GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two

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GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two
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Developer(s) Dynamix
Publisher(s) Activision
Producer(s) Scott Orr
Designer(s) Troy A. Lyndon
Scott Orr
John Cutter
Artist(s) Scott Orr
John Cutter
Mark Madland
Composer(s) Tommy V. Dunbar
Platform(s) MS-DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64
Release1986
Genre(s) Sports

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]

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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] 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. [4] Computer Gaming World praised the Commodore 64 version of GBA for improving on One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird by adding a full court, teammate, and league play. [5] Compute!'s Gazette praised the "developed with care" Commodore 64 graphics and playability. The magazine cncluded that "Two-On-Two offers a great deal of fun to fans of fast-action arcade-style games" and "a fine new addition" to Activison's library. [6] Compute! called the Apple IIGS version "a delightful game whether you're playing or just watching", praising the graphics and sound. [7]

Reviews

References

  1. ↑ "GBA Championship Basketball: Two On Two". Hall of Light. HOL TEAM - Online Amiga database. Archived from the original on May 13, 2025.
  2. ↑ GBA Championship Basketball:Two-on-Two Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at mobygames.com
  3. ↑ Ferrell, Keith (December 1987). "The Commodore Games That Live On And On". Compute's Gazette. pp. 18–22. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (January 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (129): 32–42.
  5. ↑ Teverbaugh, Rick (August 1986). "Sports Scoreboard". Computer Gaming World. p. 20. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  6. ↑ Yakal, Kathy (September 1986). "GBA Championship Basketball: Two-On-Two". Compute's Gazette. pp. 59–60. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  7. ↑ Trunzo, James V. (April 1988). "GBA Championship Basketball: Two-On-Two". Compute!. p. 20. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  8. ↑ Happy Computer SH 11: 2 Spiele-Sonderheft (1986) (in German). Mark & Technik. 1986. pp. 46–47. Archived from the original on August 27, 2020.
  9. ↑ "GBA Championship Basketball : Two-on-Two [Amiga|ST]". Génération 4. January 1987. p. 35.
  10. ↑ "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!". www.kultboy.com. July 1986. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2022-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ↑ "Computer Gamer - Issue 21 (1986-12) (Argus Press) (GB)". December 1986.
  13. ↑ "ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 018". October 1986.
  14. ↑ Trunzo, James (April 1988). "GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two". www.atarimagazines.com. p. 20. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
  15. ↑ Commodore Format 33. June, 1993
  16. ↑ "Crash - No. 44 (1987-09) (Newsfield) (GB)". September 1987.


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