The game 'Bulls vs. Blazers' was the second in a line of horrible horrible basketball games produced by EA Sports. The series started with 'Lakers vs. Celtics' and ended with the terrible 'NBA Showtime.' Virtually all the games are the same, and Lakers vs. Celtics is basically different only in the cover that appears on the box. Bulls vs. Blazers has two things going for it though, A:It has Micheal Jordan and the Originals (Paxson, Grant, Pippen, Cartwright, Levingston, Purdue, the list goes on...) and B: The sweet opening music. Jordan was under contract with EA Sports at the time and didn't appear in other, better, basketball games. The opening music starts off with a killer lazy/bluesy riff that sounds like it coulda been straight from the guitar of Keith Richards. This is virtually the only song on the Bulls vs. Blazers 'soundtrack' as basically the rest of the game is played in silence.

The good people at EA Sports tried to give the players 'special moves.' Larry Bird has a turnaround jumper, Scottie Pippen does his double-pump slam, David Robinson does a windmill. This is great and all, but the gameplay is so horrible this neat little idea fell flat on its face. No one cares about a special move if all the 'normal moves' suck.

There are a few things wrong with this game. It is nearly impossible to make a three pointer. In fact, it is nearly impossible to make any sort of shot other than a layup. I remember reading another review for this game and it said, "You know you're not playing the real thing when Micheal Jordan can't hit a turnaround from the free-throw line." I think that quote sums this game up.

The gameplay is ridiculously slow. In an all-out fast break, it takes at least ten seconds for your player to grab the inbounds pass and sprint to the other end of the floor. I could basically put a brick on the d-pad, go to the bathroom and come back before my player crossed half court.