Magic Johnson's Basketball

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Magic Johnson's Basketball
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Magic Johnson's Basketball cover.
Developer(s) Arcadia Systems
Publisher(s) Arcadia Systems (arcade)
DRO Soft (Amstrad CPC)
Sculptured Software (DOS)
Tradewest (NES)
Virgin Mastertronic (Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum)
Platform(s) Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System, ZX Spectrum
Release date(s) 1988

Magic Johnson's Basketball (alternatively titled Magic Johnson's Fast Break) is a side-scrolling basketball sports game developed by Arcadia Systems and published in 1988. The game features the name and likeness of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, and was endorsed by PepsiCo.

In 1990 Tradewest published Software Creations' adaptation of the game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was one of several celebrity-endorsed sports games published by Tradewest, and was promoted with a television advertisement campaign. An adaptation to the Apple IIGS was abandoned and never published.

For the Amiga version of the game, Virgin Mastertronic published an expansion pack, Magic Johnson's Basketball: College MVP Data Disk (1991).

Overview[edit]

The game features two generic basketball teams. Most versions of the game have one and two player modes. The NES version is one of a handful of NES software titles to support three and four player simultaneous play using either the NES Satellite or NES Four Score console accessories. The multiplayer modes allow competition in single games, but there is no tournament play.