Jordan vs. Bird: One on One

Jordan vs. Bird: One on One
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Developer(s)	Electronic Arts Rare (NES)
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts Milton Bradley Company (NES)
Composer(s)	Rob Hubbard (C64/DOS) David Wise (NES) Mark Van Hecke (Game Boy) Michael Bartlow (Genesis)
Platform(s)	Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, NES
Release	1988
Genre(s)	Sports (basketball)

Jordan vs. Bird: One on One is a 1988 basketball video game developed by Electronic Arts. It was released for the Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Sega Genesis and NES.^[1] It was also available as a Tiger Handheld Electronic Game. It is the sequel to One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird.

Gameplay

Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls and Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics are the only two players in the game, which allows the player to participate in a one-on-one basketball game, as either Bird or Jordan. Mini-games include a slam dunk contest (utilizing Jordan) and a three-point contest (utilizing Bird).^[2]

Reception

Mega placed the game at #7 in their list of the "10 Worst Mega Drive Games of All Time".^[3] Mean Machines magazine gave the game an overall score of 40 out of 100, faulting all aspects of the game other than sound and presentation while concluding that the game is "a substandard sports simulation that won't even appeal to basketball fans".^[4]

References

1. Jordan vs Bird: One on One Archived January 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at thelegacy.de
2. Jordan vs Bird: One on One at Moby Games
3. Mega magazine issue 1, page 85, Future Publishing, Oct 1992
4. Jordan vs. Bird: One on One Review. United Kingdom: EMAP. June 1992. pp. 114–115.

External links

• Jordan vs Bird: One on One at videogamecritic.net
• Jordan vs Bird: One on One Archived March 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at NES Guide
• Jordan VS Bird: One on One at MobyGames.com