NBA Jam was one of those games that a) everyone played in the early 90s; and, b) happened to come along during one of the greatest dynasties in sports.
Turns out the Chicago Bulls bred haters after their third NBA title in 1993. So NBA Jam designer — and Detroit Pistons fan — Mark Turmell decided to make the virtual Bulls a little less dominating.
Turmell, on Crave’s NESN website, said:
“It’s true, but [Pippen’s stats dropped] only when the Bulls played the Pistons. 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.”
Fair? Not fair? All’s fair in heated sports rivalries? What do you think?
