Perhaps it's the Ken Burns documentary that has me talking this way, but I don't think it hyperbole to suggest that NBA Jam left an indelible mark on children of a certain generation. The game action was too lively not to let it get to you, and the personalities behind the game were as large as their comically oversized heads. However, bigger than anything else from the original, beyond the throwdowns and 3-point bombs, were the rumors. Could you find a way to put Michael Jordan on the Bulls? (No.) Did the back-and-forth in any way resemble an NBA game?...