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Basketball

aka: Atari Basketball, Basketbol
Moby ID: 14905

Atari 2600 version

Very simple one-on-one, but quite entertaining.

The Good
The game allows you to play with another player or alone against the computer. For once, both options offer quite a challenge. It's one of the first Atari games in which the AI is not too predictable. It even grows harder as the game progresses. The movement controls are relatively fluid, and after a while, you can even steal the ball from your opponent. Be careful, the computer is good at that maneuver.

The Bad
The graphics remain simplistic, but for gaming purposes, they suggest enough so you can play without complaining too much. The sounds are awful though. You need to be, most of the times, at the same spots to shoot the ball into the goal, because there are only two types of shots: short and long.

The Bottom Line
This game is like a little one-on-one basketball game. You control the movements of your player with the joystick and hit the button to shoot the ball in the basket. It's as simple as that.

by RobinHud (68) on November 26, 2005

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