Arcade Video game published 27 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)

Player layout in our catalog: 4P sim.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start NBA Showtime NBA on NBC (ver 2.0, Apr 25 1999). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

NBA Showtime NBA on NBC (ver 2.0, Apr 25 1999) is filed in our catalog as a 1999 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 4P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Sports, Arcade.