![]() ![]() "Making this game in Chicago during the height of the Michael Jordan era, there was a big rivalry between the Pistons and the Bulls, but the one way I could get back at the Bulls once they got over the hump was to affect their skills against the Pistons in 'NBA Jam,' " Turmell said. Former Midway designer and Pistons fan Mark Turmell told Ars Technica that if a Bulls-Pistons contest ever came close to a buzzer-beater, he programmed Bulls players Scottie Pippen or Horace Grant to miss the shot against the Pistons' pairing of Isiah Thomas and Bill Laimbeer. ![]() The 1993 arcade game pitted NBA players in two-on-two matchups. CHICAGO - You have to love the irony: A video game designer working for Chicago-based Midway Games in the 1990s tweaked "NBA Jam" so the Chicago Bulls would experience loss in heartbreaking fashion against their most hated rival, the Detroit Pistons.
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