NBA Jam Relaunch Coming To XBLA?

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Richard Walker

EA's Sports label (or plain old EA Sports, if you like) has nabbed the license to create an NBA Jam revival exclusively for the Wii.

Rumour has it however that the razzle dazzle, arcade hoops insanity may not stay exclusive for long with a possible XBLA version touted by 1UP's sources. 

We'd love to see NBA Jam come to XBox Live. The series - originally developed by Midway - was a stone-cold classic in the arcades and then later on the SNES and Sega Megadrive where its unique brand of frenetic, outlandish 2-on-2 basketball action kicked serious ass back in the day.

Keep your fingers crossed that this makes the leap from rumour to reality and that EA leave in the weird, hidden characters. Anyone remember playing as former president, Bill Clinton? Surreal.

 

 

Comments
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  • BOOMSHAKALAKA
  • he's on fire that was my games for the Genesis
  • Toasty!!!! we can only hope
  • Nothing like full court dunks with mascots.
  • Comment #1 was thread over
  • ROFL @#1 /thread
  • Thanks to #1, this thread is ON FIRE!
  • oh my middle finger, BOOMSHAKALAKA --> exactly
  • WOW. I remember playing this in the arcade at the bowling alley against my friends and on the Sega growing up.
  • This game ate so many quarters of mine. I think I'd rather have Hangtime though.
  • Nobody post any more comments. #1 won the internet.
  • It better as the kids on the Wii have no idea the history of NBA Jam.
  • From Down...Town. I hope this makes it.
  • He's on Fire!!!!!!!!
  • Just had to be bought by EA.
  • One of the only sports games I have ever liked. Hope to see this happen.
  • He cannot hit the back side of a barn! Damn this was one awesome game series!
  • He's heating up! Man! This just made my day! I sure hope they release the classic ones, and not just a new game w/ the name on it... I remember playing at Bill Clinton, and Air Dog, and George Clinton, and Will Smith...man that brings back memories. Now all we'll need is Killer Instinct, along w/ NBA Jam Tournament Edition...among others, but that will be saved for another day lol...
  • OMG PLEASEEEEE LET THIS HAPPEN!!!!
  • All that comes to mind is FUCK YEAH!!!!!
  • I'm Really Hoping This is True I was jus talkin abt this with a friends...we almost hooked up the old sega jus to see if mines still worked
  • I just hope this isn't the new EA Sports franchise that's meant to be launching! Despite what many say, a Rugby franchise would sell big worldwide with the exception of US and Canada, same way NASCAR or NCAA doesn't sell big outside the US
  • That would be a great release on XBLA. Played it till I was on fire!
  • dammit #14 You beat me too it. Ill never forget when I was a kid going like triple or more overtime with my best friend in this game. ahhh memories.
  • NBA Jam was good but it's DC successor, NBA Showdown, was better in every sense of the word.
  • NBA Jam was one of my favorite games as a kid! There were so many great words in that game that my brothers and I added to our vocabulary. :P
  • Wow! Awesome arcade game. I remember playing NBA Jam on the old Genesis console.
  • From Downtown!......Ugly Shot!
  • Bill Clinton? What about playing as Hillary? I remember doing full court (w/ cheats) somersault jams with Hillary Clinton and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
  • I hope this comes out for XBLA! Loved it in the arcades and on genesis! lol @ #1
  • Add this and Tecmo Superbowl and I'm set
  • ahhh i just nutted. NBA JAM PLEASE.
  • HE'S ON FIRE!
  • THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN! Please let it be true. Bring it to Live. We want it!
  • Crap, we had tournaments of this on Sega Genesis at my bachelor's party in 1994!
  • Is it the shoes?!?
  • omg. Crushing kids over Live will be crazy! I'd pay extra for TOURNAMENT EDITION!!
  • and its from DOWNTOWN!! omg best game on genesis ever!
  • Looks to be a good year for XBLA games =)
  • @ #22 Nascar doesnt even sell in the US only people that like nascar are rednecks and most of them prob dont play xbox and just follow the races NBA Jam is gonna be awesome...one of my fav classics
  • Loved this game! He's on fireeeeeeeeeeee! Hope this is a straight port and not some jazzed up rubbish gone wrong
  • Awesome. Someone make this happen fast.
  • lolz ^.^
  • Nail in the coffin!
  • excellent game, i played it 15years ago
  • IS IT THE SHOES?!?!?!?!?!?!?
  • Is it the shoes? He's on fire!!! For two... no good! LOL Oh the memories. I played that on the Sega Genesis. Never enjoyed playing any other basketball video game after that.
  • Of all the classic games I'd like to see on XBLA, NBA Jam is right at the top of my list (along with Goldeneye). It would be even better if they released NBA Jam T.E., but either way this is a game I'd download on day 1.
  • BOOOOOOOMSHakalaka!
  • Is it the Shoes? From Downtown! An Ugly Shot! Boomshakala! He's on FIRE! I love NBA Jam!
  • YAY!!!I WANT NBA JAM FULL GAME WITH 1000 SCORE NOT AN ARCADE EDITION!!!!
  • I'm down. But why do I get the feeling it's just not going to be the same?
  • @53 ya i got that same feeling, but im willing to try it out
  • Give Me an Obmam/Biden vs Mccain/Palin match-up and i would pay $60 for it
  • THE REBOUND!!!
  • at the BUZZER!!!
  • Rejected! Me and like 4 of my friends would play this on my snes all summer long as well as street fighter 2 turbo
  • YEAHHHHH NBA JAM THATS WHAT IM TALKIN BOUT
  • My most loved game of all time, if this comes to Live then my life will be complete :)
  • Pretty sure someone just needs to send all the responses from you people to EA and they will know what needs to be done. Half their team probably wants it too. I would love a straight port.
  • @61 haha yeah I was thinking that too. NBA Jam was crazy awesome back in the day though. I'm not even into sports at all anymore and I'd probably get it.
  • This would surely be 1,000,000x better than NBA Unrivalled...what a sack of shit.
  • O. M. G.
  • id definatly buy NBA jams and also NFL Blitz. aside from secret characters id be cool to be able to use your avatar.
  • Please let it be Tournament Edition though. And what about the rosters? Do I still get to destroy with the Hornets' Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning? Or what about the Spurs with David Robinson and Dennis Rodman?
  • THE RAIN MAKER !!!
  • i really hope they don't fuck this game up especially with how great the EA servers are. We'll be able to play it once or twice out of 50 tries. But seriously this could be awesome!
  • remember the halftime video with Horace Grant and Scottie Pippen?
  • Old Man!
  • FROM DOWNTOWN! NOTHING BUT NET!
  • Holy shit! Please don't tease EA!
  • IS IT THE SHOES!?!?! I ___L___O___V___E___ NBA Jam... god... I so hope it comes to XBLA. I would pay 1600 for NBA Jam!
  • lol nice... I didn't bother reading... I was hoping I would be the first to post 'IS IT THE SHOES?!' but I guess not eh? Oh well... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE release to XBLA!!!!!
  • Should be epic!
  • THE *CA-CAWKKKKK* WIN THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!
  • I love the commentary for this game. I keep thinking about how they bash you when you can't make shots. like the "he can't buy a bucket" or "he puts up a brick". hahahahaha. I cannot wait for this. I agree with a previous poster though... kind of this was hangtime. I miss that game.
  • SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD lol, #1 = win.... first thing that came to my mind. Might pick this up just for respect purposes.
  • i hope it does come to the live arcade. as well as tecmo super bowl. but im also still waiting for Q*bert to get to the live arcade as well. if they just stick to the original nba jam then it should be fun. that last nba jam wanna be game on the live arcade sucked big time. glad i played the trial game instead of just buying it. man it was awful.
  • Hopefully EA brings it out like the old skool arcade game to xbla including the input of playing as the grim reaper, scorpion etc etc, and doesn't not muck around with the game to much to wreck the greatness the game had on the snes, genesis and the arcades back in the 90's. If EA doesn't bring this to the xbla and I quote from the game "His Throwing up a brick." LOl
  • STOLEN!!
  • FROM DOWNTOWN!!!
  • A buddy of mine had this on his modded Xbox, and we played it last February. I told him I'd "quit my job" if it ever came to XBLA.
  • I really hope this comes to XBLA. I loved playing this with my brother and cousin. We would play where the winner stays in. Ah the memories. Hell, it was the only basketball game I ever played in my life...
  • Why the Wii? that machine should be put down, its a gamecube in a new guise with a control system that sucks. Bring it to XBLA please, Look at trials 2 Hd that rocked XBLA that much every one of my mates bought it and love it. So much so we all got the dlc too.
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