Sports / Sports - Basketball · 1979

Basketball

Published by Atari

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Information

Genre: Sports - Basketball
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Joystick
Players: 1, 1 vs. 2, 2 (sim.), 2+
Programmer(s): Miller, Alan
Year: 1979
Publisher: Atari
Country: USA
License: Commercial
Medium: Cartridge
Rarity: 3
Serial: CXL4004

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.4/10 · Votes: 21 · Downloads: 4,446 · Hits: 17,075

Screenshots (1)

Basketball — screenshot 1

Cover Art (3)

Cartridge 1

Cartridge 2

Cartridge 3

Instructions (4)

Instructions page 1

Instructions page 2

Instructions page 3

Instructions page 4

Comments (3)

everand4ever — 27 Feb 2026
It's... Basketball??? All I will say is that. You are given 4 minutes to do it,
the big m — 31 Aug 2023
I agree with Greg's assessment. Remember in 1978, a lot of arcade games were still in B & W! Real fun against the computer. You think it's easy and and it steals your ball! Would like to try 2 on 2 one day. Recommended!
Greg — 21 Oct 2007
Classic Alan Miller-designed Basketball game. Not a lot of frills but it IS one of the first games ever made for the system, after all. And it feels like Basketball, as you would expect from any Alan Miller sports title.