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| Average Fun Rating: | ![[ 7 stars - Click for comments ]](stars/7stars.png) 7.3/10 (30 ratings/21 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]
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| Manufacturer: | Stern Pinball, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA (1999-now) [Trade Name: Stern] |
| Date Of Manufacture: | 2009 |
| MPU: | Stern S.A.M. Board System |
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) ![[?]](/graphic/question.gif) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Sports - Basketball - Licensed Theme |
| Notable Features: | Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (9), 3-bank drop targets (1), Captive ball (1), Spinning disc (1), 2- and 3-ball multiball, Trajectory up-kicker (1) sends the ball airborne towards the hoop. Ramp-on-a-ramp elevates to send a fast ball airborne towards the hoop. Cabinet advertised as 55 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 75 1/2 inches high; 250 lbs. |
| Toys: | Large basketball hemisphere on playfield glows. |
| Design by: | Gary Stern, Ray Tanzer, John Borg |
| Art by: | Kevin O'Connor |
| Dots/Animation by: | Mark Galvez |
| Sound by: | David Thiel |
| Software by: | Lonnie D. Ropp, Lyman F. Sheats Jr. |
| Notes: | Voice-over artist Tim Kitzrow provided the voice of the play-by-play announcer.
Designer John Borg tells us a little bit about how this game got its start: Gary Stern and Ray Tanzer started the design of NBA. It was originally to be made for China only. When the [Stern personnel] downsizing happened it was then decided that NBA would go into the mix as a regular production game. I added the free throw kicker that shoots the ball through the air at the backboard. I also added the lift flap assembly in the plastic ramp, spinning disc and wire ramp / divert mechanism.
Reportedly, some of the DMD art was reused from Sega's 1996 'Space Jam'. |
| Additional Media: | Example of Play (at YouTube) [12:21] (External site) |
| Documentation: | 9 MB | PDF | Partial Manual ("Pink" and "Blue" pages only) | [Stern Pinball, Inc.] |
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| Source: |
flyer |
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| Average Fun Rating: | 7.2/10 (42 ratings/29 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ]
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| Manufacturer: | Sega Pinball, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois,
USA (1994-1999) [Trade Name: Sega] |
| Date Of Manufacture: | December 06, 1996 |
| Model Number: | 43 |
| Common Abbreviations: | SJ |
| MPU: | Sega/Stern Whitestar |
| Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) |
| Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) |
| Theme: | Sports - Basketball - Celebrities - Licensed Theme |
| Design by: | Joe Balcer, Joe Kaminkow |
| Art by: | Morgan Weistling, Jeff Busch, Marc Raneses |
| Mechanics by: | Joe Balcer |
| Music by: | Brian Schmidt |
| Sound by: | Brian Schmidt |
| Software by: | Lonnie D. Ropp, Orin Day |
| Notes: | Artist Marc Raneses told us: For Space Jam, Jeff Busch did a backglass but I believe Kaminkow opted to use Morgan’s art for the backglass. However, the playfield was Jeff Busch’s artwork. I was the sole artist for the cabinet and I did some production elements for the playfield.
Reportedly, some of the DMD art from this game was reused on Stern's 2009 'NBA'. Compare their playfield designs. |
| Photos in: |
The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present , page 230
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
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| Rule Sheets: |
Space Jam Rulesheet Version 2.0 (Jan/14/1997), by Robert Macauley
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| ROMs: | 2 MB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset | [Sega Pinball] |
| | 2 MB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (French) | [Sega Pinball] |
| | 2 MB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (German) | [Sega Pinball] |
| | 2 MB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (Italian) | [Sega Pinball] |
| | 2 MB | ZIP | ROMs | [Sega Pinball, Inc.] |
| Documentation: | 17 MB | PDF | Manual (Includes Schematics) | [Sega Pinball] |
| Files: | 190 KB | PDF | Instruction Card Multi-language | [Sega Pinball, Inc.] |
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