History VideoGame / MichaelJordanChaosInTheWindyCity

But while Midway wasn't willing to pony up the extra cash for Jordan's likeness, Creator/ElectronicArts ''was''. And the end result was ''Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City'', a [[{{Metroidvania}} Metroidvanian-esque]] platformer for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, released on November 21, 1994. This was EA's third game to feature Jordan (not counting his appearances in the ''NBA Playoffs'' series), and the second after getting the rights to his likeness, succeeding both ''Jordan vs. Bird: One On One'', and ''Michael Jordan In Flight''.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[SincerityMode Not an]] ''VideoGame/NBAJam'' [[SincerityMode clone. Trust us]].]]

* LogoJoke: in the game's intro, a basketball becomes the sphere in Electronic Arts' 1990s logo.

* RobotMe: [[spoiler:The FinalBoss is a giant robotic version of MJ, piloted by Dr. Crainium himself; complete with Jordan's moves and arieal abilities, but not his speed.]]

* DeathThrows: Jordan shrugs his shoulders and falls off the screen whenever you fall into a bottomless pit, a vat of molten steel, or touch the acid water. There are also vats of acid that do the same thing.

* HollywoodAcid: Acid in this game is sickly green color.

* ConspicuousElectricObstacle: In Laboratory, there are malfunctioning power poles that emit bolts of electricity. There are also pairs of nodes with electric current constantly flowing between them. These ones can be switched off by throwing basketball at the lever nearby.

->"It's Showtime."

* BattleBoomerang: The baseball powerup serves this role. They can damage several enemies at once, and will always return to Jordan.

* GrimyWater: Acid (which looks like glowy green water) appears in a few of the Factory levels. Mike has to hit the levers to lower the Acid level which allows him access to further areas in the level. Touching the Acid kills you.

* ChestMonster: The "Ball-Bot", a robot enemy that disguises itself as one of the Basketball power-ups. When you approach it, it drops to the ground and starts to attack. Defeating it awards you with the Power-Up.

* TimeStandsStill: Yellow basketball hoops with a '23' when dunked, stop all of the enemy activity for 15 seconds.

* TopHeavyGuy: Mutant Basketball players with a massively large top body and comically small legs and feet. They block your attack head on with their hands, but are vulnerable to being dunked on.

You see, right around the time the original ''Jam'' was in development, Jordan had not only gone into his first retirement, but the NBA had changed its rules to allow players to individually pull out of the NBA's blanket licensing. This meant that as soon as Jordan opted out, he could easily charge an arm and a leg to appear in any media; prompting Midway to abandon the idea of including him, and consequently led to the removal of Charles Barkley and Creator/ShaquilleONeal from later revisions of ''Jam'', due to them also pulling out of the association's licensing.[[note]]A very rare version of ''Jam'' features Jordan on an "all-star" team with rival and Seattle Supersonics star Gary Payton, but that particular rom was mostly made for Jordan and Payton's personal use, and wasn't widely distributed.[[/note]]

But while Midway wasn't willing to pony up the extra cash for Jordan's likeness, Creator/ElectronicArts ''was''. And the end result was ''Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City'', a [[{{Metroidvania}} Metroidvanian-esque]] platformer for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, released on November 21, 1994. This was EA's third game to feature Jordan, and the second after getting the rights to his likeness, succeeding both ''Jordan vs. Bird: One On One'', and ''Michael Jordan In Flight''.

Although the game ultimately bricked in sales, it actually got mostly decent reviews, with the only major complaints being the difficult controls, annoying ProductPlacement, and an overall waste of Jordan's license, the latter of which got it put on ''Magazine/NintendoPower'''s 1997 "Ten Worst Games of All Time" list. Coincidentally, EA also published ''Videogame/ShaqFu'', another game featuring an NBA star that made that same list, nearly a month before ''Windy City'' was released.

* DeathThrows: Jordan shrugs his shoulders and falls off the screen whenever you fall into a bottomless pit, a vat of molten steel, or touch acid.

* DeathThrows: Jordan shrugs his shoulders and falls off the screen whenever you fall into a bottomless pit.

* EternalEngine: The Factory Area is the third main world. It takes place in Dr. Cranium's factory where Mike has to overcome various mechanical hazards and dangerous obstacles like molten steel.

* EternalEngine: The Factory Area is the third main world.

* ArcNumber: "23", fittingly, since it was Jordan's playing number for the majority of his basketball career, with some rare exceptions.[[note]]He wore #9 during his Olympic stints, and ''very'' briefly wore #12 in 1990 because of someone stealing his jersey right before a game. When Jordan un-retired a few months after ''Windy City'''s release, his usual #23 had been retired, and thus wore #45 for a while; before reverting back to #23 permanently.[[/note]] The "23" hoop makes is a time freeze, and '23' Icons are extra lives.

* ArcNumber: "23", fittingly, since it was Jordan's playing number for his time with the Bulls. The "23" hoop makes is a time freeze, and '23' Icons are extra lives.