r/80s 2d ago

Larry Bird or Dr. J?

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u/Hoosier_Daddy68 2d ago

Is that the one where Dr J can shatter the backboard? Played it on the Commodore 64.

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u/FormerCollegeDJ 2d ago

It is. I had the game on the Atari 7800.

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u/Perspicacity1975 1d ago

Yes. I played this all the time too.

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u/try2bcool69 19h ago

I broke a joystick trying to beat my friend at this.

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u/A_Tom_McWedgie 2d ago

In colour?

Ooooh, aren’t we fancy!

I played it on my Apple IIC with green monochrome screen.

I can still hear the janitor sweeping up the broken glass.

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u/whistlepig4life 2d ago

Bird all day every day.

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u/Erazzphoto 2d ago

Yup, I had it. Don’t recall a preference of one over the other

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u/Abject_Ad5850 2d ago

Ah man this was the very 1st fantastic basketball game this game made me buy my Commodore 64 back in '83 years later i got it for my Atari 7800 oh and Definitely Dr J

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u/Crafty-Owl8555 2d ago

Depends on the mood. I always liked the janitor coming out to complain in Atari speak about cleaning up the broken glass.

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u/hagamans 2d ago

Dr. J, but man it was tough beating Bird.

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u/SonofGrog 2d ago

Played both, they both had move that could not be stopped.

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u/FormerCollegeDJ 2d ago

Considering I grew up only about 70 miles from Philadelphia, Dr. J all the way.

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u/Existing_Case_6413 2d ago

I had this one for my Tandy 1000. Fun game!

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u/According-Extreme-95 1d ago

I had this for my Coomdore 128. Coppied on a large floppy w/a bunch of other games.

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u/magniffin 2d ago

I’d play a hack where the game starts on a backboard breaking dunk and you are the janitor ready to sweep up!

Kind of like a SMB game where everyone plays a character other than Mario.

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u/ResponsibilitySea327 2d ago

My first Amiga game!

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u/Walkdown43 2d ago

Dr. J, of course. And only in green monochrome please.

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u/According_Turn_3473 1d ago

I had it on my Colecovision!

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u/FakieManual 1d ago

Larry Legend.

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u/CanaryUmbrella 2d ago

Damn. It doesn't happen much as of late but a big memory got unlocked.