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Arcade racing cabinet that promised a coast-to-coast road trip—San Francisco to Washington, D.C.—and actually delivered. You shifted and swerved your way through America's most iconic backdrops, and later the entire globe, one quarter at a time.
"BOOMSHAKALAKA!" Midway's two-on-two arcade basketball threw out the rulebook — players leapt three times their own height, shoved each other to the floor, and burst into flames after three straight buckets. It was loud, ridiculous, and impossible to walk past without feeding it a quarter.
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The arcade football game that threw the rulebook in the trash: seven-on-seven, 30 yards for a first down, no penalties, and late hits actively encouraged — you could body-slam a guy well after the whistle. From the NBA Jam bloodline, with the same announcer energy: "DA BOMB!"
The definitive version of Mortal Kombat 3 — the one with all the ninjas back in it. Owner's memory is the Sega Genesis port: the run button, the fatalities, and everybody on the roster.
The best NBA Jam that wasn't allowed to say so. When the NBA Jam name went to Acclaim, Midway kept the original arcade team and the whole 2-on-2 formula — big heads, impossible dunks — and had to ship it under a new name. Enter NBA Hangtime, the game where you could finally put YOURSELF on the court.