One-on-One

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Description

Control either Julius Erving or Larry Bird in front of a single basket, in a game of one on one. The user can select to play either to a certain score or for a certain amount of time. When on offense, the player can rotate to keep away from his rival, take a shot from a distance or move in to the basket for special up-close slam-dunks. When on defense, you can try to take your rival's ball or jump up to block a shot. Particularly good set-ups get a slow-motion replay. You can even smash the glass on the backboard, which will send an irate janitor onto the court to clean up the mess.

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Alternate Titles

• "One-On-One Basketball" -- Atari 7800 title
• "One on One" -- In-game title
• "Julius Erving vs. Larry Bird One-on-one" -- Alternate title
• "Julius Erving and Larry Bird Go One on One" -- TRS-80CoCo in-game title
• "Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One on One" -- Informal name

Part of the Following Group

• Licensed title: Athletes

User Reviews

The Birth of EA Sports	PC Booter	Ummagumma (79)
I remember this game! A very little known CLASSIC and GEM !	Commodore 64	XplOrOrOr (16)

Critic Reviews

The Video Game Critic	Atari 8-bit	Jan 28, 2003	B+	83
Info	Commodore 64	Sep, 1984		80
Pixel	Commodore 64	Jan, 1985		80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Commodore 64	Jul, 1984	31 out of 40	78
Popular Computing Weekly	Amiga	Jul 10, 1986		65
The Video Game Critic	Atari 7800	Sep 09, 1999	C+	58
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Oct, 1985	39 out of 100	39
Home Computing Weekly	ZX Spectrum	Aug 13, 1985		20
64'er	Commodore 64	Jul, 1984	Unscored	Unscored
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Apple II	Feb, 1984	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

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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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