Talk:NBA Jam (1993 video game)

message: Maybe I'm mistaken, but I'm pretty sure "He's on fire" entered popular usage before NBA Jam. Deathawk 03:00, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah. I understand it that way too. I'm not sure, but I think "Boomshakalaka" was around before NBA Jam, also. 98.202.38.225 (talk) 04:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "He's On Fire" 

message: If memory serves me correctly, the following players came and went on the NBA Jam franchise. I believe losing some star players did not help the franchise long term
* Shaq was in the original arcade game but not on the console versions (nor subsequent arcade versions)
* Charles Barkley was on the original arcade and console version but not in subsequent versions like Tournament Edition etc.
* I heard a rumour that Michael Jordan was on the original arcade version at first but was subsequently removed so that later arcade machines did not have him. He certainly did not appear in console versions.
If anyone can think of a way of adding this info, then please do. Dankru 09:35, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Players in the game

message: Shouldn't the Hangtime games be listed in the saga as well?  Or should they have their own article?--Attitude2000 18:05, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hangtime 

message: I remember there was a trick to play a free game of Battlezone in some versions of the arcade game. Can anyone add the relevant info on that? -- LGagnon 20:09, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Battlezone

message: NBA Showtime and NBA Hangtime should both be added, but I don't know how Wikipedia decides to use separate titles, or just have the information on the main page.
Was the game really coded entirely in assembly?  I'd like to see some backup info on that, I've never heard of that.  
In 1996, Blockbuster Video and Midway Games had a NBA JAM Tournament at each store, the player who scored the most points in one game against the computer received two free rentals every month for one year.
NBA JAM Tournament edition had national tournaments run by NANI in 1995 and 1996, the machines were linked across phone lines, like Golden Tee games were/age.  Ryan Lamb won them both, I have the receipts the game printed out and prizes (32" TV from 1995, Arch Rivals arcade game in 1996) to prove it (and as good as I am at NBA Jam, I totally suck ass at spelling and grammar).
I think that we should put a list of who the players were for each team (Example: Chicago Bulls: Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheJackBasket777 (talk • contribs) 09:46, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Such lists of characters usually end up getting deleted from video game articles with edit summaries referencing WP:GAMECRUFT, point 6. Indeed, glancing over the article history, I see that such a list was already deleted from the article back in 2015.--Martin IIIa (talk) 14:08, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes 

message: " With no regard for Human Life"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.123.231.194 (talk) 21:19, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: not even close to complete  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.134.62.216 (talk) 06:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Classic Announcer Sayings

message: The Sega CD version of this game featured updated team rosters, but this article makes no mention of this. Anyone who knows the Sega CD rosters (I've never played it) should add them to the rosters section of the article.
UPDATE: I got a look at the Sega CD version and added the different rosters to the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.23.220.219 (talk) 07:15, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updated rosters in Sega CD version 

message: I vaguely recall an NBA Jam half time report with two film strips of dunks. Only certain versions have it though. I didn't see it referenced in the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.24.60.12 (talk) 19:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  NBA Jam Halftime Report (Altitude with an attitude) 

message: I think this article should be merged with NBA Jam Tournament Edition (TE). TE is essentially the same game, with some minor graphical and game mechanic tweaks, along with a roster update. --Jtalledo (talk) 11:33, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: meh.  NBA Jam really made its name as an arcade game, which was then ported to popular consoles at the time.  The NBA Jam Tournament Edition doesn't sound like it had a wildly different impact than other console NBA basketball games.  If anything, it could be trimmed down to a mention here.  If it is judged that having the rosters listed at all is encyclopedic, then it needs its own article.Cander0000 (talk) 23:33, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the roster list is encyclopedic and that's what the NBA Jam TE article primarily consists of. --Jtalledo (talk) 01:08, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[NBA Jam Tournament Edition]] 

message: Can anyone confirm it was just a rumor or if it was fact. But there was a screen on the NBA JAM arcade that showed two cheerleaders, i think it might have been a "don't do drugs" picture or just an attention getter, but they say the blond girl is who was who did the motion capture for Sonya Blade in the original Mortal Kombat game.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.76.118.220 (talk) 10:55, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The cheerleaders were former Playboy models Kerri Hoskins (who was Sonya in Mortal Kombat 3, among other Midway roles) and Lorraine Olivia. They were pictured in the attract mode ("Let's play two on two!"), as well as on the ending screen that appears after a player defeats all the NBA teams. See this entry at Arcade-history. --Jtalledo (talk) 13:10, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cheer Leader is Sonya Blade? 

message: Did everyone forget or not even play this version of NBA Jam? It's almost impossible to find any information of it online let alone the (original) Xbox version. This was an awesome upgrade and conglomeration of the classic NBA Jam and the 3D, NBA on NBC Showtime games. If you compare the 2003 (console exclusive) to the new 2010... the 2010 is a HUGE step backwards! At least acknowledge the 2003 version Wikipedia! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.142.125.39 (talk) 
:Um... it has its own article. --Jtalledo (talk) 11:35, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  NBA Jam (2003 release) PS2 and Xbox 

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