NCAA Basketball: Road to the Final Four 2 | |
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Developer(s) | Bethesda Softworks |
Publisher(s) | Bethesda Softworks |
Producer(s) | Todd Howard [1] |
Platform(s) | DOS [2] |
Release | 1994 [3] |
NCAA Basketball: Road to the Final Four 2 (also known as NCAA: Road to the Final Four 2) is an NCAA licensed basketball video game. [4] The game is a sequel to NCAA Basketball: Road to the Final Four. [5]
NCAA Basketball: Road to the Final Four 2 is a college basketball simulation which includes all 64 teams that appeared in the 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. [5] All of the players have their own individual AI engine that makes use of actual NCAA statistics. [2]
The game was originally scheduled to release in September 1993. [6] The title was produced by Todd Howard. [1]
Publication | Score |
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Joystick | 75% [7] |
PC Player | 64% [8] |
PC Games | 79% [9] |
PC Team | 72% [10] |
The Age | 3.5/5 [11] |
The Age said "The innovative "chase-camera perspective" feature porbably wont be enough to hook players with an aversion to sports sims, but it will sit well with fans of the genre" [11]
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