NBA Jam is one of the most memorable sports games ever made. Midway created a ’90s icon when NBA Jam hit arcades in 1993, with console versions for Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo shortly following.
Developers Mark Turmell and Sal DiVita, along with the game’s announcer, Tim Kitzrow (you know, “boom shakalaka”), shared stories about NBA Jam’s development today during a talk at the Game Developer’s Conference. The postmortem offered insights and anecdotes sure to interest anyone who’s even broken a digital backboard.
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