NBA Jam cheats/codes

[BORIStheBLADE]

While growing up in the arcade I used to love playing NBA Jam and using the codes. For the last 30 min I was looking for the codes, but just come up with console codes. Does anyone know them or know where I can find them?

thanks

[mrserv0n]

Tank mini-game:
Hold all buttons for all four players and press Down on all four Joysticks at the "Tonight's Match-up" screen. Keep the controls held until the mini-game begins.

Big head mode:
Hold Up + Turbo + Steal at the "Tonight's Match-up" screen.

No CPU assistance:
Press Turbo ten times at the "Tonight's Match-up" screen. Note: This can only be done on v3.0 machines.

Power-up defense:
Press Steal eight times or Block eight times at the "Tonight's Match-up" screen.

Power-up interceptions:
Hold Down position and hold all buttons for player one at the "Tonight's Match-up" screen.

Power-up offense:
Press Steal twenty one times or Block twenty one times at the "Tonight's Match-up" screen.

Display shot percentage:
Rotate the Joystick and press any button twenty one times at the "Tonight's Match-up" screen.

Bonus characters:
Enter the following initials and birthdates to unlock the corresponding character.

Character    Initials    Birthday
Air Morris   Wil    January 1
Carlton   JMC    August 5th.
George Petro   GNP    Oct 8
John Newcomer   JRN    Jun 18
Jon Hey   JWH   Sep 20
Mark Turmell   MJT    March 22
Rivett   RJR   January 17
Sal DiVita   SAL    Feb 1
Shawn Liptak   SL_    Jun 24
Sheridan Oursler   SNO    Jan 3
Stephen Howard   HOW    Jul 15
Tony Goskie   TWG    Dec 7
Tony Scott   TON    Jul 3

[BORIStheBLADE]

Right on.
I'm going to give them a try.'


thanks

[Ginsu Victim]

Just for future reference, GameFAQs is a GREAT site (and it's my startup homepage).
If you need info on a game, look no further.
For instance:
NBA JAM

[emb]

MAWS is the greatest thing since sliced bread    (http://www.mameworld.net/maws/)

Hope this helps! BTW you have great taste in games 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NBAJAM: (http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/nbajam)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Hidden Characters :
Air Morris - WIL, Jan 1
Carleton - JMC, Aug 5
Divita - SAL, Feb 1 (Sal Divita did the artwork for NBA Jam, as well as some graphics work on Mortal Kombat)
Goskie - TWG, Dec 7
Hey - JWH, Sep 20 (On the design team screen, Jon Hey is the one in the checkered shirt and glasses, sticking his tongue out to the rest of the world)
Howard - HOW, Jul 15
Liptak - SL(space), Jun 24 (Shawn Liptak is the one on the design team screen with a basketball for a brain)
Newcomer - JRN, Jun 18
Oursler - SNO, Jan 3
Petro - GNP, Oct 8 (George N. Petro is the main designer of "Terminator 2 - Judgement day")
Rivett - RJR, Jan 17 (Jamie Rivett helped with the autostat portion of NBA Jam)
Scott - TON, Jul 03 (Tony Scoot helped with digitizing the player movements and performed many of the special dunks)
Turmell - MJT, Mar 22 (Mark J. Turmell is the main designer and programmer for NBA Jam)

* Big Head : Hold Up+Turbo+Steal at 'Tonight's match up'.

* Powerup :
Defense - Press Steal or Block 8 times when it says 'Tonight's match up'.
Intercept - Hold Down joystick and hold all three buttons during 'Tonight's match up'.
Offense - press Steal or Block 21 times at 'Tonight's match up'.
Defense and Intercept - At 'Tonight's Match-Up', Press the Shoot button 7 times, then all at once, hold Down the joystick and all three buttons.
Powerup Defense and Big head - press Turbo 6 times, hold Turbo and Steal, then hold the joystick Up at 'Tonight's match-up'.
Fair Shake - Tap turbo 10 times when it says 'Tonight's match up'. The Fair shake can ONLY be done in Human vs. Human games and ONLY on machines that are version 3.0 or greater.
Fair Shake and Powerup Intercept - press Turbo 7 times, then hold Turbo+Pass+Shoot, then hold the joystick Down at 'Tonight's match-up'.
Fair Shake and Big head - Press turbo 8 times, then hold Turbo+Steal and hold the joystick Up.

* Tank Mini-Game : Hold all buttons for all four players and press Down on all four joysticks at the 'Tonight's match up'. Keep the controls held until the mini-game begins.



---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NBAJAM TOURNAMENT EDITION  (http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/nbajamte)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Quick Players : Press any button five times, then hold Down as the match-up screen fades.

* Baby Mode : Hold Down/Right angle and press Turbo, Shoot, Steal, Turbo, Shoot, Steal, Turbo, Shoot, Steal at the match-up screen.

* Big Heads : Hold Up+Turbo+Pass as the match-up screen fades.

* Huge Heads : Press Up three times, then hold Turbo+Pass and press Shoot six times at the match-up screen.

* Maximum Power : Hold Down and press Turbo+Shoot+Pass+Start at the match-up screen.

* Change Teams : Hold Pass and press Right at the player substitution screen.

* Bigger Roster : Hold Down and press Pass three times at the player selection screen, then rotate the Joystick three full circles and press Pass.

* Hidden Characters :

NBA all-stars :
[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)
[Dee Brown] DEE NOV 29
[Coleman] DC_ JUN 21
[Patrick Ewing] PAT AUG 5
[Shawn Kemp] KMP NOV 26
[Karl Malone] KRL JUL 24
[Alonzo Mourning] ZO_ FEB 8
[Hakeem Olajuwon] HAK JAN 21
[Scottie Pippen] PIP SEP 25
[David Robinson] ROB AUG 6
[Webber] WEB MAR 1
[Dominique Wilkins] DOM APR 16

Special Guest :
[Kerri Hoskins] KER OCT 10
[Lorraine Olivia] LOR FEB 20
[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)
[Air Morris] WIL JAN 1
[Paul Barker] PCB MAY 9
[Rachel Davies] RJD SEP 3
[Ed Boon] EJB FEB 22
[Warren Davis] WBD AUG 17
[Sal Divita] SAL FEB 1
[Bill Dabelstein] DOZ DEC 31
[Joe Dillon] JPD JUN 3
[John Carleton] JMC AUG 5
[Dan Forden] DWF SEP 28
[Chris Granner] CG_ DEC 4
[Raymond Gay] RMG AUG 11
[Paul Heitsch] WMN NOV 11
[George Petro] GNP OCT 8
[Jon Hey] JWH SEP 20
[Eugene Jarvis] EPJ JAN 27
[Eric Kinkead] DIE JAN 1
[Al Lasko] AML AUG 31
[linda Deal] LTD APR 30
[Mark Loffredo] ML_ MAY 25
[Tony Goskie] TWG DEC 7
[Cary Mednick] CMM JUL 2
[Sheridan Oursler] SNO JAN 3
[Mark J. Turmell] MJT MAR 22
[John Newcomer] JRN JUN 18
[Shawn Liptak] SL_ JUN 24
[Mark Penacho] MDP JAN 13
[Jamie Rivett] RJR JAN 17
[Roger Sharpe] ROG AUG 1
[Jake Simpson] JMS FEB 22
[John Tobias] TOB AUG 24
[Josh Tsui] JYT NOV 28
[Steve Beran] SAB AUG 29
[Matt Booty] MVB APR 18
[Pat Cox] PGC APR 11
[Jim Gentille] JPG JAN 23
[Jim Green] JDG MAY 31
[Jack Haeger] JEH JUL 13
[Ray Macika] REM MAR 26
[Vince Pontarelli] VJP APR 11
[linhoff] JFL APR 16
[John Vogel] VOG JUN 27
[Jason Skiles] JMS JUL 29
[Martin Martinez] MAM AUG 7
[John Lowes] JML NOV 4

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[BORIStheBLADE]

good info thanks guys.