Barkley: Shut Up and Jam!
Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! on?
- Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! was released on Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari Jaguar, Evercade.
- When did Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! release?
- Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! was first released on December 31, 1993.
About Barkley: Shut Up and Jam!
In the game you play street basketball two-on-two with your friends or with the computer. So there are no referees, no fouls, and no shot clock, but the teams called by the names of cities such as Phoenix or Chicago. You can choose your player from 16 available players, including Barkley himself.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari Jaguar, Evercade
- Publisher
- Tec Toy
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Themes
- Action
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sega Genesis | 1994 | $3 | $8 | $64 | 20 reviews | Low |
Also released on: Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Atari Jaguar · Evercade. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| European (PAL) release | $12 | $25 | $62 |
How often it sells
- Loose: about 2 times a month
- Complete: about once a week
- Sealed: about 2 times a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $2.20 in Oct 2007, $5.54 five years ago, and $2.99 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2008 | $2.00 | — |
| Jan 2009 | $1.49 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $0.75 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $0.75 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $0.87 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $0.78 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $3.50 | $7.99 |
| Jan 2015 | $1.98 | $5.75 |
| Jan 2016 | $3.22 | $7.95 |
| Jan 2017 | $2.38 | $5.58 |
| Jan 2018 | $2.90 | $6.65 |
| Jan 2019 | $2.96 | $6.92 |
| Jan 2020 | $4.37 | $6.95 |
| Jan 2021 | $6.31 | $8.91 |
| Jan 2022 | $5.79 | $10.37 |
| Jan 2023 | $4.94 | $8.21 |
| Jan 2024 | $2.22 | $11.16 |
| Jan 2025 | $6.00 | $11.68 |
| Jan 2026 | $5.52 | $12.02 |
| Oct 2026 | $2.99 | $7.82 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Barcode |
|---|---|---|
| North America | March 1994 | 015605033100 |
| Europe / PAL | 8 March 1994 | — |
- Region
- NA+EU
- Released
- 1994
- Authenticity
- Low
An arcade-style street basketball game that is among the cheapest Genesis carts to pick up in North America.
Barkley Shut Up and Jam! is a basketball game made and published by Accolade, with Charles Barkley as a playable character. It plays in the arcade style of NBA Jam but follows street basketball rules, and the matches take place in cities across the United States. It came out on the Genesis in March 1994. It was originally known as Charles Barkley Basketball during development.
GamePro gave the Genesis version a positive review for its distinctive playable characters, its several game modes and the urban look of each of its seven courts, though it criticized the controls for responding inconsistently. Up to four people can play with Sega's Team Player adapter. A sequel, Barkley Shut Up and Jam 2, followed on the Genesis in 1995.
What the press said at the time
| MegaTech Issue 30 | June 1994 | 70% |
| MegaTech Issue 33 | September 1994 | 70% |
| AllGame | 2/5 | |
| Computer and Video Games | 56 / 100 | |
| GamePro | 16.5 / 20 | |
| Consoles + | 80% | |
| GamesMaster | 80% | |
| Joypad | 73% | |
| MAN!AC | 61% | |
| Mean Machines Sega | 74 / 100 | |
| Megablast | 78% | |
| Mega Drive Advanced Gaming | 56% | |
| Mega Force | 65% | |
| Mega Fun | 77% | |
| Player One | 70% | |
| Power Unlimited | 90 / 100 | |
| Sega Magazine | 62 / 100 | |
| Sega Power | 77% | |
| Sega Pro | 77 / 100 | |
| Video Games | 73% |
“Playable basketball game that offers little in the way of real gameplay and tactics. It may be licensed and endorsed by a famous basketball player, but it is just an average game.”
“Playable basketball game that offers little in the way of real gameplay and tactics. It may be licensed and endorsed by a famous player, but it is just average.”
“A kind of a tuned-up version of the original, and unfortunately that's not saying much.”
Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Genesis version.
How the Sega Genesis version differs
The Genesis version came first, in March 1994 from Accolade; the Super NES port followed in June 1994, with Japanese and European releases months later.
Also on other platforms
Super NES · Evercade
- Super NES. The Super NES port reached North America in June 1994 and later that year launched in Japan from Den'Z and in Europe from Sony Electronic Publishing.
How the other versions reviewed
| Super NES | GameRankings | 64% |
| Super NES | AllGame | 2/5 |
| Super NES | GamePro | 15.5 / 20 |
| Super NES | Nintendo Power | 12.8 / 20 |
| Super NES | Consoles + | 69% |
| Super NES | Hobby Consolas | 80 / 100 |
| Super NES | Nintendo Player | 3/6 |
| Super NES | Player One | 75% |
| Super NES | Total! | 4+ (D+) |
| Super NES | Video Games | 73% |
These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.
Before you buy
Among US carts it sits near the bottom of the price range, so there is little reason to look beyond a US copy. The European cart usually costs several times as much as the US one, loose and complete. A complete US copy means the case, cartridge and manual.
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