
 Revised By Incredible Hulk and Phunky Efx 

۲ NBA JAM v3.0 strategy guide  -----------------------------------------

   Choose your teams carefully. Each of the 27 teams is made up of two of the
best and brightest players in the NBA, though Michael Jordan isn't available
for the Bulls. Each teams has its strengths adn weaknesses: The Sacramento
Kings have Spud Webb -- NBA JAM's fastest player, but three-point shooting 
skills of his partner, Wayman Tisdale, are offset by his lack of speed.
Golden State has an excelent 3-point shooter, with Chris Mullin, and a fair
dunker. Orlando has a great 3-point specialist (Scott Skiles) and a terrific
dunker (Shaquille O'Neal), but it is relatively slower than many other teams.
In my opinion, the three teams with the best balance are Charlotte, Chicago
and Atlanta...but designer Turmell-a native of Michigan-has made Detroit
the game's strongest team.

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 "SPECIAL GUEST" PLAYERS  ---------------------------------------------------
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Name: Mark Turmell      Name: Shawn Liptak      Name: Tony Goskie
Initials: MJT           Initials: SL_           Initials: TWG
Birth Date: March 22    Birth Date: June 24     Birth Date: December 7

Name: John Carlton      Name: Sal DiVita        Name: Jon Hey
Initials: JMC           Initials: SAL           Initials: JWH
Birth Date: August 5    Birth Date: Feb. 1      Birth Date: September 20

Name: Jamie Rivett      Name: John Newcomer     Name: George Petro
Initials: RJR           Initials: JRN           Initials: GNP
Birth Date: Jan. 17     Birth Date: June 18     Birth Date: October 8

Name: Willie Morris     Name: Sheridan Oursler  Name: Stephen Howard
Initials: WIL           Initials: SNO           Initials: HOW
Birth Date: Jan. 1      Birth Date: Jan. 3      Birth Date: July 15

Name: Tony Scott
Initials: TON
Birth Date: July 3

   In addition to the 54 NBA superstars who appear in NBA JAM, there are
a number of SECRET CHARACTERS who can be found by entering their initials
and birth date prior to a game. At one point in NBA JAM's early stages of
development, there were between 30 to 35 hidden characters in the game.
Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson were included, as were Detroit's Dennis
Rodman, Dallas' Jim Jackson, Milwaukee's Moses Malone, Japanese movie 
monster GODZILLA and RAIDEN from MORTAL COMBAT. Unfortunately some of these
characters have been removed for unknown purposes. But it has been said
that there are 18 extra characters hidden in the latest revision of NBA JAM,
five of which have requested that their birth dates and initials be kept
secret. But its known that three of these five characters are females!
But for now, use the above information to choose your desired secret 
character, remember, the secret characters are much more powerful and faster
than the normal superstars like Charles Barkley and Chaq.

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۲ BASiC MOVES  ---------------------------------------------------------
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PASS: Press the PASS button. Press TURBO and PASS for a quicker, safer pass

SHOOT: Hold the SHOOT button down to make your player jump, then release it
while the player is airborne.

HEAD FAKE: Tap the SHOOT button once. A computer-controlled teammate will 
shoot if you do this while he or she has the ball.

DUNK: Hold SHOOT while running near an unobstracted basket. Hold TURBO and 
SHOOT for a "super dunk".

LAY-UP: Hold SHOOT for a short time while you are running toward the basket.

HOOK SHOT: Tap the SHOOT button while running vertically. Hold TURBO and
tap SHOOT while running vertically to launch a high-arcing hook shot.

THROW ELBOWS: Tap TURBO twice. 

STEAL: Tap the STEAL button to knock the ball away from the opponent.

KNOCKDOWN: Hold the TURBO button and tap STEAL to knock your opponent down!

BLOCK: Hold the SHOOT button to jump. Hold TURBO+JUMP to jump higher.

REBOUND: This is automatic if you're close enough; otherwise, press SHOOT 
and point the joystick toward the ball.

ALLEY-OOP: Easier to do with two-player teams. The player without the ball
moves under the basket and holds SHOOT(to jump); meanwhile, the ball
handler presses TURBO and PASS to throw to the jumping player quickly.

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۲ SPECiAL TECHNiQUES  --------------------------------------------------

 To reject a dunking player, it's best to wait until the dunker has reached 
the peak of his leap before you jump to block

 Another way to reject a dunker is to knock him down (See basic moves) if
its a low dunk like "easy jam". Lay-ups are concidered much stronger than 
dunks, because you cannot be knocked down.

 To Block a shot, you need to jump at the same time you believe the shooter 
will jump.

 Stealing the ball is slightly less of a science. Most players will simply
stick close and press STEAL repeatedly, while others prefer to knock 'em
down (see basic moves). Some players will risk a goaltending charge and try to 
intercept a shot before it reaches the rim.

 To rebound, there are two good techniques:
  1) Press SHOOT to jump toward the ball after it has hit the rim or board.
  2) Knock down opposing players near the ball so you can grab the ball
     off the floor. If you are to close to the ball, your player will
     automatically jump for a rebound.

 Try to set a screen when you're trying to shoot, wait until your partner
gets ahead of you so that you see more of the net and half-court.

 Head fakes work great. Try to mix in a few elbow throws, though, or you
may be knocked down.

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۲ SUPER DUNKS  ---------------------------------------------------------

 There are over 50 different dunks in NBA JAM. The dunks are divided into
ten sets, each set consisting of between one and ten different jams.
And each player has between one and ten different dunks available to him.

--> And now --> THE DUNKS!!! --------------------------------------------------

EASY JAM: Hold the SHOOT button while close to the basket.

360 DUNK: Hold SHOOT while near the second tick on the key.

TWO-HANDED JAM: From close and above the basket, hold SHOOT.

TOMAHAWK JAM 1: From close and below the basket, hold TURBO and SHOOT.

TOMAHAWK JAM 2: From the middle of the key, hold TURBO and SHOOT.

TOMAHAWK JAM 3 (Windmill): From three-quarters of the length of the key
( near the bottom of the circle), hold TURBO and SHOOT.

CANNONBALL SLAM (Fireball): From the top of the circle, hold TURBO and SHOOT.

REALLY HIGH 720 SLAM: From a corner of the key-or from outside the key near
the third tick mark on the key-hold TURBO and SHOOT.

WEIRD SLAM: From outside the key near the second or third tick on the key, 
hold TURBO and SHOOT.

HANG ON: Near the third tick on the key, hold TURBO and SHOOT.

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۲ TOP-SECRET TRICKS  ---------------------------------------------------

 These spacial codes should be performed at the "match-up" screen before the
tip-off, when the announcer says, "Tonight's Matchup..." and says the names
of the two teams.

POWER-UP DEFENSE: Tap STEAL and BLOCK exactly eight times at the matchup 
screen. This gives your player extra defensive power.

POWER-UP INTERCEPT: Hold joystick Down and hold down all three buttons at the 
matchup screen. This gives your player extra intercept power.

POWER-UP DEFENSE: Tap STEAL and BLOCK exactly 21 times at the matchup screen.
This gives you extra offensive power.

SHOOTING PERCENTAGE: At the matchup screen, rotate the joystick-being sure to
touch all eight directions at least once-and tap any button or combination
of buttons 21 times.

TANK GAME: At the match up screen, hold the joystick down and hold down all
three buttons for both player 1 and player 2. Incredibly, player 1 will
enter a hidden tank game. The joystick is for the movement of the tank and 
TURBO is for moving faster, SHOOT is for fire.


Commentary By ۲ INCREDIBLE HULK 

   If you beat all 27 teams in NBA JAM, your in for a treat; that is, aside
from the two cheerleaders who offer you congratulations-they're both 
real-life PLAYBOY models! A player who has beaten all 27 teams can then 
face off with the computer in new challenges. The next time you play a game
against a computer team, you might get a chance to face two randomly
chosen players, e.g. Barkley and Pippen and Webb, Shaq and Mark Turmell-
there are 1000's of combinations, including the secret characters.

    Well, that will about do it for this review, although its kinda late for
it, there hasn't really been many reviews or no reviews for NBA JAM.
Therefore RAW comes through once again with another great review.

   If you have any comments to me, then e-mail me at any of the boards
where you notice my name, cya l8r.

Comming from the NBA JAM freaks, ۲ INCREDIBLE HULK 

