ECS no. 1
ECS no. 2

TV Sports: Basketball

General info

Amiga Original

Relationships

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2020-08-28

Stats

7,586

Genre

Conversions

NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress
PC (DOS)
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 28, Sim 4

Features

Hard Disk Installer

Yes
HD installer is contained on disk 1 (Cinemaware release only). Approx. 1.6Mb HD space is required.

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
TV Sports: Basketball
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1990
TV Sports: Basketball
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1990
TV Sports: Basketball
Commercial
Full Price
Europe
English
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Game design by Larry Garner and John Cutter. Main coding by Larry Garner; additional coding by Andrew Condon and Dan Pinal. Original music and sound FX by Jim Simmons.

[2] Game supports the following features:
- Enhanced sound with 1Mb ram or more
- Simultaneous gameplay of up to 4 players (exhibition games only) using a parallel port joystick adapter
- Printing of team, game and season statistics
- HD installation (Cinemaware release only)


TRIVIA: Almost all the coders and production staff that worked at Cinemaware during development appeared on team rosters in the game and assumed cheesy nicknames. For example, the Cinemaware basketball team includes-

Players: 'Gunner' Garner, 'Cookie' Cutter, 'Downtown' Todd, 'Spud' Simmons, 'Air' Albright, 'Magic' Truelove, 'Brick' Riordin, 'Jumpin-Jack' Platt, 'Hack' Hilbers, 'Doctor' Duggan, 'Sky' Cook, 'Ohmi' Godfrey

Coach: 'Jammin' Jacob

Conversion Notes

PC versions: EGA, VGA, Tandy

Screen info

ECS / OCS
Screenshot ECS no. 3

The CWTV telecast begins.....

Screenshot ECS no. 4

Wow! It's a packed stadium today folks.....

Screenshot ECS no. 5

Can the Cinemaware Basketball Association (CWBA) give the NBA a run for its money??!!

Screenshot ECS no. 6

CWTV's Max McGill live and direct from courtside

Screenshot ECS no. 7

Max McGill's pre-game show

Screenshot ECS no. 8

Check out the goggles on this dude!

Screenshot ECS no. 9

Customary footage of a young nubile cheerleader becoming hyperaroused with her pom poms. Ra-ra-ra!

Screenshot ECS no. 10

Game tipoff

Screenshot ECS no. 11

The Cinemaware team are away on the fast break

Screenshot ECS no. 12

Tomahawk!

Screenshot ECS no. 13

Anything you can do, I can do better.....an "in your face" slam dunk down the other end!!

Screenshot ECS no. 14

Almost looks like they're playing a zone D.....an illegal defence in the NBA!

Box: ECS / OCS
Box scan ECS no. 1

U.S. Release (front) [Source: Moby Games]

Box scan ECS no. 2

U.S. Release (back) [Source: Moby Games]

Box scan ECS no. 3

UK Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 4

UK Release (back)

Disk: ECS / OCS
Disk scan ECS no. 1

U.S. Release [Source: Moby Games]

Disk scan ECS no. 2

UK Release

Disk scan ECS no. 3

UK Release [alt]

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Errata Sheet (English/German)

ECS no. 2

French Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

ECS no. 3

Catalogue Entry

Manual info

ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Manual (English) [U.S. Release]

ECS no. 2

Manual (English) [UK Release]

ECS / OCS

No cheats found.

NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress
Conversion NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress

Conversion NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress

PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
8 (May 1990)
78%
Steve Merrett
Doug Johns
Alex Simmons
0
Amiga Format
10 (May 1990)
51%
Maff Evans
1
Amiga Joker
Apr 1990
90%
Max Magenauer
2
Amiga World
Vol 6 No 7 (Jul 1990)
Peter Olafson
0
Computer + Video Games
101 (Apr 1990)
91%
Paul Glancey
0
CU Amiga
Mar 1990
87%
Mark Patterson
2
Datormagazin
No 7 (Mar 1990)
8/10
Pia Wester
1
Génération 4
20 (Mar 1990)
92%
0
Info
32 (Sep 1990)
4.5/5
Judith Kilbury-Cobb
1
Joystick
3 (Mar 1990)
82%
Artemus
0
The One
18 (Mar 1990)
93%
Gary Whitta
4
Zzap
61 (May 1990)
86%
Scorelord
Phil King
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
No magazine previews found

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 81%

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