NBA Jam is a
basketball arcade game published and developed by
Midway in
1993. It is the first entry in the
NBA Jam series. The main designer and programmer for this game was Mark Turmell. Midway had previously released such sports games as
Arch Rivals in 1989,
High Impact in 1990, and
Super High Impact in 1991. The gameplay of
NBA Jam is based on
Arch Rivals, another 2-on-2 basketball video game. However, it was the release of
NBA Jam that brought mainstream success to the genre.