NBA Jam Tournament Edition

NBA Jam Tournament Edition
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment Developer: Iguana Entertainment, Midway System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, Sega Game Gear ROM Size: 3MB, 4MB, 512kB Sound Driver: GEMS Genre: Sports Number of Players: 1-4 1-2 Release Date RRP Code JP 1995-02-24 ¥8,800 T-81143 US 1994-11-10 $? T-81406 EU 1994 £? T-81406-50 JP 1995-02-24 ¥4,800 T-81137 US 1994 $? EU 1994 £? JP 1995-09-01 ¥9,800 T-81143 US 1995 $? T-8104B EU 1995 £? T-8104B-50 JP 1995-12-01 ¥5,800 T-8102G US 1995 $? T-8102H EU 1995 £? T-8102H-50 BR 199x $? 191x73 ESRB SEGA ELSPA USK OFLC Tectoy

NBA Jam Tournament Edition (NBA JAM トーナメントエディション or ＮＢＡジャム・トーナメントエディション or ＮＢＡ ＪＡＭ トーナメントエディション) is a 1994 arcade basketball game developed by Midway and ported by Iguana Entertainment and Acclaim to the Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, and Sega Game Gear. It is the second game in the NBA Jam series, following NBA Jam.

Gameplay

The following are changes from the previous game as listed by the games attract mode.

• Updated Team Rosters with at least 3 players from each team. 25% of the NBA now included.
• Player attributes. For Power blocks, steals, clutch, and passing.
• Substitutions. This allows for players to solve matchup problems.
• Allow players to choose the same team. This should help determine the better player.
• Improved gameplay with faster movement, more realistic situations, and more depth.
• More dunks, more secret powerups, more special moves, more speech, more skill.
• Super star matchups and other surprises if you can defeat all 27 teams.
• Tournament mode turns off all powerups and disallows any hidden features.
• Hot spots and icon play put a whole new spin on the game. (Hot Spots give higher points and allow special dunks if shooting or dunking while touching them)
• Tag mode lets you fully control the teammate who has the ball.
• Juice mode. When you feel the need for speed. Four settings let you tune the speed from mild to wild.

Manuals

32X Version

• JP Manual ^(info)

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

	88	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 7 reviews
Publication Score Source EGM † 85 Game Players 88 Joypad 90 MAN!AC 86 Player One 96 Sega Magazine (UK) 83 VG&CE 90

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, JP
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32X Version

	89	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 7 reviews
Publication Score Source Consoles + 90 EGM † 83 GameFan 90 Game Players 88 MAN!AC 87 Player One 94 VG&CE 90

32X, US
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Cart

32X, EU
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32X, JP
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Saturn Version

	79	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 2 reviews
Publication Score Source MAN!AC 87 VG&CE 70

Saturn, US
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Saturn, EU
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Saturn, JP
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Saturn, Brazil
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Game Gear Version

	77	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 1 review
Publication Score Source Player One 77

Game Gear, US
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Cart

Game Gear, EU
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Game Gear, JP
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NBA Jam games for Sega systems

NBA Jam (1994) | NBA Jam Tournament Edition (1994) | NBA Jam Extreme (1996)

NBA Jam spin-off games for Sega systems

College Slam (1996) | NBA Hang Time (1996)