NBA Jam Tournament Edition (SNES)

Prototype Info

Unused Players#

Steven Tyler#

The lead singer of Aerosmith was at one point planned to appear as a secret player. A button combo exists to unlock him, but his initials are dummied out with backspace characters, so he cannot be unlocked by normal means.

However, through the use of Pro Action Replay (PAR) codes, he can be accessed. Just enter one of the following at the title screen:

• 7E169F7A, 7E16A000 (1st Player of Team 1)
• 7E16A17A, 7E16A200 (2nd Player of Team 1)
• 7E16A37A, 7E16A400 (1st Player of Team 2)
• 7E16A57A, 7E16A600 (2nd Player of Team 2)

Tyler is in a very incomplete state, with placeholder text instead of a digitized portrait.

Additionally, his in-game head sprite looks less like the real Tyler and more like now-former Iguana UK employee Darren Hodgson, who occupied Tyler's value in the dumped prototype version of the game. Hodgson didn't have an in-game head sprite in said prototype.

Juwan Howard & Clifford Rozier#

The portraits and names are all that exist of the fifth and sixteenth 1994 NBA Draft picks in the final version of the game. Their stats and in-game appearance data default to those of Mookie Blaylock.

Here are the Pro Action Replay (PAR) codes used to access them:

Howard:

• 7E169F83, 7E16A000 (1st Player of Team 1)
• 7E16A183, 7E16A200 (2nd Player of Team 1)
• 7E16A383, 7E16A400 (1st Player of Team 2)
• 7E16A583, 7E16A600 (2nd Player of Team 2)

Rozier:

• 7E169F93, 7E16A000 (1st Player of Team 1)
• 7E16A193, 7E16A200 (2nd Player of Team 1)
• 7E16A393, 7E16A400 (1st Player of Team 2)
• 7E16A593, 7E16A600 (2nd Player of Team 2)

While Howard would go on to be included in the Washington Bullets' roster in later-gen versions of NBA Jam T.E. (PlayStation, Saturn, DOS and Jaguar), the late Golden State Warriors player Rozier was never implemented in any of these.

Shaquille O'Neal#

Orlando Magic center Shaquille O'Neal was cut prior to release, possibly due to the high costs of licensing him or that his likeness to use him in a console game was held by someone else. Unlike the other unused players, his data remains almost completely intact. The only thing missing is his portrait, which is a duplicate of A.C. Green's.

You can use one of these Pro Action Replay (PAR) codes to access Shaq. Keep in mind that his stats will appear as question marks using this method.

• 7E169F88, 7E16A000 (1st Player of Team 1)
• 7E16A188, 7E16A200 (2nd Player of Team 1)
• 7E16A388, 7E16A400 (1st Player of Team 2)
• 7E16A588, 7E16A600 (2nd Player of Team 2)

Secret Player Stats#

All but three secret players have exactly the same stat rankings, as follows:

• Spd: 10
• 3pts: 10
• Dunk: 10
• Pass: 2
• Power: 3
• Steal: 6
• Block: 8
• Clutch: 8

The exceptions are Mark Turmell:

• Spd: 10
• 3pts: 10
• Dunk: 10
• Pass: 9
• Power: 9
• Steal: 6
• Block: 8
• Clutch: 8

...Jay Moon:

• Spd: 2
• 3pts: 10
• Dunk: 10
• Pass: 2
• Power: 3
• Steal: 6
• Block: 8
• Clutch: 8

...and the unused Shaquille O'Neal:

• Spd: 5
• 3pts: 0
• Dunk: 10 (shows up as 9 on the team select screen)
• Pass: 2
• Power: 9
• Steal: 2
• Block: 9
• Clutch: 5

Unused Heads#

To do: Add description.

Unused Courtside Adverts#

17 different ads exist in the game, five of which go unused.

This mock shoe ad stars Willie "Air" Morris Jr., who was one of the body models for the original arcade version. Air Morris doesn't appear in the home versions, so it wouldn't make sense to keep this.

I wonder why this was removed...could it be the improper grammar? ("Dont" instead of "Don't".)

These three ads are related to Mortal Kombat II, another game developed by Midway. These were scrapped because the NBA did not want to be associated with the controversial levels of violence in the Mortal Kombat games.

Stud Muffin#

Strangely, a secret player called "Stud Muffin" requires a button code be entered, in addition to the usual initials code, before he can be unlocked. No other secret players require this.

At the first "Licensed by ..." screen, (this will be the very first screen displayed) push and hold Left + L + R.

You will not receive any confirmation that the cheat has been activated, so press and release the buttons a few times if you have to, just to get it right.

With this done, go to the "enter initials" screen and enter the following:

• Highlight "G", hold Start, press A.
• Highlight Space, hold Start, press A.
• Highlight "F", hold Start, press Y.

If all steps were done properly, you will see the standard "Secret Player" message. At the team select screen, you'll notice your player is "Stud Muffin".

Considering the 32X version has a dummied-out player named "Fischbach" in Stud Muffin's place, he is presumed to be Greg Fischbach. Fischbach is the founder and former CEO of Acclaim Entertainment, the game's publisher.

Unused Text#

NBA Jam Credits#

The text from the ending of the original SNES Jam can be found in the ROM at xD6C33:

NBA JAM
DEVELOPED BY
TEAM IGUANA

ACCLAIM WHITE TEAM
DELIVERS THE FACIAL

PRODUCER - DAN FEINSTEIN

EVERYTHING IS GONNA
BE EVERYTHING

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
ASIF CHAUDHRI
BROOKLYN'S IN THE HOUSE...
PEACE AND I'M OUT

SUPPORT TEAM
JANE BIDDLE-FENN
GO ON WITCH YA BAD SELF

ERIC KUBY
UMM YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG ERIC

BRETT GOW
DOES THIS LOOK NORMAL TO YOU?

TOM RADEMACHER
AND PAUL LYNN... OH

SPECIAL THANKS TO
DOUG 'SPELLIN' YELLIN

PAUL DUSSALT  MARK TURMELL
AND THE WHOLE
WILLIAMS TEAM

Starring Screen Names#

Among the player name text appearing in the starring screen are the names of 29 of the game's secret players. As no secret players appear in this screen, this text is unused. Also of note, Carol Blazejowski's name is misspelled.

• JOHN CARLTON
• SAL DI-VITA
• SHAUN LIPTAK
• MARK TURMELL
• TONY GOSKIE
• JAMIE RIVETT
• WES LITTLE
• SCOTT SCHENO
• CHRIS KIRBY
• STEVE SNAKE
• JASON FALCUS
• MAD MIKE MUSKETT
• NEIL ZIGGY HILL
• LARRY BIRD
• CAROL BLAZEKOWSKI
• BENNY
• HUGO
• CRUNCH
• SUNS GORILLA
• BILL CLINTON
• PRINCE CHARLES
• STEVEN TYLER
• ASIF CHAUDHRI
• BRETT GOW
• DAN FEINSTEIN
• ERIC SAMULSKI
• ALEX DE LUCIA
• JAY MOON
• ERIC KUBY

Hidden Credit#

Present at 0x17861B is an audio driver credit.

SLICK/Audio v1.01 Copyright(C)1994 Bitmasters,Inc.