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Basketball [Model CX2624]

Atari 2600 cart. published 46 years ago by Atari, Inc.

Listed in MAME

Basketball [Model CX2624] screenshot

Basketball © 1978 Atari, Incorporated.

Allows you to play a game of one-on-one against either the computer or another player. The court is viewed from the side with a basket at each end of the screen. Using the joystick you can move your player around the court, dribble/shoot the ball, and attempt to block your opponent. The game is played in two 4 minute halves, and the player who scores the most points wins. There are two different skill levels available which can be set individually for each player.

TECHNICAL

Model CX2624

TRIVIA

The Atari 2600 game Basketball made a brief cameo in the movie Airplane (1980). It occurs about 1:13:15 into the movie... right after Johnny makes comments about how awful the dress & shoes are and makes the captain's wife cry. The brief clip shows two air traffic controllers playing basketball on their round radar screen.

Export releases:
[PAL] "Basketball [Model CX2624P]"

STAFF

Programmer: Alan Miller

PORTS

CONSOLES:
usa Sony PlayStation 4 (oct.18,2016) "Atari Flashback Classics Vol.1"
usa Microsoft XBOX One (nov.1,2016) "Atari Flashback Classics Vol.1"

HANDHELDS:
usa Nintendo DS (nov.2, 2010) "Atari Greatest Hits Vol.1 [Model NTR-BR6E-USA]"

COMPUTERS:
usa Steam (mar.24,2016) "Atari Vault [Model 400020]"

OTHERS:
usa "Atari Flashback 3" (sept.16, 2011) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback 4" (nov.13, 2012) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback 5" (oct.1, 2014) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback 6" (sept.15,2015) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback 7" (oct.1,2016) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback 8" (sept.22, 2017) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback 8 Gold Edition" (sept.22, 2017) by AtGames
usa "Atari Flashback 8 Gold Activision Edition" (sept.22, 2017) by AtGames

SOURCES

Game's ROM.