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NBA Jam (1993)

Duration: 9:42

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NBA Jam stands out from the other basketball games for being one of the first NBA licensed games, its realistically drawn players and over-the-top animations. Even its home console versions were as good as in the arcades.

There were a lot of requests for an MLB-licensed game with the same treatment as NBA Jam, but it was never thought to happen...until now. Thanks to Frank Cifaldi and the Video Game History Foundation, a near-complete version of "MLB Jam" was found.

Sources:

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/what-if-mlb-had-its-own-nba-jam
https://gamehistory.org/powerupbaseball/
http://pavlovpinball.com/pinball-licencing-101-how-much-why-and-harry-potter/

Music in this video courtesy of Harris Heller. You can find his royalty-free music at http://streambeats.com

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
0:51 What is NBA Jam?
1:58 Home Console Versions
2:22 NBA Jam Tournament Edition
2:30 NBA Jam Extreme
2:49 Major League Baseball Official "MLB Jam" Spoof
3:32 What You Need in an MLB Jam Game
3:52 Obtaining an MLB License
4:41 How the Digitized Players Were Drawn
5:11 First Look at Official MLB Jam Prototype
5:27 Art Style of MLB Jam
6:19 Why They Went with Trackball Controls
6:57 Why it Wasn't Released
7:39 How to Charge Quarters For Game
7:51 Why MLB Jam Wasn't Found Until Now
8:28 Final Thoughts
9:02 Outro and Thank You

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