NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC on?
- NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC was released on Arcade, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color.
- When did NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC release?
- NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC was first released on October 31, 1999.
About NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC
NBA Showtime is an arcade-style basketball game from the developers of NBA Jam and NBA Hangtime.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Arcade, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color
- Developer
- Midway
- Publisher
- Midway
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
- Themes
- Non-fiction
- Series
- NBA
Details via IGDB.
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo 64 | 1999 | $13 | $67 | $125 | 12 reviews | Low |
Release timeline
- ArcadeOct 31, 1999
- DreamcastOct 31, 1999
- Nintendo 64Oct 31, 1999
- PlayStationOct 31, 1999
- Game Boy ColorJan 2000
First release on each platform, from IGDB’s records of this game’s ports and editions. Remakes are separate games with their own pages, so they are not listed here.
We haven’t priced or authenticated the versions without a section on this page yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22
How often it sells
- Loose: about 3 times a week
- Complete: about 2 times a month
- Sealed: about 5 times a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $2.50 in Jan 2007, $13.98 five years ago, and $13.42 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2007 | $2.50 | — |
| Jan 2008 | $3.89 | — |
| Jan 2009 | $6.99 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $4.95 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $4.99 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $6.35 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $3.89 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $6.10 | $17.99 |
| Jan 2015 | $4.49 | $18.97 |
| Jan 2016 | $6.95 | $12.50 |
| Jan 2017 | $5.99 | $20 |
| Jan 2018 | $10.49 | $15.00 |
| Jan 2019 | $7.96 | $18.38 |
| Jan 2020 | $9.80 | $25 |
| Jan 2021 | $12.81 | $32 |
| Jan 2022 | $11.25 | $36 |
| Jan 2023 | $16.99 | $32 |
| Jan 2024 | $11.65 | $35 |
| Jan 2025 | $15.00 | $56 |
| Jan 2026 | $15.00 | $45 |
| Oct 2026 | $13.42 | $67 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Cartridge serial | Known board |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 16 November 1999 | NUS-NSOE-USA | NUS-01A-02 |
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1999
- Authenticity
- Low
Midway's arcade-style basketball on the N64, closer to NBA Jam than to a simulation.
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC is the Nintendo 64 version of Midway's arcade basketball game, developed for the console by Eurocom and released in North America on November 16, 1999. The arcade game was modeled on NBC's NBA broadcasts, takes its name from NBC's pregame show and is the successor to NBA Hangtime and NBA Jam. Like the arcade version, the N64 game supports four players.
GameFan's December 1999 news pages welcomed the home version as arcade insanity coming to the N64 with an all-star lineup and simple gameplay. Next Generation's reviewer said it would probably best be called NBA Jam 64, and that it captured arcade-style basketball action remarkably well on the console.
What the press said at the time
| GameRankings (aggregate) | 72% | |
| AllGame | 3.5/5 | |
| CNET Gamecenter | 6/10 | |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 7.875/10 | |
| Game Informer | 7.25/10 | |
| GameFan | 72% | |
| GamePro | (D.E.) 4.5/5 / (iBot) 4/5 | |
| GameRevolution | C+ | |
| GameSpot | 6.8/10 | |
| IGN | 7.1/10 | |
| Next Generation | 3/5 | |
| Nintendo Power | 8.2/10 |
“The Nintendo. 64 version is decent, but it's far from arcade perfect. The players are smaller. The graphics are fuzzier.”
“This console version of Showtime is a little rough around the edges, but it retains the insanely fun gameplay of the arcade”
Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Nintendo 64 version.
Also on other platforms
Arcade · PlayStation · Dreamcast · Game Boy Color
- Arcade. The arcade game ran on Midway's Vegas hardware, drawing 1,000,000 polygons per second at 60 frames per second, roughly twice the graphical performance of the arcade version of NFL Blitz.
How the other versions reviewed
| Dreamcast | GameRankings | 78% |
| Game Boy Color | GameRankings | 47% |
| PlayStation | GameRankings | 62% |
| Dreamcast | AllGame | 4/5 |
| PlayStation | AllGame | 2/5 |
| Dreamcast | CNET Gamecenter | 8/10 |
| Dreamcast | Electronic Gaming Monthly | 8.5/10 |
| Arcade | Game Informer | 7.5/10 |
| Dreamcast | Game Informer | 7.25/10 |
| PlayStation | Game Informer | 6.5/10 |
| Dreamcast | GameFan | 89% / (F.M.) 82% |
| Dreamcast | GamePro | 5/5 |
| PlayStation | GamePro | (D.E.) 4.5/5 / (A.H.) 3.5/5 |
| Dreamcast | GameRevolution | B |
| PlayStation | GameRevolution | D |
| Dreamcast | GameSpot | 7.5/10 |
| PlayStation | GameSpot | 6.8/10 |
| Dreamcast | GameSpy | 8/10 |
| Dreamcast | IGN | 8.8/10 |
| Game Boy Color | IGN | 3/10 |
| PlayStation | IGN | 6.9/10 |
| Game Boy Color | Nintendo Power | 6.8/10 |
| PlayStation | Official PlayStation Magazine | 3/5 |
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
The game came out in North America only, so there is one cartridge to buy. It sits below the library median loose, but a complete copy costs several times the loose price. Fake risk is low.
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