Platforms: Atari 7800 and Atari Lynx
Genres: Fighting and Sport
Themes: Comedy
Keywords: basketball and hand-to-hand combat
Perspective: Side view
Developer: Atari
Basketbrawl
Summary:
Basketbrawl is a sports video game released for the Atari 7800 in 1990, then for the Atari Lynx in 1992. It is a basketball simulation which allows hitting and fighting with other players. The name is a portmanteau of basketball and brawl. It is similar to the 1989 Midway arcade game Arch Rivals which had the tagline "A basket brawl!"Atari released another sports/fighting combo for the Atari 7800 in 1990 as Ninja Golf. Both were in the final 11 games published by Atari for that system in 1990-91 before dropping support.
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