky sports game.

>> No.2368775

>>2368771
HE'S ON FIRE

>> No.2368826

>>2368495
Unfortunately no, think it has something to do with the specific board that the game ran on

I'm not sure how uncommon this opinion is, but Showtime is definitely my favorite game in the series.

I just think it does a great job of capturing the gameplay of the 2D Midway basketball games, while adding enough to where it doesn't just feel like Hangtime in 3D

Also I just love the roster of that game (Rockets with Barkley/Pippen/Olajuwon, Raptors with VC15/T-Mac, Lakers with Shaq/Kobe, etc)

>> No.2368834

>>2368773
also a great title, the 2D precursor to Midway's other hockey releases (Gretzky, Hitz)

I actually think it may be the best hockey game of the era, even better than something like NHL 94 (atleast vs the CPU)

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old-school edition ftw

>> No.2368862

>>2368487
daily reminder
http://www.craveonline.com/sports/articles/577321-nba-jam-hacked-the-chicago-bulls

>> No.2368887

Anyone played Rap Jam?

>> No.2368893
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Never forget

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>>2368893
real GOAT Sonics Jam duo coming in

>> No.2368935

>>2368898
I can't believe they changed clutch to swag

>> No.2369086

BOOM SHAKA LAKA

>> No.2369281

COULDN'T BUY A BUCKET

>> No.2369286

Anyone played the remake that is on PSN?

How is it?

>> No.2369594

>>2369286

A resounding 'okay'.

>> No.2369613

What is the difference between JAM and Hangtime? I loved hangtime, they seem to be the exact same game.

>> No.2369672

>>2369613
No Tim Kitzrow.

>>2368826
Favorite theme right here:

https://youtu.be/-BRaAHk4chM

>> No.2369781

>>2369286

Looks great, sounds great. but original NBA Jam controls much better.

>> No.2369810

Marv Albert was the real selling point.
Prove me wrong.

>> No.2369950

Is it the shoes!?!?!?

it would be sweet to do some multiplayer Jam with 4 players if we get enough people to have a little /vr/ league

>> No.2370006

What's the best home version? I have the Genesis version already, but I heard the 32x version is better. The Jaguar port is supposedly good too.

>> No.2370070

>>2370006
As far as the home ports, the Saturn or PS1 release is the way to go. Those versions of the game are the closest to the arcade, sound/graphics/gameplay wise.

>> No.2370110

>>2369810
>Marv Albert

Maybe a lot of people have now forgotten he's a crossdressing, bitey buttrapist. I haven't.

Plus NBA JAM guy is Tim Kitzrow anyway. Is that enough proof?

>> No.2370172

>>2370070
The Saturn version has ridiculously huge players.

PS1 > Jaguar > 32x

Ignore all other versions.

>> No.2370195 [DELETED] 

>>2370172
I don't know, have never found the playing scaling on the Saturn that egregious.

32x port doesn't compare to the Atari/Playstation/Saturn, too many shortcuts taken.

>> No.2370203

>>2370195
The 32x version is good enough. It plays well and has better graphics and sound than the Genesis and SNES ports.

The Saturn version isn't worth it though. It doesn't feel like the arcade game. Very poor port in my opinion.

>> No.2370208

>>2368487
>To start, did anyone ever play the version with Barkley in it?

Wait, are there really versions of the original game that don't have Sir Charles? I only have it on Genesis, so I don't know how other consoles fared.

>> No.2370215

>>2369613
In terms of gameplay, there's no real difference. They were made by the same devs (along with NBA Showtime and NFL Blitz), but they had to change the name because I guess Acclaim or whoever owned the rights to "NBA Jam."

The 5th Gen console games called "NBA Jam" were made by a completely dev studio. That's why they're so different from the originals.

>> No.2370224

It seems like back in the day, there were so many sports games that even someone such as myself who doesn't even play sports games could find some that they enjoyed. Exclusive deals pretty much killed this genre.

NFL Blitz fan, by the way.

>> No.2370226

While fairly similar games, here are the main differences between Jam T.E and Hangtime
>All-new graphics engine running at 60 frames per second--way overkill but sure is purty
>Lean-in and fade-away jump shots
>The spin move (tab Turbo twice)
>Double dunks (some say triple dunks are possible, too) (yep, alley-oops were in Jam TE)
>Outdoor court
>Updated rosters and new secret characters

>> No.2370229

TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

SONICS

VS.

BLRAUGHG!

>> No.2370258

MAGIC

VERSUS

NUGGET!

>> No.2370626

>>2370110
HELLO

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>> No.2370702

>>2370695
There was a PC version? Was it any good?

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>> No.2370716

FOR THREE

>> No.2370735

iOS version is not that bad

>> No.2370758

>>2370702
i dunno, I would just MAME it, but the PC version of NFL Blitz is awesome

>> No.2370863

>>2370702

I played it a bit on my DOS machine, seems like a pretty good port.

There's also a Windows port of Hangtime btw.

>> No.2370986

IS IT HIS SHOES?!?!?!

>> No.2371006

>>2368835
>sheng long

>> No.2371008

AT THE BUZZER

>> No.2371743
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>implying this isn't the GOAT Jam tandem

>> No.2371847

>>2370702
Hell yeah, I had this for my Pentium 1, WIN95 dos machine. Excellent arcade port, good sound. I had Saturn-esque controllers from Gravis that worked have the time.

I would try to get the CD otherwise the MIDI kinda sucks if you use DosBOX.

Well, now I gotta go diggin' around in my garage to find that game.

>> No.2371920

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBx03ZfTvXw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuw451AX3vk

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/how-in-the-hell-did-nfl-blitz-ever-get-made

>> No.2371931

>>2368487
WIDE OPEN!

>> No.2371990

PUTS UP A BRICK

>> No.2372009

>>2368487
These kinds of games were some of my only exposures to basketball growing up. I remember people at school talking about some guy named Jordan being hidden in the game and I was wondering why they got that guy from that Looney Toons movie instead of Bugs Bunny. I had no idea who he was back then.

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I need a new person to play Hangtime with online (my Polish has completely dropped off the face of the earth)

Someone download MAME and jam it up with me ;-;

>> No.2374043

>>2369286
I like it. As mentioned, not quite as good as the originals but otherwise a fun game. The single player challenges are great. Plus, y'know, Beastie Boys.

>> No.2374056

>>2374043
Forgot to mention, there was also a Master System version which never got released and was dumped a year or two ago. SMS Power dot org if you want it, but it's pretty shitty!

>> No.2374128

>>2370208
According to my GamePro strategy guide for NBA Jam, certain early production runs slipped out when Barkley was still under license.

The game had to be recoded with Dan Marjele in his place after Barkley's likeness was revoked so he could appear in Shut Up and Jam.

>> No.2374191

>>2372014
How does MAME work online and can it work with a slow connection? I don't have the luxury of playing today, but I might be able to at some point in the future if I can get it working.

>> No.2374543
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2374543

an invaluable resource

>> No.2374596

>>2374191
I only ever used the Kaillera plugin back in the day, which worked fine, but I hear it's behind the times now. Maybe a younger bloke can help you out on whatever's popular now.

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>> No.2375029

remember the first time i saw that you could play as the programmers at the arcade and flipped out, still remember some of the codes for them

mjt mar 22
rjr jan 17
sno jan 3
sal feb 1

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>>2375029

>> No.2375576

>>2374752
This came from my first issue of EGM I ever owned.

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