Arch Rivals

2-Player (Simultaneous) Sports/Basketball Selectable Protagonists 

Type of the game: [Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game
Arch Rivals © 1989 Bally Midway Mfg. Co.

Arch Rivals is a hilarious basketball game featuring customizing team names and colors. A full game consists of four quarters, with four minutes each. Each team has two players, and the objective of the game is to outscore the opponent until the final buzzer sounds.

If the game results in a tie after four quarters, a sudden death overtime period is added, in which case the next basket to go in will win the game for the team who scored it. The overtime period is one minute long. A player can call for his teammate to pass him the ball or to shoot it.

There are eight characters that the player can play as, each with a unique characteristic. They are :
* Blade : A crowd pleaser.
* Hammer : Rebound king.
* Lewis : Top shooter.
* Mohawk : Tough & mean.
* Moose : A real champ.
* Reggie : All-American.
* Tyrone : Defensive giant.
* Vinnie : A great player.

Bally Midway MCR 68k hardware

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 7.7238 Mhz)
Sound CPU : M6809 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), DAC, HC55516 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : stick
Buttons : 2

Arch Rivals was released in May 1989.

It was one of the first sports games to gain popularity among its players. The game billed itself as a 'Basket Brawl'.

Tyrone was one of the heroes of the cartoon titled the 'Power Team'.

An Arch Rivals unit appears in the 1991 movie 'Terminator 2 - Judgment Day', and in the 1990 sitcom 'Parker Lewis Can't Lose'; Season 1, Episode 19 (Citizen Kube).

Concept and design : Jeff Nauman, Brian Colin
Sounds : Dan Forden
Graphics : Brian Colin
Software : Jeff Nauman
Hardware and support : Glen Ship, Mark Loffredo, Al Lasko, Greg Tastad, Greg Freres, John, Brian, Elaine Ditton, Ben, Jim, Soumya, Laura, The Doctor!
The joystick was designed by : Ken Lantz

Consoles:

Nintendo NES (1990, "Arch Rivals: A Basket Brawl [Model NES-Q4]")
Nintendo NES [AU] (1990, "Arch Rivals: A Basket Brawl [Model NES-Q4-AUS]")
Nintendo NES (November 1990; "Arch Rivals: A Basket Brawl [Model NES-Q4-USA]")
Sega Game Gear (1992)
Sega Genesis (1992) [Model T-81056]
Sega Mega Drive (1992) [Model T-81056-50]
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (2004, "Midway Arcade Treasures 2")
Microsoft XBOX (October 11, 2004; "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model MWO-3201W]")
Sony PlayStation 2 (October 11, 2004; "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model SLUS-20997]")
Nintendo GameCube (October 14, 2004; "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model DOL-GAYE-USA]")
Microsoft XBOX (October 29, 2004; "Midway Arcade Treasures 2")
Sony PlayStation 2 (October 29, 2004; "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model SLES-52844]")
Sony PSP (December 13, 2005; "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play [Model ULUS-10059]")
Sony PSP (February 24, 2006; "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play [Model ULES-00180]")
Microsoft XBOX 360 (November 6, 2012, "Midway Arcade Origins")
Sony PlayStation 3 (November 6, 2012, "Midway Arcade Origins")

Computers:

PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (February 17, 2006, "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition")
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (March 17, 2006, "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition")

Others:

LCD handheld game (1989) : released by Acclaim.
Apple iPhone/iPod (February 23, 2012; "Midway Arcade [Model 476467441]")

Game's rom.
Game's picture.