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If you hung around arcades in the 1990s, you were likely extremely familiar with Midway sports games like and NFL Blitz. Apparently, though, even these classics have a few secrets left. Former Midway design lead Mark Turmell has in a Reddit AMA where he revealed a handful of surprises about Midway games. For instance, he confirmed that pre-release versions of NBA Jam did have Michael Jordan -- the developers had to yank him out just weeks before launch due to his Nike deal. In fact, there were custom editions given to Jordan, Ken Griffey and Gary Payton that put each of them in the game.
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