NBA Hangtime (ver L1.3 10/10/96) - MAME machine

Arcade Video game published 28 years ago:

NBA Hangtime © 1996 Midway Mfg. Co.

TECHNICAL
Midway Wolf Unit hardware

Main CPU: TMS34010 (@ 6.25 Mhz)
Sound CPU: ADSP2105 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound Chips: DMA-driven (@ 10 Mhz)

Players: 4
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 3

TRIVIA
Released on April 16, 1996.

This game is an official licensed product of the NBA (National Basketball Association).

The songs 'Get up Get up' and 'Hangtime - Whatcha Gonna Do' were produced by 'M.DOC of Indasoul Productions' specially for this game.

Michael Jackson used to own this game (Serial number: 40023600431). It was sold at the official Michael Jackson Auction on Apr. 24th, 2009.

UPDATES
Beta chipset? (released in Chicago and New York):

• Screen flashes for every code entered.
• No cheerleaders in the outdoor court.

These privileges are on the beta only.

• Break Backboard - Probably makes it easier to break.
• Auto Rebound - You rebound better.
• Back Door - ??? Probably a debugging tool in the pre-release.

Rev L1.1 04/16/96:

• Screen flashes only after all codes have been entered.
• Cheerleaders added to outdoor court.
• Removed Break Backboard and Back Door privileges.
• Renamed Auto Rebound to Super Rebound.
• Changed the code for outdoor court.

TIPS AND TRICKS

• Secret Players (Real Name - Code Name / Pin #):

Dan Amrich - AMRICH / 2020 (Writer, SLAM magazine)
Steve Bardo - BARDO / 6000 (Player model)
Carlos Pesina - CARLOS / 1010 (Brother to Daniel Pesina 'Johnny Cage' in "Mortal Kombat")
Dan Thompson - DANIEL / 0604 (Programmer)
Dan Roan - DANR / 0000 (Host of WGN's 'Bull's Eye', a Bulls pregame show)
Sal Divita - DIVITA / 0201 (Lead artist)
Eddie Ferrier - EDDIE / 6213 (Midway software tester)
Eugene Geer - EUGENE / 6767 (Artist)
Jamie Rivett - JAMIE / 1000 (Design team. Also worked on the PlayStation conversion.)
Jeff Johnson - JAPPLE / 6660 (Programmer)
John Carlton - JC / 0000 (Artist)
Jennifer Hedrick - JFER / 0503 (Artist)
Jon Hey - JONHEY / 6000 (Lead sound & music programmer)
Ed Boon - KOMBAT / 0004 (Programmer of the Mortal Kombat series)
John Tobias - MORTAL / 0004 (Designer of the Mortal Kombat series)
Marty Martinez - MARTY / 1010 (Design team)
Cary Mednick - MEDNIK / 6000 (Player model referee; also one of the hardware gurus at Midway)
Marcus Minifee - MINIFE / 6000 (Player model)
Air Morris - MORRIS / 6000 (Player model)
Willie Morris Jr. – JASON / 0729 (Player model)
Dan Jiggetts - JIGGET / 1010 (Chicago Sports Host)
Bud Fletcher - NOBUD / 1010 (Tester)
Marius Enge – MARIUS / 1005 (Design team)
Larry Munday - MUNDAY / 5432 (Writer, Play Meter Magazine and friend of Mark Turmell)
Mike Vinikour - MXV / 1014 (Midway tester)
Nick Erhlich - NICK / 7000 (Design team)
Neil Funk - NFUNK / 0101 (Announcer)
Pat Fitzgerald - PATF / 2000 (Midway marketing/PR coordinator)
Matthew Perry - PERRY / 3500 (From the hit sitcom Friends)
Kevin Quinn - QUIN / 0330 (Music)
John Root - ROOT / 6000 (Midway artist)
Shawn Liptak - SHAWN / 0123 (Design team)
Sheridan Oursler - SNO / 0103 (Developer of NBA Hangtime)
Mark Turmell - TURMEL / 0322 (Lead programmer)
Dan Jiggets - JIGGET / 1010 (Chicago Sports Host)
Unknown - NOBUD / 1010
Mike North - NORTH / 5050 (Chicago Sports Host)

• NBA all-Star player:

Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway - AHRDWY / 0000
Cliff Robinson - CLIFFR / 0000
David Robinson - DAVIDR / 0000
Glenn Robinson - GLENNR / 0000
Hakeem Olajuwon - DREAM / 0000
Sean Elliot - ELLIOT / 0000
Patrick Ewing - EWING / 0000
Horace Grant - HGRANT / 0000
Larry Johnson - JOHNSN / 0000
Shawn Kemp - KEMP / 0000
Jason Kidd - KIDD / 0000
Karl Malone - MALONE / 0000
Reggie Miller - MILLER / 0000
Dikembe Motumbo - MOTUMB / 0000
Alonzo Mourning - MOURNG / 0000
Gheorghe Muresan - MURSAN / 0000
Scottie Pippen - PIPPEN / 0000
Dennis Rodman - RODMAN / 0000
Glen Rice - RICE / 0000
Rik Smits - SMITS / 0000
Jerry Stackhouse - STACKH / 0000
John Starks - STARKS / 0000
Chris Webber - WEBBER / 0000
Grant Hill – GHILL / 0000
Spud Webb – WEBB / 0000

• Powerup Codes: Enter these in at the 'Tonight's Matchup' screen, if you press Down on the joystick, all numerical codes will 'lock in' for that game.

025 - BABY SIZED PLAYERS!
048 - No music during gameplay.
111 - Tournament Mode, disallows all powerups & computer assistance in multiplayer games.
120 - Fast Passing.
273 - Stealth Turbo.
284 - Max player speed.
390 - No pushing.
461 - Unlimited Turbo.
552 - Hyper Speed, overall gameplay is faster.
616 - Max shot blocking.
709 - Quick Hands, Max steal power.
937 - Goaltending not allowed.

• Outdoor Court: Hold Left, Turbo(x2) at the Tonight's Matchup screen.
• ABA Ball: Press Right(x2), Shoot, Turbo, Pass at the Tonight's Matchup screen.
• Big Head Mode: Press Up, Turbo, Pass at the Tonight's Matchup screen.
• Huge Head Mode: Press Up, Pass, Turbo at the Tonight's Matchup screen.
• Display Shot Percentage: Rotate the Joystick clockwise one full circle at the Tonight's Matchup screen.
• Alternate Dennis Rodman's Hair Color: Press Pass at the team selection screen.

SERIES

• NBA Jam (1993)
• NBA Jam Tournament Edition (1994)
• NBA Hangtime (1996)
• NBA Maximum Hangtime (1996)
• NBA Jam Extreme (1996)
• NBA Jam 99 (1998, N64)
• NBA Showtime - NBA on NBC (1999)
• NBA Jam 2000 (1999, N64)
• NBA Jam 2001 (2000, GBC)
• NBA Jam 2002 (2002, GBA)
• NBA Jam (2003, PS2, X-Box)
• NBA Jam 2004 (2003, unreleased GameCube prototype)
• NBA Jam (2010, Nintendo Wii)
• NBA Jam - On Fire Edition (2011, PSN, XBOX Live)

STAFF
Design team: Jeff Johnson, Mark Turmell, Sal Divita, Dan Thompson, Eugene Geer, Jennifer Hedrick, John Carlton, Jon Hey
Additional designers: Shawn Liptak, Jamie Rivett, Pat Fitgerald, John Root, Marty Martinez, Carlos Pesina, Nick Erhlich
Sound & music: Jon Hey, Kevin Quinn, Neil Funk
Hardware support: Mark Loffredo, Sheridan Oursler, Pat Cox, Al Lasko, Jeff Peters, Cary Mednick, Ray Gay, Steve Correl, John Lowes
NBA Support: Greg Lassen, Joe Amati, United Center, Jonathan Zirin
Game testers: Mike Vinikour, Eddie Ferrier
Additional testers: Bud Fletcher, Eric C. Ward, Mike Mallard, Sean Jennings, Rob Gorski, Dimitri, Alfred Montegue, Quiana Lahori, Marius Mateescu
Executive producers: Neil Nicastro, Ken Fedesna, Paul Dussault, Roger Sharpe
Cast: Willie Morris Jr., Steve Bardo, Marcus Minifee, Mary Jane Lee, Kim Keller

PORTS

• CONSOLES:

[US] Nintendo Super NES (1996) "NBA Hang Time [Model SNS-AXGE-USA]"
[EU] Nintendo Super NES (1996) "NBA Hang Time [Model SNSP-AXGP-EUR]"
[US] Sega Genesis (1996) "NBA Hang Time [Model T-97136]"
[US] Nintendo 64 (1997) "NBA Hang Time [Model NUS-NXGP-NOE]"
[US] Sony PlayStation (1997) "NBA Hang Time [Model SLUS-00329]"

• COMPUTERS:

PC [Windows] (1996)

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