Released in the heyday of one-on-one fighting games such as Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat, Midway’s original NBA Jam took brilliant creative license with the sport of basketball, removing the visual clutter and squealing shoes associated with ten-player games in favor of a game that four people could play at once on a single arcade cabinet. Midway intensified the action by focusing on surreal dunks, eliminating fouls and most other violations,…
