---
title: TV Basketball
tags:
- ball and paddle
- basketball
- sport
years:
- '1974'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/arcade_tv-basketball_midway_ss1.png
  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: /media/museum/software/arcade_tv-basketball_midway_ss1.png
  - title: real screenshot
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_tv-basketball_midway_ss-real1.jpg
  - title: arcade cabinet
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_tv-basketball_midway_cab_1.jpg
  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.