Can I get a lesson on how many NBA Jam Rom versions there are?

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Can I get a lesson on how many NBA Jam Rom versions there are?

I've seen numerous posts on different versions of NBA Jam and NBA Jam Tournament edition.
I wanted a lesson as to how many versions of each of the game there are and what the differences are between them?
I'm assuming there are different secret players but can someone explain to me what the differences are and how many there were.
Thanks in advance.
 
MAWS Database lists the following:

nbajamt1 - NBA Jam TE (Rev 1.0)
nbajamt2 - NBA Jam TE (Rev 2.0)
nbajamt3 - NBA Jam TE (Rev 3.0)
nbajamte - NBA Jam TE (Rev 4.0)

nbajamr2 - NBA Jam (Rev 2.00)
nbajam - NBA Jam (Rev 3.01)


I think you are probably right that the main changes are character availability, but maybe someone else can chime in.

From the notes for NBA Jam TE Rev 4.0:

[Charles Barkley] BRK FEB 20 (does not work on version 3.0 / 4.0)
[Isiah Thomas] ZEK APR 30 (does not work on old version 1.0 / 2.0)
[Tim Coman] TJC OCT 11 (does not work on version 3.0 /4.0)
[Elviscious] ELV JAN 8 (does not work on version 3.0 /4.0)
[Grim Reaper] GRM OCT 31 (does not work on version 3.0 /4.0)
[Kongo] KNG JAN 16 (does not work on version 3.0 /4.0)
[Raiden] RAD JUL 9 (does not work on version 3.0 /4.0)
[Reptile] RPT NOV 11 (does not work on version 3.0 /4.0)
[Sub-Zero] SUB DEC 5 (does not work on version 3.0 /4.0)
[Scorpion] SCO, Jul 6 (does not work on version 3.0 /4.0)


Hope this helps at least a little bit.
 



ok according to my TE FAQ in 1.0 and 2.0 you get the MK chars + barkley+ elviscious/coman/grim reaper/kongo ect...

in 3.0 you can use rodman and thomas

as far as i know there are 1.0/2.0/3.0/4.0 revisions when it comes to TE, I think regular NBA Jam only has 1.0 and 2.0 but can't remember off the top of my head.

Most of them just fixed glitches and might fix some jersey colors. also I guess 1.0 is lacking some major trades.

TE doesn't have Shaq or Divac i don't think
 
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I also found this tidbit regarding NBA Jam TE Rev 1.0 :

Only a handful of this revision of the board left the factory. There was apparently some dispute from the NBA about having Mortal Kombat characters in the line-up. Midway sent out recall notices to all the purchasers of the game to return the boards for new ones... new ones WITHOUT the Mortal Kombat characters.
 
I also found this tidbit regarding NBA Jam TE Rev 1.0 :

Only a handful of this revision of the board left the factory. There was apparently some dispute from the NBA about having Mortal Kombat characters in the line-up. Midway sent out recall notices to all the purchasers of the game to return the boards for new ones... new ones WITHOUT the Mortal Kombat characters.

good to know as i have a TE v1.0 (L1)
 
good to know as i have a TE v1.0 (L1)

If that's the case these should all work!

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they do!

but thinking back on it, this board has a mix of L1 and L3 chips, and when i originally got it it was version 3.0 on the cmos check screen so i had steph at hobbyroms burn me the correct 2 replacement chips.

So unfortunately i can't say mines 100% original :(


pic of the board is an old one pre downgrade to 1.0
 

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Cool.
I have a Tournament edition and was looking to pick up an original as well and wanted to see if there were any big differences between the versions.
 
Yeah, especially on TE Definitely shoot for Revision 1.0 or 2.0 with the Mortal Kombat and other characters, they're fun to play as and their stats are ridiculous. Shame they wouldn't allow them into the later revisions due to the controversy surrounding Mortal Kombat.

As far as Shaq gues, Shaq is only in NBA Jam and not in TE, as he split from the full NBA Licensing right after his rookie season I believe (93, the year Jam came out!), as did Barkley, hence why he's only in 1.0/2.0 revisions of NBA Jam TE and only one revision of the home version of NBA Jam.

Licensing is also the reason why you don't see Michael Jordan in NBA Jam. Though according to head developer Mark Turmell there's a ROM revision that includes him and Gary Peyton exist in specially made ROM revisions for them...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3668922
 
Yeah, especially on TE Definitely shoot for Revision 1.0 or 2.0 with the Mortal Kombat and other characters, they're fun to play as and their stats are ridiculous. Shame they wouldn't allow them into the later revisions due to the controversy surrounding Mortal Kombat.

As far as Shaq gues, Shaq is only in NBA Jam and not in TE, as he split from the full NBA Licensing right after his rookie season I believe (93, the year Jam came out!), as did Barkley, hence why he's only in 1.0/2.0 revisions of NBA Jam TE and only one revision of the home version of NBA Jam.

Licensing is also the reason why you don't see Michael Jordan in NBA Jam. Though according to head developer Mark Turmell there's a ROM revision that includes him and Gary Peyton exist in specially made ROM revisions for them...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3668922


thanks for the shaq clarification, i wish i could get the MJ/GP rom (never knew about that).
 
The MK characters are cool, but there are so many bugs in the 1.0 REV Roms, its not fun to play.
 
I just checked. Rev 2.0 has the MK characters and all of the rest listed in that chart. It's also likely less buggy than 1.0, so if you're going to burn ROMs, then go 2.0.
 
If you took an infinite amount of monkeys and an infinite amount of typewriters and gave them an infinite amount of time, you might be able to come up with a complete list.
 
I made some cards for my NBA Jam cab with the characters and their codes. They ONLY work for rev 1.0 and 2.0 of TE. Just below is the link if you want them. You can of course place them anywhere you wish. There are MANY more characters, but I only did the popular ones...


http://www.mediafire.com/download/bj5ux5p1qxdsbun/Jam+Characters.rar















 
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Just nerco resurrection here as i cant find any sites documenting the differences between the versions, other than some secret characters being removed/added. .

What are the differences between v1/v2? (I just got my order from steph and they are v1)
 
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