- credit
- Ray Tanzer — Design
- credit
- Gary Stern — Design
- credit
- Lyman F. Sheats Jr. — Software
- credit
- Lonnie D. Ropp — Software
- credit
- David Thiel — Sound
- credit
- Mark Galvez — Dots/Animation
- credit
- Kevin O'Connor — Art
- credit
- John Borg — Design
- gameplay_feature
- Trajectory Up-Kickers
- gameplay_feature
- Flippers ×2
- gameplay_feature
- Pop Bumpers ×3
- gameplay_feature
- Slingshots ×2
- gameplay_feature
- Standup Targets ×9
- gameplay_feature
- 3-Bank Drop Targets
- gameplay_feature
- Captive Ball
- gameplay_feature
- Spinning Discs
- gameplay_feature
- 3-Ball Multiball
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Stern Pinball, Incorporated
- ipdb_id
- 5442
- ipdb.image_urls
- ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5442/image-16.jpg"]
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- Stern
- ipdb.notable_features
- Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (9), 3-bank drop targets (1), Captive ball (1), Spinning disc (1), 2- and 3-ball multiball, Trajectory up-kicker (1) sends the ball airborne towards the hoop. Ramp-on-a-ramp elevates to send a fast ball airborne towards the hoop. Cabinet advertised as 55 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 75 1/2 inches high; 250 lbs.
- ipdb.notes
- Voice-over artist Tim Kitzrow provided the voice of the play-by-play announcer.
Designer John Borg tells us a little bit about how this game got its start:Gary Stern and Ray Tanzer started the design of NBA. It was originally to be made for China only. When the [Stern personnel] downsizing happened it was then decided that NBA would go into the mix as a regular production game. I added the free throw kicker that shoots the ball through the air at the backboard. I also added the lift flap assembly in the plastic ramp, spinning disc and wire ramp / divert mechanism.
Reportedly, some of the DMD art was reused from Sega's 1996 'Space Jam'.
- ipdb_rating
- 7.3
- ipdb.toys
- Large basketball hemisphere on playfield glows.
- player_count
- 4
- system
- stern-sam
- technology_generation
- solid-state
- theme
- Licensed Theme
- theme
- Basketball
- theme
- Sports
- year
- 2009