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This game received 51 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 6.704 _/10

6.704

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks #311 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game design: 6.916

Artwork: 6.515

Sounds/Music: 6.404

Other Aspects: 6.706

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7.293/10

4 months ago

MEL

melappels

World of Pinball

Almere

12y 67,050 247 7 143

Space jam has a nice playout and good shots, lots of flow here!
The use of magnets is very well done.
The rules are not deep but super shallow.

6.906/10

6 months ago

WXW

Oh, Space Jam. It's a fantastic kids' game, and not a bad basketball theme, with Looney Tunes and Michael Jordan it's hard to go wrong. As with most Segas of the era, it's both a pretty simple rules set (with an easy 'wizard' mode) and a bit of a flying ball / maintenance headache, particularly in that it's hard to find some parts (my basketball is just hopelessly shattered).

But they also did a really good job with the Looney Tunes characters, with the "actual" animated character voices, and it reflects the goofy movie theme really nicely. You have a sequence of modes that correspond roughly to the story arc of the movie. And I really dig the signature toy -- the "jump" ball kicker that can go two different ways.

This isn't a good single machine for a collection, but it may be one of the cheapest really good simple DMDs you can find, and if it's in better than player's shape so much the better.

2.310/10

10 months ago

XQZ

douggalecawitz

Pinside member

Naperville, IL

7y 45,650 14 2 70

Just looking at the machine looks like it should be a pretty fun game to play. Stepping up to it is a different story. Maybe the game was intended for little kids and so they kept it real real simple, or maybe that is simply the mode it has been set to every time i've encountered it in the wiild. Three or more games in a row on this feels excruciating. Unless you're a hardcore fan of the theme I see no redeeming quality. although it's still better than ro-go

2 Pinsiders flagged this rating/review.

6.264/10

1 year ago

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PinballLoner

Pinside apprentice

Unknown

1y 4,000 13

I played this yesterday. The shots in SJ are similar to SEGA’s STAR WARS machine. Annoying and boring. If you start one mode, you need to complete it or lose the ball before you can start another mode. Annoying. The animation on dot matrix screen are so-so. Tweety Bird looks awful is one example. The Road Runner bit is cool for a quick second. I love Daffy, Bugs, Porky, and Tweety but didn’t care for the film or this pinball machine.

7.620/10

1 year ago

JAS

pinheadaustralia

Pinhead Australia

1y 34,900 1 51 23

I have both this and Stern NBA, and for some reason this just shoots and feels more fun. Space Jam was one of my favourite films growing up so it has a great nostalgic quality to it for me. the basketball magnet shot is pretty neat and will impress guests.

pinheadaustralia has owned this game in the past.

6.634/10

1 year ago

CUZ

mcuzz

Pinside member

4y 106K 351 125

Fun game, the basket magnet is a cool toy, art is bad.
Should have been better.

6.963/10

2 years ago

???

dex82

Pinside apprentice

Unknown

3y 13,000 3 31

Pinball unrated! Dont understand because much people hate this pin... Magnet fantastic and great flow!!

7.092/10

3 years ago

BO

BeatBachs

Pinpoint Fayetteville

Fayetteville, AR

6y 40,400 38 37 10

Not a bad Sega title with a sports theme. I'm generally not a fan of the sports theme, but this one teeters that line. It's a fun play, with a couple of odd shots that are satisfying when you hit them. One major downside is that many of the shots are set up to put the plastics at high risk of damage, and now that parts are scarce, it's a pretty rough game with the balls flying everywhere to make those baskets.

BeatBachs currently owns this game.

9.400/10

3 years ago

???

Noname707

Inactive member

Unknown

7y 17,000 1 12 45

Wow severely underrated game. The ppl that have it a 3 must of never played the game or played a really beat up example of it. It is a pretty fun game and it's got MJ and Bugs Bunny

Noname707 edited previous rating on August 22, 2017.

3.933/10

3 years ago

AGB

Ramtuathal

Pinside member

Louisville, KY

5y 61,150 122 1 148

Space Jam is probably the worst modern pinball machine I've ever played. There are very few redeeming factors - even the art is terrible. The toys are junky, the shots are less than ho-hum, and I think I could fall asleep playing this big ol' loser. I'm not usually this harsh, but some games deserve to be destroyed so that they don't taint the gene pool of pinball.

Obviously, I wouldn't recommend playing this hunk of junk, and I think that if you have one, you should re-theme it and try to sell it as a "custom" machine.

6 Pinsiders flagged this rating/review.

6.488/10

5 years ago

YPS

cooldan

Inactive member

London

9y 50,800 129 5 53

kids love Space Jam, as it has Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam on it, and you get the try to shoot basketball hoops. not as good as scoring goals on WCS, but quite satisfying.

i've played on a lovely example of one and really enjoyed it. unfortunately the first one i picked up was a bit of a beaten up wreck, which kind of takes away from the enjoyment. also i hated the shape of the backbox - that stupid rounded shape like on SST or (shudder) XFiles, which just means the damn thing won't fold together properly. so I bought a second one to play, swapped across any better plastics or targets, then the good one was played and sold on while the busted up one (with unobtainium parts stolen off it and playfield saucers filled in) had the valuable boards etc rescued then was attacked, filled with fireworks, set on fire, run over with a dumper truck, and uploaded on youtube as a smoking wreck: the idea was to wind up and infuriate the pinsiders with no sense of perspective, and it worked a treat! some people thought it was a travesty to wreck a machine, but FFS it was a junked and unrescuable Space Jam, not a fixable game.

SJ is not as bad as people make it out to be, but it's no A lister. more of a D-lister, but a DMD one. oh, and it has a huge Michael Jordan head on the backglass, and i don't even like basketball.

cooldan edited previous rating on November 22, 2017.
cooldan has owned this game in the past.

6.492/10

5 years ago

KID

blowback1976

Pinside member

7y 85,550 1,129 3 40

Great game for the kids. Also gets a lot of play when family/friends are over. Still need to tweek mine, so the rating may change over the next few months. Shots are good, basket and jump ball make good use of magnets. Originally thought the Space Jam modular targets were in odd spots, but are fairly easy to hit, same with the drops. My main complaints would be with the light show and some of the art, mainly the cab art. Decent game that has a bad rap, try one and you may like it.

blowback1976 has owned this game in the past.

3.888/10

5 years ago

FUK

stainedundies

Inactive member

Austin, TX

5y 23,150 260 1 25

MJ MJ that's all this game is: bugs bunnys annoying voice yeliing MJ at you. the games fatal flaws are the skill shot (repetitive and way too easy), and the toy backboard. which never seems to catch the ball. toss in some bland ass graphics and ear drilling call outs and thats space jam. the basketball lock shot is chill, locks are clearly indicated and the shot is fun and easy to hit with a backhand or forehand.

3 Pinsiders flagged this rating/review.

6.342/10

6 years ago

REP

SkeebWilcox

Inactive member

Unknown

8y 77,400 244 111

If I had kids, I would probably want this in my house. Whereas I have NEVER understood the connection between Looney Toons and sports, I find the game fun...much better than NBA Fastbreak!!!

3.321/10

6 years ago

CSH

cscott1919

Pinside member

Sissonville, WV

9y 23,150 6 3 10

This pinball seemed "clunky" and rough. Just wasn't smooth at all. I don't know if all SEGA pinballs are like this but if so they can have them.

cscott1919 has owned this game in the past.

2 Pinsiders flagged this rating/review.

5.910/10

6 years ago

CFL

centerflank

Inactive member

Unknown

8y 143K 13,224 7 169

This one didnt do anything for me, sorry.

9.700/10

6 years ago

???

Delta9

Pinside member

6y 79,300 1,369 25

Im a huge jordan fan what more can i say love this pin will never get rid of 23 for life lol

6.461/10

6 years ago

ZUL

Caucasian2Step

Evil McBooty

Westminster, CO

9y 144K 1,321 49 891 1

Space Jam is one of those pinball games that looks great when you step up to it.

The Pros:
Anything Looney Tunes has got my attention. The best thing Saturday morning growing up was watching these short films. The best! The jump shot target is great and the ramps flow well. A solid layout with hard to hit standups and drops make for lots to shoot at.

The Cons:
This game is all about Michael Jordan. I can almost hear Mel Blanc speaking through the game "Over here, MJ... Over here!" Ugh. That saucer in the center of the PF sure does gits ripped to shreds. The skill shot is a complete gimme. Flippers must be strong for all shots to be made (imagine that...), otherwise this game falls flat.

The Takeaway:
Another solid (albiet fan) layout defiled by half-thought out rulesets. This of course leads me to ask the question:: "Did Sega test their games on location?" I mean... were these game rules thought out? Carrying a title by its theme is one thing, but that seems an awful lot of work to come up with a game that is short on playability. We will see how I feel about this game when I get my hands on a copy in better condition.

7.197/10

7 years ago

DCT

pinmanguy

Inactive member

Melbourne

7y 43,900 1,538 2 24

A few people's comments are short changing this machine. Under rated game in my opinion that's good fun and well laid out. The only knock is it is a little easy but it's still a good challenge to complete all the planets. If your not an NBA or Jordan fan you may be a bit put off by the graphics too.

pinmanguy edited previous rating on March 01, 2013.
pinmanguy has owned this game in the past.

5.100/10

8 years ago

ATE

AdamTheGamer

Inactive member

8y 53,150 269 2 133

Space Jam is my personal least favorite pin of all time. I've never played any game that left me more disappointed in my entire life.

AdamTheGamer edited previous rating on September 16, 2012.

7.031/10

8 years ago

RLR

royce6135

Inactive member

Columbia, MO

9y 39,900 527 68

It was a neat game, but it needed some tlc. The sound system was crap. cool skill shot.

5.157/10

8 years ago

DJG

nasco62

Pinside member

Sydney

9y 60,150 788 14 54

Jump ball is the best feature, not bad for a sega, a fun game to play, not the deepest rule set around. A decent entry level pin

8.622/10

9 years ago

???

SRoode

Inactive member

Fishers, IN

9y 5,750 1 7

I've owned this machine for about 2 months now and my kids and I play it all the time. I think it's a really underrated machine, and it's a great machine to get your little ones interested in pinball. The only real minus for me is that I like backglasses that have flashing lights, and this one just has the flourescent bulb. Other than that, it's fast, has nice animations on the DMD, great sounds, a video mode game, and it's tons of fun. It's really a steal for the price.

SRoode currently owns this game.

8.930/10

9 years ago

???

miliet

Inactive member

Valencia

9y 7,000 7

The magna hoop is a great and addicting shot!! I just restored my space jam, with some leds and looks awesome. This pinball cabinet and backglass is perfect for any game room and the game is for all family.

Great videomode and porky extra ball!!

6.440/10

9 years ago

WYO

Ballsofsteel

Pinside member

Riverton, WY

9y 73,550 2,923 7 81

for sega, this is a fun machine. mj and the looney tunes, how can you not have fun? only downside, when in mode, you can't start other modes. only hit and lock multi balls....uggg. updated rating, had to lower it in the larger schemes of better pins.

Ballsofsteel edited previous rating on June 15, 2014.
Ballsofsteel has owned this game in the past.

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