Jordan vs Bird
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Electronic Arts (US, Europe), Electronic Arts Victor (Japan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Electronic Arts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Sports[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jordan vs Bird, called Jordan vs Bird: One on One (ジョーダン VS バード ONE on ONE) in Japan, is a 1992 one-on-one basketball game developed by Michael Abbot for Electronic Arts. Originally released for the Commodore 64 in 1988 (as a sequel to the 1983 game Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One on One), it was ported to the the Sega Mega Drive in 1992.
Contents
Gameplay
The game is a one-on-one basketball game. Matches are played on a half-court between Chicago Bulls shooting guard Michael Jordan and Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird. The objective of the game is to score more hoops than the opposing player.
Production credits
- Game Design and Programming by: Michael Abbot
- Game Design and Graphics by: Jay Zimmerman
- Music and Sound by: Michael Bartlow
Original Staff
- Design and Programming: Michael Abbot, Jay Zimmermann
- Programming: Michael Abbot
- Art: Jay Zimmermann
- Executive Producer: Don Traeger
- Producer: Jim Rushing
- Associate Producer: Jon Horsley, Happy Keller
- Assistant Producer: Gerald McLane
- Sound & Music: Michael Bartlow
Development Staff
- Programming: Hiroshi Ueda
- Graphic: Norie Miura
- Producer: Ray Nakazato
- Assistant Producer: Masa Yoshizawa
Japanese Staff
- Producer: Masato Mizushima
- Quality Assurance & Testing: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Noriaki Ogata
- Special Thanks: Ryutaro Hayase
- Manual/Package Design: Takashi Uto, Sei-ichi Mitani, Toshimasa Ire (ABE)
Magazine articles
- Main article: Jordan vs Bird/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Print advert in GamePro (US) #34: "May 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Jordan vs Bird/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:JordanVsBird MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ Sega Visions, "May/June 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ GamePro, "February 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "May 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 36
- ↑ Sega Force, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-14), page 28
- ↑ File:Jordan vs Bird MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:JordanVsBird MD JP Manual.pdf, page 27
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 104
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 23
- ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 82
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 28
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 63
- ↑ Game Informer, "January 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 66
- ↑ Game Zone, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-20), page 61
- ↑ Hippon Super, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-03), page 42
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 72
- ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-05-1x), page 74
- ↑ Joystick, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 153
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
- ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-05-05), page 74
- ↑ Mega Play, "March/April 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 61
- ↑ MegaTech, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-20), page 31
- ↑ Mean Machines, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-28), page 114
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
- ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-07-10), page 131
- ↑ Play Time, "7/92" (DE; 1992-06-03), page 93
- ↑ Power Play, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-13), page 148
- ↑ Sega Power, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-04), page 32
- ↑ Sega Pro, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-21), page 44
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
- ↑ Sega Force, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-14), page 26
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Supergame, "Junho 1992" (BR; 1992-06-xx), page 36
- ↑ Supergame, "Outubro 1992" (BR; 1992-10-xx), page 41
- ↑ Supersonic, "Mai/Juin 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 8
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 94
- ↑ User, "Noémvrios 1992" (GR; 1992-1x-xx), page 58
- ↑ Video Games, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-29), page 52
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