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BOOM SHAKALAKA! EA to announce return of 'NBA Jam'

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http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/news/story?id=4795625

When EA Sports community manager Alain Quinto tweeted back in December that EA execs were preparing to announce a new game, the rumors and speculation spiraled out of control. Was EA going to steal the WWE license from THQ? Is "MVP Baseball" coming back? Is a new sport like lacrosse finally going to break through with an NCAA-licensed game? To make it simple, no, no and no.

Instead, sources confirmed to ESPN that the new title is actually one of the all-time classics coming back to consoles as EA Sports has acquired the rights from the NBA to deliver an updated version of "NBA Jam" that will ship to retail exclusively for the Wii.

For those too young to remember, "NBA Jam" is a two-on-two basketball game that hit arcades back in 1993 and instantly took the video game industry by storm. The game (originally published by Midway) shattered all coin-op records, and still holds the mark for most money earned at a single location in one week.

"'Jam' was making so much money when it first came out. There was so much four-player action at this one arcade in Chicago that the first week they had to shut the arcade down, because there was a huge fight over whose turn it was to play," the game's creator, Mark Turmell, told me last year for a piece in ESPN The Magazine. "There was so much money coming in, they had to change the coin-box every day. It was crazy."

And that crazy four-player action is set to return big-time as sources claim that EA has not only hired Turmell to work on upcoming sports games (would love to see him also bring back "NFL Blitz"), he's already been brought to EA's Vancouver studio to help consult on the new "Jam." Sources also claim that Turmell isn't the only old-school "Jam" vet being brought back into the mix, which makes me wonder if EA will also hire the voice of the original game, Tim Kitzrow, to once again unleash phrases like "Boomshackalacka!" and "He's on fire!"

And considering that "Jam" was famous for including hidden characters like Bill Clinton and Will Smith, one has to wonder if EA is planning a hidden Obama character to deliver a presidential throwdown on King James.

Then again, even if there's no president this time around, the prospects of who will be in this game are intriguing, to say the least. Thinking back to the dominant teams in "Jam" history, dynamic duos like Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning, John Stockton and Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing and John Starks, and Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp ruled arcades and consoles for years. Will Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol be this generation's best squad? Or will a team of Shaq and LeBron make for an unbeatable one-two punch (especially considering that Shaq was in the original arcade game way back when he was teaming with Scott Skiles).

I guess we won't know until EA Sports officially announces the game later this month.
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#1 Pete Chilcutt, Jan 8, 2010

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NBA Street.

Garbage.

#2 Castro, Jan 8, 2010
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NICE!!!!

I hate every NBA game (or sports game other than fifa) out right now. cant wait

#3 rhino17, Jan 8, 2010
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For those of you too young to remember this greatness of a game!

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#4 Pete Chilcutt, Jan 8, 2010
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They already tried to make a comeback.

#5 Nelly, Jan 8, 2010
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Pete Chilcutt said:

For those of you too young to remember this greatness of a game!

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Nice trip back in memory lane. That player needed more goaltends and dunks to get on fire.

#6 Invisible Fan, Jan 8, 2010
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He's on FIRE!!!
I was gonna post this a few days ago.
It better have old school in it too.

UGLY SHOT!!

#7 eveluvsrox, Jan 8, 2010

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This is the one that should be brought back

Top right 3 was deadly.

#8 Asian Sensation, Jan 8, 2010
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Remember that the original arcade version had Drazen Petrovic and Reggie Lewis in it... both of whom died?

I'd be scared if I were in the game, personally.

#9 IROC it, Jan 8, 2010
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One of NBA Jam's descendants:

NBA SHOWTIME:

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#10 Oski2005, Jan 8, 2010
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IROC it said:

Remember that the original arcade version had Drazen Petrovic and Reggie Lewis in it... both of whom died?

I'd be scared if I were in the game, personally.
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Pete Chilcutt said:

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RIP Wayman Tisdale, my childhood.

#11 aghast, Jan 8, 2010
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aghast said:

RIP Wayman Tisdale, my childhood.
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While this video has nothing to do with this thread, and I don't mean to put a damper on it, if you're a Wayman Tisdale fan, and/or a country music fan, you're gonna have a hard time watching it, but it's worth it. It'll put a big time lump in your throat.

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As for NBA Jam, as a kid, when I couldn't bum quarters off people, I'd spend hours just watching people play. The game was awesome. If I remember, one version had Hakeem and Clyde on it (or am I wrong...)? I was sitting here trying to think of the duos the Rockets had, and feel slightly ashamed I can't totally remember. I want to say that Otis Thorpe was on one game, too. I could be way off base, though. Man, I used to spend hours once I got the game for Super Nintendo. From the backboard shattering, to the hidden characters, to the utter beatdowns I used to give the computer, this game was cool. I'll buy it.

#12 Two Sandwiches, Jan 8, 2010
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IROC it said:

Remember that the original arcade version had Drazen Petrovic and Reggie Lewis in it... both of whom died?

I'd be scared if I were in the game, personally.
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They had a version at the Willowbrook arcade that had Robert Horry on the Pistons and Sean Elliot on the Rockets.

#13 Poloshirtbandit, Jan 8, 2010

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Pete Chilcutt said:

For those of you too young to remember this greatness of a game!

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The guy playing that game wasn't even all that good. Come on, no ridiculous goaltends or jacking up threes that have no business going in but do anyway? Plus, what was up with all those pull up jumpers? Just dunk it!

This game is responsible for devaluing the mid range jumper.

#14 reckonerone42, Jan 8, 2010
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NBA 2K10 is like a billion times better than EA's crap.

DD

#15 DaDakota, Jan 8, 2010
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DaDakota said:

NBA 2K10 is like a billion times better than EA's crap.

DD
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2K10 is definitely better then any EA games, but cmon NBA JAM was awesome!

#16 Pete Chilcutt, Jan 8, 2010
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I would so buy a HD remix of NBA Jam if they released that for PS3.

#17 wakkoman, Jan 8, 2010
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Classics you gotta love them

#18 edwardc, Jan 8, 2010

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DaDakota said:

NBA 2K10 is like a billion times better than EA's crap.

DD
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we're talking about NBA Jam here...

Hakeem and Vernon for the win, baby!!!!!

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Blake said:

we're talking about NBA Jam here...

Hakeem and Vernon for the win, baby!!!!!
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Dude, Hakeem used to kill it from all over the court when he caught fuego!

I wish they could bring those teams back, from the original, that would be killer sweet!!! :grin:

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