Lakers vs. Celtics is a basketball game featuring real NBA teams. Gameplay is action-oriented with an emphasis on offense. Play an exhibition game or try to win the NBA title in the playoff tournament mode. A season mode is not available. You can substitute tired players but there aren't any other management options.

The DOS version has ten '88-'89 NBA teams, including the East and West All-Stars. You can play with some of the biggest names in NBA history including Kareem, Bird, Jordan and Ewing. Several star players have their own signature move.

The Genesis version, which was released one year later, has ten NBA teams from the '89-'90 season. It also adds more signature moves, different home- and away-jerseys, player portraits for the starting five, voice-samples for the referee and counts the number of personal fouls a players has committed.

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Merchant	Title	Platform
	Lakers vs Celtics and the NBA Playoffs	Genesis
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Nominated in the Worst Conversion category	Genesis	Roedie (5234)
Hook-Shot!	DOS	Attila (496)
An early licensed NBA game that is boring as hell	Genesis	Mario Duenaz (32)
My first love.	DOS	Roedie (5234)
Kareeeeeeeeeeem This!	DOS	Yeah Right (57)
Has a great gameplay value no any others can easily promise.	DOS	Accatone (5198)

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The Press Says

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Genesis	Apr, 1991	88 out of 100	88
Power Play	Genesis	Mar, 1991	73 out of 100	73
Sega-16.com	Genesis	Jun 05, 2008	7 out of 10	70
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Genesis	Jul, 1991	8 out of 12	67
The Video Game Critic	Genesis	Apr 19, 2005	D	25

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Trivia

The Genesis version, which was released one year after the DOS version, isn't a port of the DOS version. It's almost a completely new game: it has new animations, sounds, graphics and adds player portraits. Moreover the DOS version has 10 1988-1989 teams while the rosters in the Genesis version are based on the 1989-1990 NBA season.

'88-'89 was Kareem Abdul Jabbar's last season so unfortunately he and his famous skyhook move are left out of the Genesis version.

While both versions are called Lakers vs. Celtics, it was actually the Detroit Pistons who won the NBA title in '88-'89 as well as '89-'90.

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