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G33Z3R Arcade Files · 19931997

Who said "He's on fire!" in NBA Jam?

NBA Jam

Released
1993
Made by
Midway; designed by Mark Turmell
How it played
Two-on-two basketball, no fouls, 30-foot dunks, and a player who caught fire after three straight baskets
The voice
Tim Kitzrow, a Chicago sportscaster, recorded the announcer lines
The numbers
Over $1 billion in quarters in its first year, reportedly

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Two-on-two, real NBA rosters, dunks from half court, and an announcer who lost his mind when you hit three in a row. NBA Jam was the cabinet in the Blockbuster lobby and the bowling alley, and it took a dollar a game without complaint.

The secret codes unlocked Bill Clinton and the Beastie Boys, which is how the '90s worked. Tim Kitzrow's "Boomshakalaka" outlived the game, the league and most of the players in it.

Sources: Wikipedia — NBA Jam (1993 video game)

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