Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
Tecmo Super NBA Basketball — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Tecmo Super NBA Basketball on?
- Tecmo Super NBA Basketball was released on Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
- When did Tecmo Super NBA Basketball release?
- Tecmo Super NBA Basketball was first released on July 1, 1994.
About Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
Tecmo Super NBA features real teams (all 27 contemporary teams) and a roster of real players (over 320). One or two players can compete in regular, reduced, or short seasons, or play an exhibition game. Though primarily horizontal scrolling, digitized speech and cinemas, along with a free throw point of view, add drama to the proceedings. Besides the expected elements of basketball (substitutions, penalties, steals and blocks, time-outs, overtime), Super NBA gives you the chance to call offensive plays and to program win/loss records. Has a battery to back-up season play.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
- Developer
- Tecmo
- Publisher
- Tec Toy
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Series
- NBA
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sega Genesis | 1993 | $7 | $13 | $100 | Low |
Also released on: Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese release | $22 | $26 | — |
What it needs to play
- Some modesSave battery (inside the cartridge) — saves to memory kept alive by a battery inside the cartridge; if that battery has died, saves are lost (MAME cartridge records).
How often it sells
- Loose: about once 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 $0.45 in Jan 2009, $3.99 five years ago, and $6.68 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2009 | $0.45 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $1.00 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $0.99 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $0.87 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $0.87 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $6.99 | $3.94 |
| Jan 2015 | $1.99 | $6.20 |
| Jan 2016 | $3.86 | $6.34 |
| Jan 2017 | $3.97 | $6.00 |
| Jan 2018 | $3.43 | $6.83 |
| Jan 2019 | $3.70 | $5.07 |
| Jan 2020 | $3.72 | $7.51 |
| Jan 2021 | $5.37 | $8.99 |
| Jan 2022 | $5.36 | $8.85 |
| Jan 2023 | $5.98 | $10.85 |
| Jan 2024 | $4.02 | $11.79 |
| Jan 2025 | $3.47 | $10.97 |
| Jan 2026 | $5.45 | $12.92 |
| Oct 2026 | $6.68 | $12.99 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Product number | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | December 1993 | T-36026 | 018946030029 |
| Japan | 4 March 1994 | T-36033 | 4960677300024 |
- Region
- JP+NA
- Released
- 1993
- Authenticity
- Low
A basketball cart with a battery save, whose Japanese version costs much more than the US one.
Tecmo Super NBA Basketball was developed by Sculptured Software and published by Tecmo. The Genesis version came out in North America in December 1993 and in Japan on 4 March 1994, with updated rosters from the Super NES game. Michael Jordan and Reggie Lewis, who are selectable on the Super NES, are replaced on the Genesis by generic Guard Bulls and Forward Celtics players.
What the press said at the time
“The Genesis version isn’t quite up to the standards Tecmo set with the SNES game but it’s still, without a doubt, the best basketball cart, available for the system.”
How the Sega Genesis version differs
The Genesis version came out a year after the Super NES game, with updated rosters.
Also on other platforms
Super NES
| Super NES | Sculptured Software |
- Super NES. In the Super NES version, Michael Jordan and Reggie Lewis are selectable players on the Bulls and Celtics rosters.
Before you buy
Among US carts it sits below the middle. The cartridge saves to a battery inside it, so test that a save holds; a replaced battery is a normal repair and not a sign of a fake. The Japanese cart usually costs a lot more than the US one, and its cartridge has a different shape from a Western one.
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