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''NBA Jam'' is a two-on-two basketball game that was released in the arcades (by [[Midway Games]]) and 16-bit consoles (by [[
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* [[Announcer Chatter]]: Provided by Tim Kitzrow doing his best Marv Albert impression, providing memorable quips like "Is it the shoes?" "He's on fire!" and "Jams it in!"
* [[Author Appeal]]/[[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: A rare case where the designers actually admitted this and bragged about it. Series co-creator Mark Turmell and the lead designers, all Detroit Pistons fans, specifically programmed the game to make Chicago's shots brick like crazy in clutch situations against Detroit.
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* [[Big Head Mode]]: [[Trope Maker]]
* [[Guest Fighter]]: Raiden, Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Reptile from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' were [[Dummied Out]] from NBA Jam Tournament Edition, although they can be played through hacks.
** In the ''On Fire'' edition of ''NBA Jam 2010'', Elise, Mac and Kaori are members of Team [[
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* [[Medium Blending]]: The Wii revival will use digitized player heads on 3D models. [http://kotaku.com/5449844/a-first-look-at-nba-jam-for-the-wii Like this.]
* [[Mirror Match]]: Possible with any team and any set of players, yet played straight with Vince Carter in the ''On Fire Edition'' of the 2010 game, who is present in the Phoenix Suns as a regular player and as an unlockable one for the Toronto Raptors (Carter's old team, of which he is well-known for playing with).
* [[Rubber Band AI]]
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: After Midway lost the ''NBA Jam'' name to [[
** On top of that, Midway then branched out and applied the ''NBA Jam'' formula of "loose adherence to the rules and fast-paced gameplay" to other sports. The best example of this is the ''NFL Blitz'' series (with 7-a-side teams and 30-yard first downs), but Midway also did it to hockey (''NHL 2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge, Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey, NHL Hitz''), soccer (''Red Card Soccer 20-02''), baseball (''MLB Slugfest''), golf (''Skins Game'') and motorsport (''CART Fury'') as well.
** ''NBA Jam'' itself could be seen as a spiritual successor to ''Arch Rivals'', which debuted a few years earlier and [[Trope Codifier|popularized]] the concept of arcade-style 2-on-2 basketball.
* [[Unstable Equilibrium]] / [[Super Mode]]: "He's on fire!" Make three shots in a row with a player and they get powered up, making it easier for them to make even more.
* [[Urban Legend of Zelda]]: No, a half-court dunking Superman is not in the game. [[Space Jam
* [["Wake
* [[What Do You Mean
* [[X Meets Y]]: Due to the above trope, it could be described as basketball meets ''[[
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