NBA Jam/Hidden content

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Mega Drive version

Hidden players

The Mega Drive NBA Jam has 12 hidden players which are all selected in a similar way. When prompted, enter the initials below, and when highlighting the third character, hold  START , then press the desired button.

The selected character is always the first player regardless of what team is selected. The second player can be swapped by pressing . These characters are just sprite changes, with the playing statistics coming from whoever they are set to be replaced.

"_" indicates the blank character.

Air Dog

AIR, HOLD  START .

Eric Samulski, then-nine-year-old son of Acclaim's vice president of product development, Paul Samulski.

Chow-Chow

CAR, HOLD  START .

Asif Chaudhri, Acclaim developer.

Clinton

ARK, HOLD  START .

Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, who was in office when NBA Jam launched.

Gore

NET, HOLD  START .

Al Gore, the 45th vice president of the United States, and Clinton's running mate.

Di Vita

SAL, HOLD  START .

Sal DiVita, Midway developer.

Kabuki

QB_, HOLD  START .

Eric Kuby, Acclaim developer.

Moon

UW_, HOLD  START .

Warren Moon, NFL quarterback.

P Funk

DIS, HOLD  START .

George Clinton, funk musician.

Rivett

RJR, HOLD  START .

Jamie Rivett, Midway developer.

Scruff

ROD, HOLD  START .

Tom Rademacher, Acclaim developer.

Turmell

MJT, HOLD  START .

Mark Turmell, Midway developer.

Weasel

SAX, HOLD  START .

Dan Feinstein, Acclaim developer.