Overview and Gameplay
Michael Jordan trades the court for a side-scrolling rescue mission after his teammates are kidnapped before a charity All-Star game. The trail leads into underground Chicago locations built by Dr. Max Cranium, where Jordan clears rooms, opens locked routes, frees captives, and fights monsters with basketballs.
The game mixes platforming with basketball-themed attacks. Stages use keys, cardkeys, switches, hazards, pulleys, elevators, hidden passages, and boss encounters, with progress tied to exploration and rescuing trapped players.
Controls And Mechanics
- Jordan can jump, climb, crouch, run, use switches, and cycle through collected keys.
- Basketballs work as the main weapon, including special ball types such as freezing, homing, fire, and steel shots.
- Slam jumps, dunks, and super-slam moves add basketball-style attacks to platforming sections.
- This is a single-player game with no versus or co-op mode.
Version Notes
This is the European PAL Super Nintendo release, published by Ocean in 1995. The earlier North American SNES release was published by Electronic Arts in 1994.
Release And Credits
- Platform: Super Nintendo
- European release year: 1995
- Developer: Electronic Arts
- European publisher: Ocean
- Original platform: Super Nintendo
