Jackson, 22, who led the league with 21.2 points a game, received 23 of 54 first-place votes and totaled 406 points in balloting from a nationwide news media panel.
At Metacritic, a video game review aggregator, the game received an average score of 78 out of 100, based on 36 reviews.
Maintenance and development of the game is supported primarily through donations and players who donate US$10 to the game receive a powerful item known as a Mr. Accessory.
Customers in North America who pre-ordered the game received a limited edition box with a golden plastic card affixed, reading "Collector's Edition".
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100, the game received an average score of 52 and 49 for the PlayStation 2 and Windows version, respectively.
The game received a mostly mixed reaction, receiving an aggregated score of 71% on Metacritic for the Xbox 360 and PS3 version of the game.
Although the game received a mixed reception from critics, it received a BAFTA award nomination for its screenplay elements.
The game received a brief description in GamePros May 1990 issue and a full walkthrough in the premiere issue of TurboPlay in June that year.
The game received a positive reaction from the media, attaining an aggregate score of 88% from Game Rankings and 93% from Metacritic.
The game received a positive reaction from the media, attaining an aggregate score of 76.26% from GameRankings, and 76 out of 100 from Metacritic.
Players who preordered the game received a sampler disc of five songs, and Square released a three-CD official soundtrack in Japan after the game's debut.
