NBA Jam (Arcade)

NBA Jam
Developer: Midway Games Publisher: Midway Games Platform: Arcade (Midway T-Unit) Released in US: April 1993 This game has unused graphics.

Combine gameplay similar to Arch Rivals with digitized graphics a la Mortal Kombat, over-the-top dunks, an equally over-the-top announcer, and an NBA license, and you get NBA Jam.

Unused Graphics

This NBA Jam Session logo can be found in the UG18/UJ18/UG23/UG23 graphics ROMs. NBA Jam Session was in consideration as an early title for the game, so this logo may have been intended for the title screen.

Immediately following the NBA Jam Session logo is this front-facing basketball goal. Originally, when performing certain actions, it was planned for the camera to change angles to face the goal. This graphic appears to be a remnant of the idea. Ultimately, it was used in the Starring screen in the sequel.

Unused Palettes

At 581F4 and 582D0 in the version 2.0 interleaved UG12/UJ12 program ROMs, these yellow and green skin color palettes can be found. In the file PALS.IMG in the source code, the yellow skin color has the name FL_B_p, while the green skin color has the name FL_G_p. The B and G in these files are extremely likely to stand for Bart Simpson and Godzilla, respectively, as they were at one point planned to be included as secret players.