Arcade v4.0 0:00 Nintendo Game Boy 2:45 Sega Game Gear 5:11 Super Nintendo 7:42 Sega Genesis 10:13 PC DOS-CD 12:27 Sega 32X 14:41 Atari Jaguar 16:44 Sega Saturn 20:19 Sony Playstation 24:03 Arcade v4.0 27:51
I love the Jaguar version, it was very unique for the system. I also enjoyed the Jag-specific cheats (the fake CD "loading" screen, 32X Doom mode, High Voltage staff, Atari's Leonard Tramiel). Yeah, the music wasn't as good but it's still tons of fun!
I have to wonder, doesn’t the Saturn version feel a bit flat? It’s missing animation frames, particularly the crowd, which moves less than other versions. We’re also missing he lightbulb flashes in the stands. The arcade is notably more fluid and colorful. The PSX version looks slightly more polished than Saturn, but also cut from the same cloth (wouldn’t be surprised if they share the same program code, and the Saturn version was rushed). Both 32-bit versions have tougher AI which is either a plus or a minus. Honestly, the Atari Jaguar version feels closest to the coin-op and has very fluid and colorful graphics. I always liked the way Jag presented color. It’s not arcade perfect but it’s very close, and the programmer did have access to the arcade code as reference.
NONE of the Acclaim versions of the game are quite right, no matter how they look, and it’s all in the little nuances in gameplay mechanics that they either altered, sped up, or outright changed.
The psx version is the best and it's not really close, Saturn has been way over praised. Saturn just copied psx version but it has more flaws than psx version. Original arcade port was designed and focused for psx as its launch title.
I feel like this is from a lack of sound optimization for the SPC 700, because NBA Hangtime on SNES didn’t have this issue and was a FAR superior port job despite the original game being a much bigger deal visually than NBA Jam TE arcade.
voice over wouldof been nice, hearing your opinions/thoughts about the difference versions. ive always been partial to the genesis version, may hafto play it on saturn now..
RETRO GAMING ARTS Thiight about it but I just wanted the games to stand in their own, without my dumb opinions cluttering it up. Part of the comparison is music and sound effects, so my talking would have compromised that as well. The Saturn is a good version, I'm confident out of all them the playstation was the only direct arcade port. 1) it's the only platform that used the idiot box tutorials during gameplay like the arcade, and 2) the AI is balls hard difficult even on very easy. I've yet to win a single game on PlayStation lol. 32x is the one I've played the most, and the one I've beaten championship on, and game gear and PC is the versions I bought at release. Game gear to take everywhere, PC to play at home. I had never even played the game boy, genesis, jaguar, or playstation versions until the recording of this video, so I didn't have any nostalgic ties to those. The SNES is decent, but no music made it a huge setback from all the others. There ya go :)
K. Huntington i may check out the ps1 version now (im a HUGE ps1 fan, never played nba jam on ps1 tho) i like dorect arcade ports too, so thats a plus. The genesis always felt like a mini arcade to me
I've played the PS1 version & IMO it's one of the best- even if it's not arcade perfect, it's close. That arranged soundtrack is great. Saturn doesn't look bad either. Not having music on SNES is just weird when there's some in the GG & GB versions.
It seems that in the Saturn version, the sprites are slightly larger than the arcade and Ps1 version. I don't know if it has to do with the Resolution being smaller, causing them to stretch out the graphics, but it seems that way. The Ps1 version more or less, matches the Arcade resolution. However they both[Ps1 and Saturn] are missing the camera flashes from the arcade, but most sound effects and and audio have been maintain in both of them.
Neither are a match for the arcade. Arcade was at over 400 pixels wide and NO home system was doing that at the aspect ratio the arcade’s visuals wanted. Both version have altered visuals.
PC and Playstation versions are very clean. I'm surprised that even for a Game Boy, the game didn't look as bad as I though it would. The arcade one is the rest deal though. Thanks for putting this together.
I always liked the 32x version. It may not as good as the Saturn or Play Station ports but, it looks pretty good and it gets the job done without any loading. It’s definitely an upgrade over the Genesis and SNES. I’ve never played the Jaguar version but, it looked pretty good too.
Michael Joseph yeah upon release I only had the game Gear and PC version. I always assumed the pc version was really good but comparatively speaking it's about dead middle with all the others. 32x I got in 2005 and it's my most played version. It's the only version I've gotten the championship on so I've played hours of that one. I enjoy the 32x for the same reasons you mentioned.
I grew up playing NBA Jam fist at the arcade and then TE on SNES. Imo Hangtime on N64 was the best version, they should have kept the NBA Jam name and made a series out of it. The name change and the biggest Stars Jordan, Shaq and Barkley missing is what hurt the game the most imo.
I grew up playing the SNES version. Getting pushed before making a huge dunk and doing the falling animation while jumping very far up made me laugh so hard. Just got the ps1 version and it's great too
SNES version lacks in-game music and thus feels lifeless. wtf?! even the Game Boy and Game Gear versions had music! PC looks flat like a pancake. And Jaguar in-game music went Conan the Barbarian style :D Anyway I wonder if I should get Genesis or 32X version. 32X has scaling but otherwise doesn't seem like a major upgrade. Your thoughts?
my thoughts: if its between genesis or 32x, 32x all day long. its just the better port all around. but if you can, i'd say saturn is the best port out of everything listed. it just feels right gameplay wise. and has cd audio.
psyance loading on Saturn is basically an 8 second load to get the main menu, a 15 second load for the first quarter to start, an 8 second load to get the first substitution, a 15 second load for the second quarter to start, rinse repeat. The PlayStation I don't think is worth even looking at because even in very easy the CPU is nuts cheap. Like I played the mavericks the other day and the first quarter ended at 22 to zero. I could t make a single shot. When I got even close to the 3 pt line they would go in a frenzy swiping at the ball. It makes bloodborne look a picnic. Playstation offers the same amount ofnloading as well, but it also has a 8 second load time just to load up the NBA copyrights and trademarks at the disc boot, and a 2 second load to get to "tonight's matchup" screen, in addition to all the loads I mentioned on the Saturn. The presentation is the best in playstation, but I think the programmers signed off on a gold master that had the wrong settings for difficulty, as easy is still BALLS hard and cheap.
i had it for Genesis, so when i got a 32x i figured i already had nba jam so why buy another, i wanted 32x for games i didnt have, not realising how much better the arcade/32x games were. same with afterburner. Figured it wasnt worth spending $ on a game I already had. i look at it differently now. Later on I did end up getting it for Saturn, and after playing it with friends we desired to go back to Genesis. we werent use to it on Saturn and had a different feel. Maybe 32x woulda been the perfect in between. haha so many choices huh
I finally got it. It's emulation but runs great. Can't wait to beat it and see the ending, since its no where on UA-cam. The Genesis version has a cool ending so I was thinking 32x might be even better. Who knows. The computer puts up a good fight but I'm getting there.
@@khuntington just beat it. Except for the music its the same ending as regular Genesis TE with the 10 or so actual nba clips. Still impressive for an old cartridge and it plays them smooth. And then you unlock the ALL STAR teams :)
yeah. at the end of it all, i think PS gets the edge for me, only because of the hint boxes, which PS is the single only home port that utilized that feature from the arcade cabinets.
@@khuntington I used to have a sega Saturn and nba jam TE the same way with college slam on sega Saturn and ps1 same graphics but slightly different when the player do the super flip dunks on ps1 it shows and follow the player the sega Saturn version it doesn’t.
i'm not entirely sure i understand what you mean but generally how it was was arcade was one year, and home release was the next year. rosters were almost the same, with a slight variation. i could be wrong, but i'm *fairly* sure it was nba jam arcade, then genesis/snes/game gear/game boy had an updated roster, then sega cd had another updated updated roster, then nba jam te had an updated roster, then all the te home ports had an updated roster.
@@khuntington well i saw someone talking about kemp/gill being his favourite team, ive never in my life played with gill, is he from arcade? Does it have an emulation?
The PlayStation and Saturn versions are lower resolution, which results in everything looking larger than it should. This ain’t the first arcade to home port that had this problem for sure.
The game gear version is so damn impressive.. honestly makes me wonder how it was even possible. The game boy version is impressive as well.. would look much better played on a super Gameboy or GBA so it would add some color. Awesome video man. This is the only video of game gear footage for T.E.
In every single version of this game, those Dallas fellas are a coupla bastards. I mean, all they did was push you around, steal the ball and just not play very nicely. 😂
17:30 Are you kidding me? they still use that crappy song from the genesis version of the original nba jam? why not use the arcade's? what was their problem with the arcade's soundtrack. why not jon hey work on the soundtrack?
The Saturn version seems to be genuinely arcade perfect 💯✨ & really any port that was made since they released the 32x version should of been arcade perfect too, no excuses👍😁💪😎💪😉👌
Well it wasn't. The characters were oversized with everything exaggerated even beyond what the Arcade was with the Saturn and the PSX version. If you like that sort of thing, that's cool. But not arcade perfect. The 32X and Jag(share the same Iguana code) are closer in that regards than the PSX or Saturn.
I'm glad you cleared that up bud given I never played the Saturn or PS1 port of the game & after reading your reply I'll leave it in permanent 1995 history. I recently bought the 32x version & I'm very pleased with it & definitely a suitable upgrade over the fabulous Genesis version it's definitely a must have if you own a 32x for sure👍😁💪😎💪👌
@@J.Croonerif you really like the 32X version you should try the Jag version. It's an upgraded version of that. It shares the same code and assets as the 32X version. It's largely considered the best home version of that era and was ported by one man in 4 months. He did such an impressive job Midway said Holy Shit son! Why don't you come work for us... And he did. And has been ever since. He's now the lead technical director for the Mortal Kombat franchise.
Its actually incredible how all these systems with more than enough power couldn't get even close to the arcade. None look or sound right. Even the PS1 and Saturn sounded dead, with a shitty fake version of the original announcer. This always bothered me.
i personally always thought that the ps1 version was basically arcade perfect... but yeah even though the genesis and snes were capable machines, they just we're near the technical power of an arcade board. like not even close. the boards midway were using were closer to the ps1/saturn than anything. the genesis board was basically the same board that was in the system 16 machines, which that board debuted in 1985. thats what powered shinobi, fantasy zone, eswat, altered beast in arcades. i don't think there's any way at all that the system 16 boards could have delivered what midway did with jam te.
MAME has the best version because it's pure MIDWAY and Acclaim screwed up most ports of MIDWAY games! The arcade has the best presentation, graphics, audio, and music it's not even close!
lol Goal Tending is such bullshit in this game. You get tagged for it all the time yet the CPU can literally yank the ball out of the basket and nothing happens
Arcade v4.0 0:00
Nintendo Game Boy 2:45
Sega Game Gear 5:11
Super Nintendo 7:42
Sega Genesis 10:13
PC DOS-CD 12:27
Sega 32X 14:41
Atari Jaguar 16:44
Sega Saturn 20:19
Sony Playstation 24:03
Arcade v4.0 27:51
I love the Jaguar version, it was very unique for the system. I also enjoyed the Jag-specific cheats (the fake CD "loading" screen, 32X Doom mode, High Voltage staff, Atari's Leonard Tramiel). Yeah, the music wasn't as good but it's still tons of fun!
Played the Mega Drive/Genesis version like CRAZY!
Saturn version should be my favorite.
To me arceade is the only nba jam.The real deal.
As well the PSX is the only best thing to ever be close to the real deal.
Ummm its usually its... all ports are from them
😆 arcade is literally the worst one.
Sorry dude but you are wrong!🤷♂️
I have to wonder, doesn’t the Saturn version feel a bit flat? It’s missing animation frames, particularly the crowd, which moves less than other versions. We’re also missing he lightbulb flashes in the stands. The arcade is notably more fluid and colorful. The PSX version looks slightly more polished than Saturn, but also cut from the same cloth (wouldn’t be surprised if they share the same program code, and the Saturn version was rushed). Both 32-bit versions have tougher AI which is either a plus or a minus. Honestly, the Atari Jaguar version feels closest to the coin-op and has very fluid and colorful graphics. I always liked the way Jag presented color. It’s not arcade perfect but it’s very close, and the programmer did have access to the arcade code as reference.
WHATTTT!
NONE of the Acclaim versions of the game are quite right, no matter how they look, and it’s all in the little nuances in gameplay mechanics that they either altered, sped up, or outright changed.
The psx version is the best and it's not really close, Saturn has been way over praised. Saturn just copied psx version but it has more flaws than psx version. Original arcade port was designed and focused for psx as its launch title.
I loved playing the SNES version with hot spots on.
the SNES version have no music on this court, also, I have not played NBA Jam TE for the Atari Jaguar version before!
I feel like this is from a lack of sound optimization for the SPC 700, because NBA Hangtime on SNES didn’t have this issue and was a FAR superior port job despite the original game being a much bigger deal visually than NBA Jam TE arcade.
Damn Scottie couldn't catch a break at 20:47 lmao
The devs wrote code to make him mess up a lot. Especially vs the Pistons in the 4th quarter.
voice over wouldof been nice, hearing your opinions/thoughts about the difference versions. ive always been partial to the genesis version, may hafto play it on saturn now..
RETRO GAMING ARTS Thiight about it but I just wanted the games to stand in their own, without my dumb opinions cluttering it up. Part of the comparison is music and sound effects, so my talking would have compromised that as well. The Saturn is a good version, I'm confident out of all them the playstation was the only direct arcade port. 1) it's the only platform that used the idiot box tutorials during gameplay like the arcade, and 2) the AI is balls hard difficult even on very easy. I've yet to win a single game on PlayStation lol. 32x is the one I've played the most, and the one I've beaten championship on, and game gear and PC is the versions I bought at release. Game gear to take everywhere, PC to play at home. I had never even played the game boy, genesis, jaguar, or playstation versions until the recording of this video, so I didn't have any nostalgic ties to those. The SNES is decent, but no music made it a huge setback from all the others. There ya go :)
K. Huntington i may check out the ps1 version now (im a HUGE ps1 fan, never played nba jam on ps1 tho) i like dorect arcade ports too, so thats a plus. The genesis always felt like a mini arcade to me
I've played the PS1 version & IMO it's one of the best- even if it's not arcade perfect, it's close. That arranged soundtrack is great. Saturn doesn't look bad either.
Not having music on SNES is just weird when there's some in the GG & GB versions.
Have you tried NBA Jam on Sega CD?I really enjoyed it and music's far better on the CD version.
It seems that in the Saturn version, the sprites are slightly larger than the arcade and Ps1 version. I don't know if it has to do with the Resolution being smaller, causing them to stretch out the graphics, but it seems that way. The Ps1 version more or less, matches the Arcade resolution. However they both[Ps1 and Saturn] are missing the camera flashes from the arcade, but most sound effects and and audio have been maintain in both of them.
Neither are a match for the arcade. Arcade was at over 400 pixels wide and NO home system was doing that at the aspect ratio the arcade’s visuals wanted. Both version have altered visuals.
PC and Playstation versions are very clean. I'm surprised that even for a Game Boy, the game didn't look as bad as I though it would. The arcade one is the rest deal though. Thanks for putting this together.
PC is really, really good. Probably the closest you can get to the arcade without having had the arcade machine.
I always liked the 32x version. It may not as good as the Saturn or Play Station ports but, it looks pretty good and it gets the job done without any loading. It’s definitely an upgrade over the Genesis and SNES.
I’ve never played the Jaguar version but, it looked pretty good too.
Michael Joseph yeah upon release I only had the game Gear and PC version. I always assumed the pc version was really good but comparatively speaking it's about dead middle with all the others. 32x I got in 2005 and it's my most played version. It's the only version I've gotten the championship on so I've played hours of that one. I enjoy the 32x for the same reasons you mentioned.
@@khuntington The 32X version's default AI is absolutely brutal. Zero missed shots from anything less than full court.
i had it for Genesis and Saturn, but some reason liked the feel of it for Genesis best. I think 32x would have been the perfect in between.
Finally got it for 32x. It's the love of my life lol. Really plays great.
jaguar is better than the 32x and saturn versions
27:58 does this apply for all versions as far as this being the difference from the original NBA jam?
Arcade1up is releasing NBA Jam! 👍👍👍👍
I grew up playing NBA Jam fist at the arcade and then TE on SNES. Imo Hangtime on N64 was the best version, they should have kept the NBA Jam name and made a series out of it. The name change and the biggest Stars Jordan, Shaq and Barkley missing is what hurt the game the most imo.
Thank Acclaim for snatching the rights to the NBA Jam name.
It's funny how all the other versions just couldn't touch the arcade at any time...
I grew up playing the SNES version. Getting pushed before making a huge dunk and doing the falling animation while jumping very far up made me laugh so hard. Just got the ps1 version and it's great too
SNES version lacks in-game music and thus feels lifeless. wtf?! even the Game Boy and Game Gear versions had music!
PC looks flat like a pancake.
And Jaguar in-game music went Conan the Barbarian style :D
Anyway I wonder if I should get Genesis or 32X version. 32X has scaling but otherwise doesn't seem like a major upgrade. Your thoughts?
my thoughts: if its between genesis or 32x, 32x all day long. its just the better port all around. but if you can, i'd say saturn is the best port out of everything listed. it just feels right gameplay wise. and has cd audio.
@@khuntington Noted. But how are the loadings on Saturn? And how it compares to the PS1 version?
psyance loading on Saturn is basically an 8 second load to get the main menu, a 15 second load for the first quarter to start, an 8 second load to get the first substitution, a 15 second load for the second quarter to start, rinse repeat. The PlayStation I don't think is worth even looking at because even in very easy the CPU is nuts cheap. Like I played the mavericks the other day and the first quarter ended at 22 to zero. I could t make a single shot. When I got even close to the 3 pt line they would go in a frenzy swiping at the ball. It makes bloodborne look a picnic. Playstation offers the same amount ofnloading as well, but it also has a 8 second load time just to load up the NBA copyrights and trademarks at the disc boot, and a 2 second load to get to "tonight's matchup" screen, in addition to all the loads I mentioned on the Saturn. The presentation is the best in playstation, but I think the programmers signed off on a gold master that had the wrong settings for difficulty, as easy is still BALLS hard and cheap.
Keep in mind those load times are using an original Saturn and an original PlayStation 1 unit. Emulators the times will vary in sure.
The Jaguar sounds like Donkey Kong Country..
i had it for Genesis, so when i got a 32x i figured i already had nba jam so why buy another, i wanted 32x for games i didnt have, not realising how much better the arcade/32x games were. same with afterburner. Figured it wasnt worth spending $ on a game I already had. i look at it differently now. Later on I did end up getting it for Saturn, and after playing it with friends we desired to go back to Genesis. we werent use to it on Saturn and had a different feel. Maybe 32x woulda been the perfect in between. haha so many choices huh
yeah. that 32x version was just great. out of all the versions i have owned and played, i played that one the most.
I finally got it. It's emulation but runs great. Can't wait to beat it and see the ending, since its no where on UA-cam. The Genesis version has a cool ending so I was thinking 32x might be even better. Who knows. The computer puts up a good fight but I'm getting there.
@@Lightblue2222 i honestly can't recall. the last time i completed jam te 32x was in 2006? so it's been a hot minute.
@@khuntington just beat it. Except for the music its the same ending as regular Genesis TE with the 10 or so actual nba clips. Still impressive for an old cartridge and it plays them smooth. And then you unlock the ALL STAR teams :)
LightBlue2222 awesome. I would honestly love to beat the arcade version on mame but it will probably never happen. AI is way too cheap. ☹️☹️
The sega saturn and PlayStation version is the same graphics but there is a slight difference.
yeah. at the end of it all, i think PS gets the edge for me, only because of the hint boxes, which PS is the single only home port that utilized that feature from the arcade cabinets.
@@khuntington I used to have a sega Saturn and nba jam TE the same way with college slam on sega Saturn and ps1 same graphics but slightly different when the player do the super flip dunks on ps1 it shows and follow the player the sega Saturn version it doesn’t.
In the Tournament Edition of NBA Jam, the years of the Rosters is different, right?
i'm not entirely sure i understand what you mean but generally how it was was arcade was one year, and home release was the next year. rosters were almost the same, with a slight variation. i could be wrong, but i'm *fairly* sure it was nba jam arcade, then genesis/snes/game gear/game boy had an updated roster, then sega cd had another updated updated roster, then nba jam te had an updated roster, then all the te home ports had an updated roster.
@@khuntington well i saw someone talking about kemp/gill being his favourite team, ive never in my life played with gill, is he from arcade? Does it have an emulation?
Is it just me or does the Saturn version look to have even bigger sprites than the Arcade?
The PlayStation and Saturn versions are lower resolution, which results in everything looking larger than it should. This ain’t the first arcade to home port that had this problem for sure.
The game gear version is so damn impressive.. honestly makes me wonder how it was even possible. The game boy version is impressive as well.. would look much better played on a super Gameboy or GBA so it would add some color. Awesome video man. This is the only video of game gear footage for T.E.
really? shocking. that was the only version i owned until i got the ms-dos version a few months the later.
The Game Gear version is impressive!
I liked the genesis SNES jaguar ps1 and and game gear versions
The sega and super nes announcer play by play sounds like Will Ferrell
jaguar version for the win
Yep!!!!👍
No n64?
that doesn't exist, it appears.
No64 got NBA Hangtime when every console had a NBA Jam Style game..
They should release the old on with Jordan in it or remake this game with new players
Total carnage sound effects and announcer? Midway
The Game Gear version wasn't that bad
not at all. game gear port was actually my main rider for this release in 94.
It wasn't! I was so surprised that the game ran that smoothly..
I have the game boy one for my game boy pocket
Genesis version 👍🏽
In every single version of this game, those Dallas fellas are a coupla bastards. I mean, all they did was push you around, steal the ball and just not play very nicely.
😂
17:30 Are you kidding me? they still use that crappy song from the genesis version of the original nba jam? why not use the arcade's? what was their problem with the arcade's soundtrack. why not jon hey work on the soundtrack?
I thought PC was gonna be the GOAT but there's zero parallax scrolling and no background sprite animations :(
The Saturn version seems to be genuinely arcade perfect 💯✨ & really any port that was made since they released the 32x version should of been arcade perfect too, no excuses👍😁💪😎💪😉👌
Well it wasn't. The characters were oversized with everything exaggerated even beyond what the Arcade was with the Saturn and the PSX version. If you like that sort of thing, that's cool. But not arcade perfect.
The 32X and Jag(share the same Iguana code) are closer in that regards than the PSX or Saturn.
I'm glad you cleared that up bud given I never played the Saturn or PS1 port of the game & after reading your reply I'll leave it in permanent 1995 history. I recently bought the 32x version & I'm very pleased with it & definitely a suitable upgrade over the fabulous Genesis version it's definitely a must have if you own a 32x for sure👍😁💪😎💪👌
The SNES I heard gameplay wise was close to arcade perfect but other than that there are no console port that's even close.
@@osurocks24 The SNES version is amazing.
@@J.Croonerif you really like the 32X version you should try the Jag version. It's an upgraded version of that. It shares the same code and assets as the 32X version. It's largely considered the best home version of that era and was ported by one man in 4 months.
He did such an impressive job Midway said Holy Shit son! Why don't you come work for us...
And he did. And has been ever since. He's now the lead technical director for the Mortal Kombat franchise.
Its actually incredible how all these systems with more than enough power couldn't get even close to the arcade. None look or sound right. Even the PS1 and Saturn sounded dead, with a shitty fake version of the original announcer. This always bothered me.
i personally always thought that the ps1 version was basically arcade perfect... but yeah even though the genesis and snes were capable machines, they just we're near the technical power of an arcade board. like not even close. the boards midway were using were closer to the ps1/saturn than anything. the genesis board was basically the same board that was in the system 16 machines, which that board debuted in 1985. thats what powered shinobi, fantasy zone, eswat, altered beast in arcades. i don't think there's any way at all that the system 16 boards could have delivered what midway did with jam te.
MAME has the best version because it's pure MIDWAY and Acclaim screwed up most ports of MIDWAY games! The arcade has the best presentation, graphics, audio, and music it's not even close!
I think the closest to arcade is the ps1 version
lol Goal Tending is such bullshit in this game. You get tagged for it all the time yet the CPU can literally yank the ball out of the basket and nothing happens