NBA Showtime NBA on NBC (ver 2.0, Apr 25 1999)

Arcade Video game published 26 years ago:

NBA Showtime - NBA on NBC (c) 1999 Midway Games, Incorporated.

- TECHNICAL -

Midway Vegas hardware

Main CPU : R5000 (@ 200 Mhz), ADSP2104 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) DMA-driven (@ 16 Mhz)

Players : 4
Control : 49-way Joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Even if titlescreen says 1998, NBA Showtime was released on January 31, 1999 in USA.

Michael Jackson used to own this game. It was sold at the official Michael Jackson Auction on Apr. 24th, 2009.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Match-Up Screen Codes:
Enter these at the match-up screen. The order they will be in is Turbo-Shoot-Pass-Direction.
Code -- Effect
4-3-0-Right -- Alternate uniform
4-2-0-Right -- Away Uniform
2-0-0-Right -- Big Heads
1-3-1-Left -- Blizzard (outdoors only)
1-2-3-Up -- Fog on (outdoors only)
4-1-0-Right -- Home Uniform
4-0-1-Right -- Midway Uniform
1-2-3-Left -- Night Fog on (outdoors only)
2-0-1-Up -- No hotspots (teams must agree)
3-3-1-Left -- No Replays
4-4-4-Up -- No tip-off
1-4-1-Left -- Rainy Days (outdoors only)
1-0-0-Down -- Show Hot Spot
0-0-1-Down -- Show Shot %
1-2-1-Left -- Snow (outdoors only)
1-2-3-Right -- Swamp Fog on (outdoors only)
4-0-0-Right -- Team Uniforms (teams must agree)
1-2-3-Down -- Thick Fog on (outdoors only)
1-1-1-Down -- Tournament mode (no power-ups allowed)

* Secret Characters:
Enter these initials and PIN numbers to unlock secret characters with hidden attributes at the start of a game.
Code -- Effect
CREATR 1954 -- Creature of the Black Lagoon
DANIEL 0604 -- Daniel Thompson
FRANK 1931 -- Frankenstein's Monster
OLDMAN 2001 -- Grandpa
HORSE 1966 -- Horse (White)
JASON 3141 -- Jason Skiles
JAPPLE 6660 -- Jeff Johnson
JENFR 3333 -- Jennifer Hendrick
ROOT 6000 -- John Root
KERRI 0220 -- Kerri Hoskins
KERRI 1111 -- Kerri Hoskins (alt uniform)
LIA 0712 -- Lia Montelongo
LIA 1111 -- Lia Montelongo (alt uniform)
TURMEL 0322 -- Mark Turmell
PINTO 1966 -- Pinto (Brown Horse)
RETRO 1970 -- Retro Bob
SAL 0201 -- Sal DiVita
STENTR 0269 -- Paul Martin
BRIDE 1935 -- The Bride of Frankenstein
MUMMY 1932 -- The Mummy
WOLFMN 1941 -- The Wolfman

- SERIES -

1. NBA Jam (1993)
2. NBA Jam Tournament Edition (1994)
3. NBA Hangtime (1996)
4. NBA Maximum Hangtime (1996)
5. NBA Jam Extreme (1996)
6. NBA Jam 99 (1998, N64)
7. NBA Showtime - NBA on NBC (1999)
8. NBA Jam 2000 (1999, N64)
9. NBA Jam 2001 (2000, GBC)
10. NBA Jam 2002 (2002, GBA)
11. NBA Jam (2003, PS2, X-Box)
12. NBA Jam 2004 (2003, unreleased GameCube prototype)
13. NBA Jam (2010, Nintendo Wii)
14. NBA Jam - On Fire Edition (2011, PSN, XBOX Live)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Nintendo 64 (1999)
Sony PlayStation (1999)
Sega Dreamcast (1999)
Nintendo Game Boy Color (1999)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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