One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird
1983 video game
One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird, commonly known as One on One, is a basketball video game written by Eric Hammond for the Apple II and published by Electronic Arts in 1983. It was initially ported to the Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, and IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk). Versions followed for the TRS-80 Color Computer, Classic Mac OS, Amiga, and ZX Spectrum. In Europe, the publisher was Ariolasoft. Atari Corporation released an Atari 7800 port in 1987.
Gameplay
The player controls basketball star Julius Erving or Larry Bird in a game of one-on-one against another player or the computer. It allows for play to a certain score or timed games. The game includes personal fouls, a 24-second shot clock, jumpers, fadeaways, putbacks, and what is likely the first instant replay in sports video games (the March 1983 non-sports arcade game Food Fight also has instant replay).
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