NBA Jam Tournament Edition

Mfr. Date:  1993 - Midway

Type:  Upright / Raster

Summary & Gameplay:  Two-on-two basketball with digitized images of real NBA players, and no referee. Monster dunks, announcers, and a LOT of fun!  Players choose an NBA team, each with two or three superstar players, and play a side-scrolling basketball game, split into four quarters (each new 3:00 quarter is a buy-in). Players can also enter their initials to keep track of their progress, which encouraged repeat business.  If any one player scores three consecutive baskets, he or she is considered "on fire" and a fire animation accompanies each shot, the players Turbo meter does not diminish, goaltending is NEVER called, and his or her accuracy goes way up!  This continues until a player on the opposite team scores a basket, or until the computer decides the hot streak has gone on too long.

Interesting Sidenotes:  NBA Jam was the first licensed sports coin-op video game ever. Originally, the NBA was not keen on the idea, as they did not want the wholesome NBA logo to be seen in "seedy" coin-op locations like bars. However, once the Midway team showed them some preliminary footage of the game, they were thrilled and gave it a green light. The success of "Jam" paved the way for future officially-licensed sports arcade games.

During its original arcade run, NBA Jam earned profits of $1 billion dollars!  The high-flying dunks were performed by Willie Morris Jr., a bouncer at a Chicago club. Morris has returned to do motion capture/video tape work for Midway's other two basketball games as well.  Due to his separate and expensive licensing agreement, Michael Jordan is not in the game, and has not appeared in any Midway basketball coin-op to date.  However, the game was a big hit with the players themselves -- Shawn Kemp and Shaquille O'Neal own or owned machines.

NBA Tournament Edition is an update to the original NBA Jam.  It includes more players, tricks, shots and teams than the original.

This particular machine is HUO (Home Use Only) and is perfect mint condition.  Originally purchased by a private individual, it has never seen commercial use.

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Price: $ 2495

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