Double Dribble: The Ultimate Basketball Game , Arcade Video game by Konami Industry Co., Ltd. (1987)

Double Dribble - The Ultimate Basketball Game [Model GX690]

Arcade Video game published 37 years ago by Konami Industry Co., Ltd.

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Double Dribble - The Ultimate Basketball Game © 1987 Konami Industry Company, Limited.

A basketball game.

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TECHNICAL

Game ID : GX690

Main CPU : (3x) M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 3.58 Mhz), Sanyo VLM5030 (@ 3.58 Mhz), (3x) RC (@ 3.58 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

TRIVIA

Double Dribble was released in January 1987.

This game was Konami's second basketball game, the first is "Super Basketball".

Double Dribble was the first video game to have the USA national anthem be sung in its entirety.

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SERIES

1. Double Dribble - The Ultimate Basketball Game (1987)
2. Hyper Dunk - The Playoff Edition (1994, Sega Mega Drive)

STAFF

Cabinet Graphic Design: Don Marshall

PORTS

CONSOLES:
usa Nintendo NES (sept.1987) "Double Dribble [Model NES-DW]"
europe Nintendo NES (dec.13, 1989) "Double Dribble [Model NES-DW]"
Nintendo Famicom Disk japan (jul.24, 1987) "Exciting Basketball [Model KDS-EKB]"
europe Nintendo Game Boy (1991) "Hyper Dunk"
usa Nintendo Game Boy (dec.1991) "Double Dribble 5 on 5 [Model DMG-DW]"
japan Nintendo Game Boy (sept.25, 1992) "Konamic Basket [Model DMG-DWJ]"
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] europe (nov.16, 2007) NES version
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] usa (nov.26, 2007) NES version

COMPUTERS:
usa Commodore C64 europe (1990)
europe Commodore Amiga (1990)
PC [MS-DOS, 3.5"/5.25"] usa (1990)

OTHERS:
LCD handheld game (1989)

SOURCES

Game's ROM.