One-on-One

aka: Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One on One, Julius Erving and Larry Bird Go One on One, Julius Erving vs. Larry Bird One-on-one, One on One, One-On-One Basketball

Moby ID: 488

Trivia

This was the first computer game with celebrity endorsements.

Copy protection

This game became successful on the Commodore 64, where its complicated copy-protection became famous not only with hackers intent on breaking it, but with users who had to listen to it tear their old behemouth 1541 floppy drives a new one. The PC copy protection was similarly legendary--96 sector headers on track 15 took a long time to figure out and duplicate.

Development

The concept was created by Hawkins based on his recollections of the 60's era "One on One" televised sports contests, sponsored by hair tonic Vitalis.

Awards

Happy Computer
- Issue 04/1985 - #10 Best Game in 1984 (Readers' Vote) (Commodore 64, Apple II and Atari 8-bit versions)

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