One on one basketball between two players or one player and computer. Giant "Atari Trak Ball" (TM) and one button for control. "Sweet Georgia Brown" at tip-off. Crowd roars with every successful shot.
Atari Basketball was produced by Atari in 1979.
Atari released 137 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.
Other machines made by Atari during the time period Atari Basketball was produced include: Sky Raider, Fire Truck, Avalanche, Orbit, Skydiver, Hercules, Superman, Atari Soccer, Atari Baseball, and Asteroids
Name | Atari Basketball |
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Developer | Atari (United States) |
Year | 1979 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 12745 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Sports |
Monitor |
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IC Count | 127 |
Conversion Class | Atari B&W Raster |
# Simultaneous Players | 2 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Competitive |
Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Bezel | Atari Basketball Bezel Image |
PCB | Atari Basketball PCB Image |
Large cabinet with nearly a 30" x 30" footprint. Large control panel holds two trak ball controllers - players stand side by side during play.
Overall Like |
2.50 |
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Fun (Social) | 2.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 2.00 |
Collector Desire | 2.50 |
Gameplay | 2.00 |
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Graphics | 2.00 |
Originality | 3.00 |
Sound/Music | 2.00 |
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There are 15,024 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,571 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 165,398 machines (6,956 unique titles).
Common - There are 42 known instances of this machine owned by Atari Basketball collectors who are active members. Of these, 37 of them are original dedicated machines. 5 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with a Atari Basketball machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Atari Basketball circuit board for sale.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Atari Basketball.
This game ranks a 14 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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