This is cleverly and elegantly handled by holding down turbo and then sliding to one of the other two buttons, which works great in practice. Using your limited turbo meter not only increases your player’s speed but also enhances your other moves, like turning a simple steal attempt into a full-blown shove of an opponent. There’s a virtual stick for movement, a turbo button in the opposite corner, and based on if you’re on offense or defense a button for passing/stealing and another for shooting/blocking. The iOS version of NBA Jam uses a smart control system that works incredibly well. The game is also optimized for Retina Displays, and looks especially crisp running on these devices. The player models are fluidly animated and the overall performance is fairly smooth, though there is the occasional stutter. The effect is hilarious, and a bit creepy, as the various NBA stars make an assortment of funny or intense faces during play.
The new NBA Jam takes this a step further, using 3D polygonal models for player bodies but high resolution photographs of the actual players’ faces for the heads.
The original NBA Jam was the first sports game to use character sprites that were digitized versions of real life players. If you’ve played NBA Jam in the past, not a lot has changed here, but that’s most likely for the best. Any player that makes 3 consecutive shots will then be “on fire” and during this time will make a higher percentage of shots, have unlimited turbo, and be immune to the goaltending rule. Besides adhering to a 24 second shot clock and a no goaltending rule, pretty much anything goes in NBA Jam.
The familiar NBA Jam gameplay returns here featuring a relatively rule-free game of 2-on-2 basketball with an emphasis on pulling off insane physics-defying dunks and ridiculous shooting sprees. Now an iOS version of NBA Jam based on the 2010 console version has hit the App Store, and despite a couple of omissions it overwhelmingly satisfies in every way if you were ever a fan of the original NBA Jam series. Throwing down monster dunks, catching fire, and trash talking your opponent were all things that made NBA Jam such a blast back then, and that core entertainment was successfully transitioned into the franchise reboot that hit consoles in late 2010. Back in the early and mid-90s, NBA Jam exploded in popularity in arcades and on home consoles everywhere with its over-the-top take on NBA basketball.
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