<s>
NBA	O
Showtime	O
is	O
a	O
basketball	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Midway	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
featuring	O
teams	O
and	O
players	O
from	O
the	O
National	O
Basketball	B-Application
Association	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Midway	O
's	O
previous	O
basketball	B-Application
titles	O
NBA	B-Application
Hangtime	I-Application
and	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
and	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
have	O
fully	O
3-D	O
polygonal	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Showtime	O
was	O
also	O
featured	O
in	O
a	O
dual	O
game	O
cabinet	O
along	O
with	O
NFL	B-Application
Blitz	I-Application
2000	I-Application
that	O
Midway	O
dubbed	O
the	O
"	O
SportStation.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Midway	O
followed	O
up	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
the	O
console	O
exclusive	O
NBA	B-Application
Hoopz	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
gameplay	O
similar	O
to	O
its	O
predecessors	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
and	O
NBA	B-Application
Hangtime	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
accommodates	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
,	O
as	O
do	O
the	O
home	O
versions	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
and	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
players	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
include	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
players	O
of	O
the	O
particular	O
year	O
and	O
era	O
of	O
the	O
NBA	O
season	O
,	O
but	O
like	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
arcade-style	O
basketball	B-Application
series	O
,	O
many	O
players	O
were	O
left	O
out	O
and	O
each	O
team	O
has	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
players	O
per	O
position	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Midway	O
first	O
hinted	O
at	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Showtime	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
credits	O
to	O
its	O
previous	O
basketball	B-Application
title	O
,	O
Maximum	O
Hangtime	O
,	O
promising	O
the	O
next	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
would	O
have	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
third	O
dimension.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcer	O
from	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
,	O
Tim	O
Kitzrow	O
,	O
returned	O
,	O
after	O
Midway	O
used	O
the	O
Bulls	O
radio	O
announcer	O
Neil	O
Funk	O
in	O
NBA	B-Application
Hangtime	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jon	O
Hey	O
produced	O
all	O
the	O
sound	O
,	O
music	O
and	O
script	O
save	O
for	O
the	O
NBC	O
basketball	B-Application
theme	O
"	O
Roundball	O
Rock	O
"	O
by	O
John	O
Tesh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
previous	O
NBA	O
Themes	O
written	O
by	O
Jon	O
Hey	O
for	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
and	O
NBA	B-Application
Hangtime	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
previous	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
and	O
NBA	B-Application
Hangtime	I-Application
games	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
contains	O
many	O
secret	O
characters	O
,	O
including	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Midway	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
features	O
the	O
Universal	O
Monsters	O
Frankenstein	B-Application
's	I-Application
monster	I-Application
,	O
Bride	O
of	O
Frankenstein	O
,	O
The	O
Mummy	O
,	O
The	O
Wolf	O
Man	O
and	O
Creature	O
from	O
the	O
Black	O
Lagoon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
version	O
received	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
versions	O
received	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
received	O
"	O
unfavorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doug	O
Trueman	O
of	O
NextGen	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
version	O
"	O
would	O
probably	O
best	O
be	O
called	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
64	O
"	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
Arcade-style	O
basketball	B-Application
action	O
captured	O
remarkably	O
well	O
on	O
Nintendo	O
64.	O
"	O
</s>
