Jordan vs. Bird: One on One

Jordan vs. Bird: One on One is a 1988 basketball video game developed by Electronic Arts. It was released for the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, MS-DOS, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, 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.

Jordan vs. Bird: One on One
Cover art
Developer(s)Electronic Arts
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Milton Bradley (NES)
Composer(s)Rob Hubbard (C64)
David Wise (NES)
Mark Van Hecke (Game Boy)
Platform(s)Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, MS-DOS, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, NES
Release1988
Genre(s)Sports (Basketball)

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. 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 giving criticism to the animation, gameplay that wasn’t exciting and being too easy concluding “A substandard sports simulation that won’t even appeal to basketball fans.”[4]

References
  1. Jordan vs Bird: One on One 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.
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