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+---
+title: TV Basketball
+tags:
+- ball and paddle
+- basketball
+- sport
+years:
+- '1974'
+params:
+  specs:
+  - label: year of release
+    value: '1974'
+  - label: companies
+    value: Midway
+  - label: type
+    value: game
+  - label: media
+    value: arcade cabinet
+  - label: systems
+    value: Arcade
+  - label: number of players
+    value: 2 - 4 players (versus)
+  screenshots:
+  - title: screenshot (simulation)
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: real screenshot
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: arcade cabinet
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  machines:
+  - /museum/misc-arcade-video-games
+  company: /companies/misc
+  oc_id: 693
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230531230807/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=693
+    date: '2023-05-31'
+---
+
+TV Basketball seems to be a 4-player version of the [Taito Basketball arcade game](/software/basketball-692/) released earlier (?) the same year (1974).
+
+Basically, it's a pong variant where each player control two players (defenser and forward) or one player (4 player option) using the 4 knobs on the control panel.
+
+The ball reacts as a normal pong game, but the the only way to score is to direct the ball into the basketball goals (from the top).
+
+The gameplay is time limited. The timer is displayed at the top of the screen.
+
+Each goal score 2 points.