Space Jam (video game)

Space Jam
North American PlayStation cover
Developer(s)Sculptured Software
Publisher(s)Acclaim Entertainment
EngineNBA Jam Extreme
Platform(s)Sega Saturn
PlayStation
MS-DOS
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: November 15, 1996[1]
  • EU: March 14, 1997
Saturn
  • NA: November 26, 1996
  • JP: February 28, 1997
  • EU: March 14, 1997
DOS
Genre(s)Sports (basketball)
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Space Jam is a sports video game that ties in with the film of the same name, and based on Looney Tunes characters by Warner Bros. It was released for the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn consoles, and MS-DOS computers. Unlike the film and real rules of basketball, each team plays 3-on-3. Players have a choice whether to play as the TuneSquad or the Monstars. It features basic controls and 2D graphics. The game was developed by Sculptured Software, who also developed the Looney Tunes-based basketball game Looney Tunes B-Ball for Sunsoft the year prior to the production of the Space Jam film, and published by Acclaim Entertainment, who also published the NBA Jam series of basketball games.[3]

  1. ^ "Press release: 1996-11-15: Acclaim releases 'SPACE JAM' Video Game in tandem with Warner Bros. movie". Sega Retro. June 18, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Online Gaming Review". February 27, 1997. Archived from the original on February 27, 1997. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Space Jam". Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 10. Emap International Limited. August 1996. p. 16.