![]() But, Turmell said, Jordan's marketing pact with Nike caused him to opt out of the NBPA's group license "weeks before we were to ship nationwide." Jordan was also involved in two solo video games (as many top stars did in those days) with Electronic Arts at that time, and that could have played a role in him pulling out of the group license.Įven without Jordan, NBA Jam quickly became a sensation. Jordan was in early builds of the game and had appeared in video games before. The story goes like this: The original NBA Jam, launched in arcades in 1993, was developed by Turmell, working for Midway in Chicago, where Jordan was of course playing for the NBA's Bulls. ![]() ![]() Doing a Reddit AMA yesterday, Mark Turmell suggested he "will try to dig up" anything he still has, and maybe even show it to the general public. The game's creator has again reignited hopes that that a copy of this EPROM, custom-built for His Airness and two other hall-of-famers and shared only with them 24 years ago, may become public. ![]() The legend of the NBA Jam with Michael Jordan in it will not, and probably never will, die. ![]()
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