<s>
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
Extreme	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1996	O
basketball	O
arcade	O
game	O
by	O
Acclaim	O
Entertainment	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1996	O
–	O
97	O
NBA	B-Application
season	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Midway	O
Games	O
released	O
two	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
games	O
,	O
Acclaim	O
,	O
the	O
publisher	O
of	O
the	O
home	O
versions	O
of	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
,	O
ended	O
up	O
winning	O
the	O
exclusive	O
rights	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Jam	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
Extreme	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Jam	O
game	O
from	O
Acclaim	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
use	O
3D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
Midway	O
's	O
competing	O
NBA	B-Application
game	O
NBA	B-Application
Hangtime	I-Application
featured	O
2-D	O
visuals	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
Jam	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
demo	O
game	O
titled	O
"	O
NBA	B-Application
2Ball	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
NBA	B-Application
's	O
2Ball	O
competition	O
for	O
the	O
1998	O
NBA	B-Application
All-Star	O
Weekend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demo	O
featured	O
rosters	O
from	O
the	O
1997	O
–	O
98	O
NBA	B-Application
Season	O
,	O
with	O
each	O
of	O
all	O
29	O
NBA	B-Application
teams	O
having	O
three	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
Extreme	I-Application
features	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
players	O
from	O
the	O
1996	O
–	O
97	O
NBA	B-Application
season	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
notable	O
omissions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chief	O
among	O
them	O
were	O
Michael	B-Application
Jordan	I-Application
,	O
Charles	O
Barkley	O
and	O
Shaquille	O
O'Neal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jordan	O
and	O
O'Neal	O
had	O
contracts	O
with	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
that	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
Jordan	O
game	O
Chaos	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Windy	I-Application
City	I-Application
and	O
O'Neal	O
appearing	O
in	O
Shaq-Fu	B-Application
and	O
the	O
NBA	B-Application
Live	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barkley	O
had	O
signed	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
Accolade	O
to	O
appear	O
in	O
its	O
Barkley	B-Application
Shut	I-Application
Up	I-Application
and	I-Application
Jam	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
animations	O
were	O
built	O
from	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
footage	O
of	O
Juwan	O
Howard	O
of	O
the	O
Washington	O
Bullets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digitized	O
images	O
of	O
NBA	B-Application
players	O
were	O
scanned	O
and	O
then	O
mapped	O
onto	O
the	O
characters	O
 '	O
heads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
joint	O
promotion	O
with	O
Nestlé	O
,	O
contest	O
labels	O
were	O
printed	O
on	O
the	O
inside	O
of	O
the	O
wrappers	O
for	O
Nestlé	O
brand	O
candy	O
bars	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
grand	O
prize	O
being	O
a	O
personalized	O
copy	O
of	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
Extreme	I-Application
including	O
the	O
contest	O
winner	O
in	O
digitized	O
form	O
as	O
a	O
playable	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
,	O
a	O
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewer	O
commented	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
may	O
be	O
debated	O
whether	O
an	O
expanded	O
roster	O
(	O
including	O
six	O
players	O
per	O
team/160	O
-plus	O
NBA	B-Application
players	O
)	O
,	O
updated	O
graphics	O
(	O
123,000	O
texture-mapped	O
polygons	O
per	O
second	O
in	O
a	O
full	O
3D	O
environment	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
additional	O
features	O
(	O
an	O
extreme	O
button	O
and	O
the	O
'	O
alley-oop	O
'	O
play	O
)	O
improve	O
the	O
actual	O
gameplay	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
Jam	O
incarnations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
home	O
versions	O
of	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
Extreme	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
Matt	O
Rubenstein	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
compared	O
favorably	O
to	O
those	O
in	O
Midway	O
's	O
NBA	B-Application
Hangtime	I-Application
and	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
hidden	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePros	O
The	O
Rookie	O
was	O
also	O
pleased	O
with	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
's	O
graphics	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
retention	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
criticized	O
the	O
controls	O
and	O
held	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
not	O
as	O
fun	O
as	O
NBA	B-Application
Hangtime	I-Application
,	O
but	O
considered	O
it	O
good	O
in	O
absolute	O
terms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
,	O
contrarily	O
,	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
does	O
n't	O
look	O
or	O
play	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
surprising	O
since	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation-compatible	O
System	O
11	O
board.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
overall	O
poor	O
playability	O
,	O
making	O
NBA	B-Application
Hangtime	I-Application
the	O
better	O
game	O
despite	O
Extreme	O
's	O
superior	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Josh	O
Smith	O
heavily	O
criticized	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
's	O
visuals	O
as	O
"	O
blurry	O
and	O
unclear	O
,	O
choppy	O
and	O
awkwardly	O
animated	O
"	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
they	O
hampered	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
,	O
Game	O
Revolution	O
also	O
faulted	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
not	O
making	O
much	O
progress	O
beyond	O
the	O
original	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
the	O
loading	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
Paul	O
Glancey	O
wrote	O
in	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
that	O
"	O
existing	O
Jam	O
devotees	O
should	O
find	O
Jam	O
Extreme	O
just	O
as	O
entertaining	O
as	O
its	O
forebears	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
enough	O
in	O
the	O
way	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
worth	O
adding	O
to	O
their	O
collections.	O
"	O
</s>
