Basketball
a.k.a. @Basketball
created and published by Atari in 1982-11-05, running on Atari 5200
This game has not passed the prototype stage.
type: sportgenre: Basketball
perspective: side view
player options: single player, shared-screen
other: Prototype
languages: eng
Technical specs
display: raster
Editor note
CX-5219. 2 Prototypes exist. The last of which is dated 1982-11-05. There is a later Realsports Basketball prototype with a different basketball game. This entry is about the earlier attempt that looks different from the the Atari 2600 version. It also has a bug that causes it to freeze at the end of the 1st quarter.
This is an actual a 4 players game. 2 players can not use a 2-port machine because of a bug that causes 2 player modes to use ports 2 and 3 (instead of 1 & 2). The game options are 1 player vs computer (using port 1). player vs player (ports 2 & 3), 2 players vs 2 computers (ports 2 & 3), 2 players vs a player & a computer (ports 1, 2 & 3), and 4 player free-for-all (ports 1–4). The 2 players against the computer and 3 players modes are a bit of an oddity for a game of this era.
Alan Miller originally began programming a 5200 version of the 2600 game. After he left Atari, the 2 year old task was assigned to Patrick Bass. After some initial work Bass began doing his own version.
(Zerothis) - # 2007-08-04 00:25:07
This is an actual a 4 players game. 2 players can not use a 2-port machine because of a bug that causes 2 player modes to use ports 2 and 3 (instead of 1 & 2). The game options are 1 player vs computer (using port 1). player vs player (ports 2 & 3), 2 players vs 2 computers (ports 2 & 3), 2 players vs a player & a computer (ports 1, 2 & 3), and 4 player free-for-all (ports 1–4). The 2 players against the computer and 3 players modes are a bit of an oddity for a game of this era.
Alan Miller originally began programming a 5200 version of the 2600 game. After he left Atari, the 2 year old task was assigned to Patrick Bass. After some initial work Bass began doing his own version.
(Zerothis) - # 2007-08-04 00:25:07
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