I'm glad to find this forum. I first played this game on the PC as Magic Johnson Basketball, and now as Omni-Play Basketball on the C64 emulator.
Magic Johnson was sideview and Omni-Play is endview. The interesting thing is, in sideview, you control only your center. In endview, you don't really control any player, but you totally control movement of the ball.
Regarding the copy protection question: At the copy protection screen in Omni-Play, I just type anything, and the game loads.
My question: Has anyone found any add-on modules for either Magic Johnson or Omni-Play? The print module would be especially useful, because statistics for the playoff games are not saved.
I wonder if Ed Ringler is around and if he is aware that people are still playing his little sports games.