NBA Jam would go on to rank in the top 15 highest grossing arcade games ever released. And there were sports fans who didn't hang out in arcades, but would congregate in groups just to play NBA Jam exclusively. There were gamers who wouldn't play sports games, but would play NBA Jam. And what NBA Jam had was something so rich and unique that it bridged the gap of pure gaming enthusiasts and sports fans thus being alluring to both groups.
It was a classic case of gamers not knowing they wanted it until they had it. NBA Jam mashed both concepts together to create one of the most unique incarnation of a sports game ever. Mortal Kombat, Area 51) OR create something fantastically over-the-top with colorfully drawn environments, physics-breaking capabilities, and unreal characters. There were two schools of thought when it came to making arcade games back then.create something insanely realistic with digitized photorealistic graphics, believable physics, and deep play mechanics (e.g.
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This time, Midway received the license from the NBA and the rest is history. This was Midway's second attempt at an extreme basketball game after the moderately successful Arch Rivals of '89. Know why? Because NBA Jam was everywhere in the early 90's and the coin-op devoured over $1 billion in quarters in its lifespan. Welcome to NBA Jam! You just totally heard that in Tim Kitzrow's voice.
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