NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC

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NBA Showtime
Developer(s)	Midway, Eurocom
Publisher(s)	Midway
Release date(s)	1999
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Platform(s)	PlayStation, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64

NBA Showtime is a basketball video game by Midway. A descendant of NBA Jam and NBA Hangtime, Showtime is modeled after the NBA presentations on NBC. The arcade version takes place in the 1998-99 NBA season and the console versions takes place in the 1999-2000 NBA season.

[edit] Overview

Rather than 5 on 5 action like professional play, this game features 2 on 2 play with the ability to pick two players such as Charles Barkley, Allen Iverson, Shaquille O'Neal, Antoine Walker, Kobe Bryant, Chris Webber and Vince Carter from the NBA team's starting line-up for the first half and can choose again for the second. In addition, after a player makes 3 consecutive shots he becomes "on fire" which allows him to make any shot as well as goaltend without getting a foul. Play otherwise is similar to NBA rules. The arcade version accommodates up to 4 players, as do the home versions produced for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation and Sega Dreamcast.

[edit] Trivia

• The arcade version features the Universal Monsters Frankenstein's Monster, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Wolf Man and The Creature from the Black Lagoon as secret characters.
• Several Midway Games employees are also playable characters. Some of the available players include Mark Turmell, Rob Gatson, Mark Guidarelli, Dan Thompson, Jeff Johnson, Jason Skiles, Sal DiVita, Jennifer Hedrick, Eugene Greer, Matt Gilmore, Tim Bryant, Jim Gentile, John Root, Jon Hey, Andy Eloff, Mike Lynch, Dave Grossman, Larry Wotman, Tim Moran, Willie Morris, Greg Cutler, and Chad Edmunds.
• The "on-fire" feature in this game was featured in NBA Ballers as a special move that allowed the exact same feature.

Preceded by: NBA Hangtime

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Succeeded by: NBA Ballers