NBA Jam creator rigged the game so the Bulls couldn't make last second shots

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Did you know that the creator of NBA Jam hated the Chicago Bulls so much that he embedded a special code that made them miss last-second shots?

For those that don’t know, NBA Jam is a basketball arcade game that was developed by Midway in 1993. It was the first entry in the NBA Jam series. The main designer and programmer for this game was Mark Turmell. The game became ridiculously popular, and was often the most profitable game at arcades after its release, creating revenue of $1 billion in quarters at the game’s peak.

The game was released when the Chicago Bulls were in the middle of their iconic Michael Jordan Era, and Turmell was a huge Detroit Pistons fan. He explains how he programmed the Bulls to brick last second shots in this quote below:

“If there was a close game and anyone on the Bulls took a last second shot, we wrote special code in the game so that they would average out to be bricks.”

“There was the big competition back in the day between the Pistons and the Bulls, and since I was always a big Pistons fan, that was my opportunity to level the playing field.”
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Who ran with the Bulls anyway?
 
thats some soft **** yo.


i used to run with a team of michael and pippen. pip avg tons of asts a game, whenever he was about to score, I'd make him pass to mike at the very last second for the trampoline tomahawk dunk lol
 
I want all of the quarters returned that I use to put in the arcade dating back to 93...
 
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What jam did you play with Jordan in it lol..Ive had nba jam for the genisis since it originally dropped and I've never seen Jordan on this game
 
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What jam did you play with Jordan in it lol..Ive had nba jam for the genisis since it originally dropped and I've never seen Jordan on this game
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at the arcade. I've never had a home version with mike in it. this was like 16-17 years ago, I'm not sure which version it was, but i'm thinking it was nba jam tho. 2 on 2.
 
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that's insane! i always picked the bulls Pippen and Grant were the best combo. Link to the article?
 
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Freeze said:
thats some soft **** yo.


i used to run with a team of michael and pippen. pip avg tons of asts a game, whenever he was about to score, I'd make him pass to mike at the very last second for the trampoline tomahawk dunk lol
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:rolleyes Jordan was NEVER in NBA JAM.
 
What about the dunks doe

There was some PS1 game I think it was a NBA Live that just had a guy named Player in place of Jordan. He wasnt in Live until 2000 I think.

Yup I knew I was right, it was Live 96. The thing about it is, "Player" was trash :lol: it made no sense
 
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Anyone who knows anything knows that The Spurs were THAT TEAM. Elliot and Robinson would cause HAVOC.
 
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