Jordan Vs Bird review - Sega Megadrive
So, you like playing basketball do you? Well, Jordan Vs Bird is a digital representation of one-on-one - a sort of cut-down version of Basketball where only two players participate attempting to score more baskets than the opposing player.
In this case, only two different players are available, the eponymous Jordan and Bird. Each specialises in different types of basketball plays, be they slam dunks or three-point baskets (that's where they score from outside of the basket area). It's up to you to choose your basketball warrior and go into battle, outwitting and outfoxing the opposition by capitalising on your own strengths and your opponent's weaknesses.
Jordan Vs Bird also gives you the opportunity to develop your basketball skills in a series of practise rounds before you face up to your sporting nemesis in a one-on-one basketball duel!
What the Mean Machines staff thought
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This is actually a conversion of a crappy, very limited and boring eight year old C64 computer game called One-on-One Basketball. And even though EA have added a few extra elements and attempted to beed it up, at the end of the day it's still the same old crappy, very limited and boring game. The sound is pretty good, but the animation on the players is appalling (both players run around as though they've got 15 pounds of cack in their trousers) and the gameplay is virtually devoid of excitement - even with two players - due to the frustratingly hopeless control method. The slam dunk competition is laughably easy and really there's little else to keep you playing. If you're a basketball fan either go for Supreme Court Basketball or wait for the forthcoming Bulls Vs Lakers. Both are infinitely better than this tosh.
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MParallel - 18 Jan 2010, 00:33 GMT
Ha Jordan vs. Bird. As MJ was about God to me when I was a kid, anything that had anything to do with MJ in any kind of way couldn't possibly be wrong.
I remember me and a classmate rented this game and it took us like half an hour before making a succesful dunk on the Slam Dunk Contest (rented games didn't come with the instruction manual).
Looking back now, it's a decent game, but very limited. It's fun to do a dunk contest every now and then.
Very funny to read the old comments "the animation on the players is appalling (both players run around as though they've got 15 pounds of cack in their trousers)".
I recall this too. The trick however is to hold down the A button, as this will make the players do a normal running motion. Otherwise, it defaults to the "defensive slide" motion.
