Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs

The Good
It's a classic basketball game. I like this game better than most of the new basketball games out there today. I remember playing this in the pastor's study after church on Sunday's. All my friends would gather around computer and watch me drain three's with Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumars.

The Bad
You can take the ball down low and score just about every time.

The Bottom Line
A great b-ball game with all the classics.

The Good
Said just now, has a great gameplay, definitely easy to get used to: All you need for this game is your basic movement controls (up-left-right-down cursor keys) and besides, only one action key: ENTER (to jump, to fake or to shoot-to steal the ball). So just enter to the world of real NBA players and teams from '88-'89 season, get the chance to play with Kareem, Bird and many other superstars. At its time you can't expect more beside perfect looking EGA graphics and fun to hear Adlib sounds (especially, when the ball hit to the metal ring) from a computer basketball game :) I think no any other basketball sims, even NBA Live Series did reach to its quality, I can't get myself playing it even today: I like watching Kareem's skyhook, long-lasting air shows-slam dunks, my ready to steal the ball standings and many other little tasteful things, all had become a perfect mixture in a perfect gameplay. A classic.

The Bad
It becomes really very easy and unfortunately quite repetitive when you play against any computer opponent, Lakers or Boston doesn't matter. One of the main reasons for this disappointment I guess is becoming because of the game speed. It is a slow game but more importantly how can the ball can go with the same speed as all the NBA players can move with? To be honest, the game becomes really a huge chase all for that little ball: Follow where it is or it might be going, stay towards its direction and get the ball, that's all. Then maybe a fast break and you get slam dunk! But in two players mode, no, we two already know what we must and what we must not to do and surprisingly NBA can be more enjoyable place to play...

The Bottom Line
Despite the lack of really good computer opponents this is the must-have computer basketball game whether you like basketball or not!

The Good
I'm was a Laker's fan (back in the 80s). By default, I was a Celtics hater. This was the basketball game for me. It remains my favorite basketball game today. This game was loads of fun for me to play, but only because Lakers vs Celtics actually meant something to me in those days.

Playing against the computer was no fun. Playing against a human is pretty fun. But I think I got too good at this game because none of my friends wanted to play me after a while :-(

The Bad
Computer AI plays more like Pokemon than Kobe Bryant. I mean, c'mon, I'm a Laker fan and all, but when Kurt Rambus is scoring more points than Larry Bird, we're no longer on planet earth!

The Bottom Line
If you want to outscore your computer opponents by 100 points using your B string, this is the game for you!