NBA Jam Tournament Edition/Hidden content

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Saturn version

"Tonight's match-up" codes

These codes need to be entered when the "Tonight's match-up" screen is on display. If entered correctly, the effects will become visible when the tip-off is about to start. Any players affected by stat boosts will momentarily flash white.

"Baby mode"

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"Big body mode"

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"Big head mode"

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"Bigger head mode"

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"High shots"

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Max power

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Powerup 3pts

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Powerup defense

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Powerup dunks

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Powerup fire

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Powerup offense

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"Powerup speed"

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Push opponent, both fall

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Push opponent, other falls

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Quick hands

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Shot percent display

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"Teleport passing"

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Secret players

In the Saturn NBA Jam TE all secret players are chosen in the same way; say yes to keeping a record, then hold + and input the following initials, months and days. If successful, the game will display "secret player" prior to the team selection screen.

There are also two similar codes for progressing further into the game.

Screenshot	Name	Initials	Month	Day	Comments
	Boo-Boo	THI	November	1	Acclaim developer.
	Brutah	GOW	July	17	Acclaim developer.
	Chow Chow	CHD	May	5	Asif Chaudhri, Acclaim developer.
	Facime	DEL	October	19	Acclaim developer.
	Fumungus	GUN	January	11	Acclaim developer.
	Kabuki	KUB	April	14	Eric Kuby, Acclaim developer.
	Magic Hair	STH	Dec	8	Acclaim developer.
	Max	LIZ	August	7	Acclaim developer.
	Pistol	WAN	June	10	Acclaim developer.
	Sequoia	SAW	April	10	Acclaim developer.
	Weasel	DAN	January	2	Dan Feinstein, Acclaim developer.
	Air-Dog	AIR	January	21	Eric Samulski, son of Acclaim's vice president of product development, Paul Samulski.
	Catling	CAT	January	2	Iguana developer.
	D Falcus	DAZ	August	6	Iguana developer.
	Higgins	TOM	February	19	Iguana developer.
	Hill	ZIG	April	7	Iguana developer.
	Hodgeson	HOG	December	31	Iguana developer.
	Hutchinson	BAR	April	9	Iguana developer.
	J Falcus	JAS	November	16	Iguana developer.
	J Moon	JAY	August	24	Iguana developer.
	Kirby	CHR	December	18	Iguana developer.
	Mad Mike	MUS	December	24	Iguana developer.
	McHugh	BAA	July	12	Iguana developer.
	Snake	SNK	June	15	Iguana developer.
	Tunnicliff	SAT	May	7	Iguana developer.
	Carlton	CAL	March	25	John Carlton, Midway developer.
	Divita	DIV	July	3	Sal DiVita, Midway developer.
	Goskie	GOS	January	6	Tony Goskie, Midway developer.
	Liptak	LIP	January	14	Shawn Liptak, Midway developer.
	Rivett	REV	July	6	Jamie Rivett, Midway developer.
	Turmell	TUR	January	31	Mark Turmell, Midway developer.
	Bird	LAR	January	15	Larry Bird.
	Blaze	BLZ	January	14	Carol Blazejowski
	Benny	BEN	September	20	Benny the Bull, mascot of the Chicago Bulls.
	Crunch	WOL	March	7	Crunch the Wolf, mascot of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
	Gorilla	APE	April	2	The Suns Gorilla, mascot of the Phoenix Suns.
	Hugo	HOR	June	12	Hugo, mascot of the Charlotte Hornets.
	Gordon	GOR	July	3	Musician Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth.
	Moore	MOE	June	8	Musician Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
	Renaldo	REN	February	4	Musician Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth.
	Shelly	SHY	June	8	Musician Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth.
	Adrock	ADR	April	6	Musician Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys.
	MCA	MCA	April	9	Musician Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys.
	Mike D	M D	July	1	Musician Mike D of the Beastie Boys.
	Bill Clinton	BIL	June	3	Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, who was in office when NBA Jam Tournament Edition launched.
	H Clinton	HIL	November	6	Hillary Clinton, then first lady of the United States.
	Charles	CHA	May	4	Charles, Prince of Wales.
	Heavy D	HEA	January	9	Musician Heavy D.
	Jazzy Jeff	JAZ	October	9	Musician DJ Jazzy Jeff.
	F Prince	FRS	February	2	Actor and musician Will Smith under his stage name, The Fresh Prince.
	Thomas	FNK	January	8	Frank Thomas, US baseball player, likely here to cross-promote Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball.

Saturn-exclusive secret players

In October 2023 two other secret players were discovered, neither of which were listed in guides at the time.

Screenshot	Name	Initials	Month	Day	Comments
	Kitzrow	KIT	June	8	Tim Kitzrow, the announcer. Kitzrow was unaware he was in the game.
	Fox	FOX	August	3	Unknown. This may be someone related to Rick Fox of Fox Productions, who handled the game's soundtrack.

26 teams defeated

Enter END, Jan, 1

All 27 teams defeated

Enter FIN, Jan, 1