Basketball (1979 video game)
| Basketball | |
|---|---|
| Arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Atari, Inc. | 
| Publisher(s) | Atari, Inc. | 
| Programmer(s) | Chris Downend | 
| Platform(s) | Arcade | 
| Release | Arcade 
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| Genre(s) | Sports | 
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer | 
Basketball is an arcade video game released in May 1979 by Atari, Inc. It was the first basketball video game with a trackball for player movement and the first to use the angled side view which became a commonly used perspective in the basketball video games that followed.