GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two explained

GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two
Developer:Dynamix
Publisher:Activision
Producer:Scott Orr
Designer:Troy A. Lyndon
Scott Orr
John Cutter
Artist:Scott Orr
John Cutter
Mark Madland
Composer:Tommy V. Dunbar
Released:1986
Genre:Sports
Platforms:MS-DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64

GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two is a sports video game for IBM PC compatibles Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, and Commodore 64. It was developed by Dynamix and published in 1986 by Activision.[1]

Gameplay

From a camera located flying over the center of the court the game featured a two on two basketball game, allowing one or two players.[2]

Reception

GBA was Activision's second best-selling Commodore game as of late 1987.[3] Computer Gaming World praised the Commodore 64 version of GBA for improving on by adding a full court, teammate, and league play.[4] The Apple IIGS version of the game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #129 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.[5] Compute! called the Apple IIGS version "a delightful game whether you're playing or just watching", praising the graphics and sound.[6]

Reviews

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Notes and References

  1. http://hol.abime.net/2708 GBA Championship Basketball:Two-on-Two
  2. http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/gba-championship-basketball-two-on-two's GBA Championship Basketball:Two-on-Two
  3. News: The Commodore Games That Live On And On . Compute's Gazette . December 1987 . 24 January 2015 . Ferrell, Keith . 18–22.
  4. News: Sports Scoreboard . Computer Gaming World . August 1986 . 1 November 2013 . Teverbaugh, Rick . 20.
  5. The Role of Computers . Lesser . Lesser . Lesser . Hartley . Patricia . Kirk . Dragon . 129 . January 1988 . 32–42.
  6. News: GBA Championship Basketball: Two-On-Two . Compute! . April 1988 . 10 November 2013 . Trunzo, James V. . 20.
  7. Web site: Kultpower Archiv: Komplettscan Happy Computer Spielesonderheft 2 (1986).
  8. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Generation%204/generation4_numero001/Generation4%20001%20-%20Page%20035%20(1987-Q4).jpg
  9. http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=4893
  10. Web site: Archived copy . 2022-03-27 . 2014-06-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140619012656/http://ysrnry.co.uk/articles/champbasketball.htm . dead.
  11. Web site: Computer Gamer - Issue 21 (1986-12) (Argus Press) (GB). December 1986.
  12. Web site: ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 018. October 1986.
  13. https://archive.org/stream/commodore-format-magazine-33/Commodore_Format_Issue_33_1993_06#page/n55/mode/2up
  14. Web site: Crash - No. 44 (1987-09) (Newsfield) (GB). September 1987.