Basketball (1979 video game)

Basketball
Arcade flyer
DeveloperAtari, Inc.
PublishersAtari, Inc.
ProgrammerChris Downend
PlatformArcade
Release
  • NA: May 1979
GenreSports
ModesSingle-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.