NBA Jam (1993 video game)

NBA Jam
NBA Jam
	Arcade flyer
Developer	Midway
Publishers	Midway; Acclaim Entertainment (consoles)
Designers	Mark Turmell; Shawn Liptak; Jamie Rivett; Sal Divita; John Carlton; Tony Goskie
Composers	Jon Hey (Arcade); Rick Fox (Genesis/SNES)
Series	NBA Jam
Platform	Arcade Super NES, Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Game Boy, Sega CD, 32X, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Atari Jaguar;
Release	April 1993 Arcade NA: April 1993; Game Gear, Genesis, SNES NA/EU: March 4, 1994; Game Boy EU: November 24, 1994; NA: November 1994; Sega CD NA: December 1994; EU: 1994; Tournament Edition Arcade WW: 1994; Game Gear, Genesis, SNES NA/EU: February 23, 1995; 32X NA: 1995; EU: June 1995; JP: September 1,1995; PlayStation NA: September 9, 1995; Saturn NA: November 10, 1995; EU: December 1995; Jaguar NA/EU: January 1996; ;
Genres	Sports (basketball)
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Midway T Unit

NBA Jam is a 1993 basketball video game developed and published by Midway for arcades. It is the first entry in the NBA Jam series, and the third basketball video game released by Midway, after TV Basketball (1974) and Arch Rivals (1989). The gameplay of NBA Jam is based on Arch Rivals, which was also a 2-on-2 basketball game; however, it was the release of NBA Jam that brought mainstream success to the genre.

The release of NBA Jam popularized a subgenre of basketball based around fast action and exaggerated realism, a formula Midway later applied to the sports of ice hockey (NHL Open Ice and NHL Hitz), American football (NFL Blitz), and baseball (MLB Slugfest).