By: ygluck33

ygluck33 — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 21:11:50 +0000

Nba FREAKING Jam!! Heels yeeaahh!! Reading thru your experience I could totally understand your joy as I felt the same way when me and my friends and cousins would play OG Nba Jam or TE whether at the arcades or at home. Personally I always played the Genesis versions because that’s the system I had Nba Jam and Tournament Edition on first, so when I got the SNES version and when I play it I’ve always had trouble the first few seconds or minute getting used to the control. I’m used to having the 3 buttons all next to each other and just shifting my thumb to the sides so the turbo on top always throws me off (I know you can change the layout, but i guess it’s just a me problem). I’ve gotta say one of my fondest memories of Nba Jam is that I got my Genesis and Mortal Kombat 2 along with the original Nba Jam all on the same day. My dad had put the 3 on layaway at our local pawn shop and was making small payments every week. The day we finally took it home my dad and I went to a fish restaurant called Barnacle Bills and I remember just looking at the system and the games as we waited for our order to be done. As soon as we got home I raced to the TV and plugged everything in, my mom served me a plate of food and I just ate at the same time as I played Nba Jam, greasy fingers and all. The 1st time I ever saw the arcade was at my grandma’s local grocery store and I was with my cousin Roger. They had Street Fighter 2 (which I also played a ton of, but I’ll write about that on your Street Fighter 2 memory) and next to it was Nba Jam. We were instantly hooked, I always remember we’d pick Da’ Bulls as we’d call them jokingly, we’d take turns playing a quarter whenever we were short on quarters or 2 players when we had enough. My grandma would send us to the store to buy some groceries and we’d get to keep the change, which we’d use to play Street Fighter 2 (and still did, but not as much after discovering Jam, it was more of a 70/30 thing) but sometimes we’d just hang around and watch others play till I’d suddenly realize, “hey, we’ve gotta get back, this ice cream is gonna melt.” I remember around that point my mom had gotten me a subscription to Videogames and Computer Entertainment Magazine or VG&CE for short, and 1 of the issues in 93 had codes for it (BattleToads was on the cover along with a doctored picture of Kerry Hoskins/ the cheerleader about to dunk) and one of the codes was how to play the hidden tank game. I went to my local arcade called Diversions and I remember doing the code at the tip off iirc and playing the tank game and people around me were looking at me play for all of maybe 45 seconds. At the end everybody was asking me how I did it and a ton of people were surprised and as new people entered, others would tell them about the tank game and how i played it, so I was kind of a star that day. There’s so many stories I have of Nba Jam but really quick, before I forget to mention it, I also wondered about the ACCLAIM (or was it AKKLAIM?) logo, so when I read that part I popped and legit lol’d and thought I’m glad it wasn’t just me. Another thing I wanted to comment on was how the stats reminded you of the Marvel Universe Series 2 trading cards, at this very moment, I don’t think I ever put the 2 together but you sir are totally correct! I loved collecting those cards and sadly traded away my original collection, I had series 1, 2 and 3 along with X-men trading cards with all the holograms included in a series of dumb trade item-for-another item- for ANOTHER item trades which led to me having nothing in the end. Thankfully, I later went and traded one of my cousins some videos and magazines for his collection and later bought the full series 2 set (but without the holograms) so I still have mine. So back to Nba jam, when Tournament Edition came out me and that cousin who traded me his cards would play it all the time on the Genesis as well, we used to try a lot of codes for Michael Jordan, and there were so many rumors and fake stories from people at the arcades swearing MJ was in there, but we must have tried for weeks to no avail. We’d tag team as Dj Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, or Heavy D and George P-Funk Clinton, even Warren Moon and Air Dog. Now, another before I forget to mention it moment, and another question I have for you is this, did you know, last year somebody finally modded the Tournament Edition Arcade, and put Michael Jordan in there? Ohh my goodness, when I finally got it, and I got it to work, I could not stop smiling, I was wishing that I could travel back in time to show this to me and my cousins cause I know we would’ve marked TFO harder at that than anything I know we could’ve marked out over (I hope that made sense). Nba Jam Rewind is the name, just in case you read this and are interested. There’s also a few updates to the SNES, Genesis and Playstation one versions like NBA Jam 2k17 and 2k20 etc. Another PS1 version adds MJ along with Kobe and other new and old rosters, it’s pretty awesome. Then there’s the Nba Jam on Fire Edition that released on ps3 and Xbox 360, those are updates to the rebooted Nba Jam that was on the Wii. Pretty fun games, but nothing will ever top the original 2 imo, whether it was in the arcades or at home. It was an amazing time for sure and I’m glad that we both along with countless others got to experience the magic of Nba Jam. Tim Kitzrow actually has a website you could visit called Whosaidwhatnow.com I believe and you can hire him to record a message for you, I’m thinking i may hint it to my family for my birthday one day. And one more thing, I NEVER knew about that Hersey Hawkins eyes lighting up thing! THAT’S BADASS!! I’m gonna have to try it later on, I’ll also try it on the Genesis version and the arcade version and see if it works, I’m very curious about that. I’m sorry I keep going on but I keep thinking of things to add before I end it, 1 more question, (and again, no rush in answering) did you ever play the Nba Jam arcade versions that had Mortal Kombat kharacters? Scorpion, Sub-zero, Raiden and Reptile are all on the 1.0 and 2.0/2.1 versions along with Kerry Hoskins and the other cheerleader. Maybe they should’ve added the white eyes flashing for Raiden. Alright, well THANKS as always for your posts and for taking me down memory lane and triggering my own memories in the process.

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