Sports Jam

n/a

NAOMI
Dreamcast

Sports Jam

System(s): Sega NAOMI GD-ROM, Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Sega

Developer: WOW Entertainment

Distributor:

Agetec (US)

Licensor: Adidas, Swatch

Peripherals supported:

Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Modem, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box

Genre: Sports Variety (スポーツ･バラエティ)^[1]^[2], Sports^[3]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2000-12	¥?	GDS-0003

JP	2001-04-12^[2]	¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e^[2]	HDR-0153
US	2001-07-19^[4]		T-44304N

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Sports Jam (スポーツ・ジャム) is a Sega Dreamcast and Sega NAOMI release containing a number of sports games.

Production credits

Main article: Sports Jam/Production credits.

Digital manuals

US manual (kit)

Magazine articles

Main article: Sports Jam/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

US flyer

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #2001-12: "2001-12 (2001-04-27,05-04)" (2001-04-13)

Physical scans

NAOMI version

NAOMI GD-ROM, JP
"Long" instructions "Long" instructions (2)
Disc Manual

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

90

^[5]

Ação Games (BR)

77

^[6]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-U

85

^[7]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

NTSC-J

82

^[8]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[9]

Dreamzone (FR)

NTSC-J

88

^[10]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[11]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

57

^[12]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[13]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[14]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

60

^[15]

PSX Extreme (PL)

PAL

60

^[16]

	73
Based on 12 reviews

Sports Jam

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Manual

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Manual Inlay

Technical information

The announcer's character model consists of 18,357 polygons, including 17,183 polygons for the body^[17] and 1174 polygons for the shadow.^[18] This was the highest character polygon count in any video game at the time, surpassing the character polygon counts of Shenmue (up to 14,361 polygons), up until it was surpassed the following year by Virtua Fighter 4 (on the Sega NAOMI 2 arcade system) which had about 20,000 polygons per character.^[19] Sports Jam also had the highest character polygon count of any consoles game at the time (the highest on any other console was up to 15,000 polygons in Dead or Alive 3 and Dead or Alive Ultimate on the Xbox) up until the release of the Xbox 360 in 2005.^[20]

Technical information

Main article: Sports Jam/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

GD-ROM (JP)

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

GD-ROM (US)

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast
Agetec webpage: Dreamcast

References

↑ File:SportsJam DC JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/db/010411.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-12-06 04:28)
↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-11-08 10:29)
↑ http://www.gexpress.com/detailedspecs.cfm?returndept=DC&returnpage=2&number=093992057800 (Wayback Machine: 2002-07-25 17:16)
↑ 576 Konzol, "Május 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 43
↑ Ação Games, "Setembro 2001" (BR; 2001-xx-xx), page 46
↑ Consoles +, "Juin 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 90
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 24" (UK; 2001-07-12), page 60
↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
↑ Dreamzone, "Mai 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 44
↑ Edge, "August 2001" (UK; 2001-07-13), page 100
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 2001" (US; 2001-07-03), page 111
↑ Famitsu, "2001-04-20" (JP; 2001-04-06), page 32
↑ Game Informer, "August 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 106
↑ MAN!AC, "06/2001" (DE; 2001-05-02), page 50
↑ PSX Extreme, "09/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 57
↑ File:SportsJam announcer model.png
↑ File:SportsJam announcer model with shadow.png
↑ http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20061025/3dvf5.htm (Wayback Machine: 2008-12-08 05:05)
↑ https://forum.beyond3d.com/threads/yes-but-how-many-polygons-an-artist-blog-entry-with-interesting-numbers.39321/ (Wayback Machine: 2015-01-08 01:39)

Sports Jam
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[:File:SportsJam_DC_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:SportsJam DC JP Box Back.jpg

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[5] 576 Konzol, "Május 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 43

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_167.pdf_p46-6] Ação Games, "Setembro 2001" (BR; 2001-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_113.pdf_p90-7] Consoles +, "Juin 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 90

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_24.pdf_p60-8] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 24" (UK; 2001-07-12), page 60

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p34-9] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34

[:File:Dreamzone_FR_24.pdf_p44-10] Dreamzone, "Mai 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 44

[:File:Edge_UK_100.pdf_p100-11] Edge, "August 2001" (UK; 2001-07-13), page 100

[:File:EGM_US_145.pdf_p111-12] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 2001" (US; 2001-07-03), page 111

[13] Famitsu, "2001-04-20" (JP; 2001-04-06), page 32

[:File:GameInformer_US_100.pdf_p106-14] Game Informer, "August 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 106

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2001-06.pdf_p50-15] MAN!AC, "06/2001" (DE; 2001-05-02), page 50

[16] PSX Extreme, "09/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 57

[:File:SportsJam_announcer_model.png_p-17] File:SportsJam announcer model.png

[:File:SportsJam_announcer_model_with_shadow.png_p-18] File:SportsJam announcer model with shadow.png

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Sports Jam

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Contents

Production credits

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

NAOMI version

Dreamcast version

Technical information

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References