Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs | |
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Developer(s) | Electronic Arts |
Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
Designer(s) | Lisa Ching Jeff A. Lefferts Edwin W. Reich Jr. |
Programmer(s) | Lisa Ching Jeff A. Lefferts Edwin W. Reich Jr. |
Composer(s) | Michael Bartlow |
Series | NBA Playoffs |
Platform(s) | Sega Mega Drive/Genesis |
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Genre(s) | Sports simulation |
Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer |
Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs is a basketball video game produced by Don Traeger and developed by Electronic Arts and released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive. The game is the sequel to Lakers versus Celtics. The game's name refers to the previous season's NBA championship series, the 1991 NBA Finals matchup between the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. It is the second game in the NBA Playoffs series of games.
Bulls vs Lakers introduced a television broadcast-style presentation with a fictional television network, "EASN", the Electronic Arts Sports Network. Bing Gordon, the Chief Creative Officer of Electronic Arts, was featured as the game announcer. This was also the first game to depict NBA team logos on the courts.