NBA Maximum Hangtime

Description

A two-on-two action-oriented basketball game with digitized faces of NBA players, including the 1997 season roster changes. Players can execute high-flying fantasy dunks, alley-oops, and "double dunks." Three consecutive shots in a row puts a player "on fire," raising their shot accuracy.

NBA Maximum Hangtime was produced by Midway Games in 1996.

Midway Games released 53 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Midway Games was based in United States.

Other machines made by Midway Games during the time period NBA Maximum Hangtime was produced include: 2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge, Mortal Kombat 3, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, WWF Wrestle Mania, Cruis'n USA, War Gods, Touch Master 2000 Plus, Killer Instinct 2, NBA Hangtime, and Cruis'n World

Specs

Name	NBA Maximum Hangtime
Developer	Midway Games (United States)
Year	1996
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8816
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Sports
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA+
# Simultaneous Players	4
# Maximum Players	4
Game Play	Either
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 3 - Pass/Steal\|Shoot/Block\|Turbo
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

NBA Jam Maximum Hangtime Gameplay (2 Player) Part 1 of 2

NBA Maximum Hangtime KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.58 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.40

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 4.75

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	5.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Hidden power-ups and secret characters abound (and were a large part of the series' success and high earnings):

TURMEL 0322 - Mark Turmell, Hangtime lead programmer
DIVITA 0201 - Sal DiVita, Hangtime lead artist
SNO 0103 - Sheriden Oursler, Williams pinball designer
AMRICH 2020 - Dan Amrich, game magazine editor (wearing bunny ears)
MUNDAY 5432 - Larry Munday, Play Meter magazine
DANR 0000 - Dan Roan, TV sportscaster

Images

Cabinet Information

This game was an upgrade for existing NBA Jam or NBA Hangtime cabinets. The original NBA Hangtime was shipped as a dedicated 25-inch, four-player cabinet or as a conversion kit. No dedicated NBA Maximum Hangtime cabinets were made.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op NBA Maximum Hangtime Census

There are 15,272 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,670 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,971 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 54 known instances of this machine owned by NBA Maximum Hangtime collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are original dedicated machines. 12 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 30 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a NBA Maximum Hangtime machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra NBA Maximum Hangtime circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 15 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Technical

Unlike NBA Jam and NBA Jam Tournament Edition, the sound chips are mounted on the same PCB as the video ICs. The pins for the third and fourth player controls are not labeled; P4 is the one closest to the JAMMA interface, and P3 is closer to the corner of the PCB.

Legacy

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

Enthusiast Page: NBA Maximum Hangtime (bunnyears.net) (https://www.bunnyears.net/hangtime/)

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