TV Sports Basketball is, without a doubt, Cinemaware's best sport game and one of the best basketball games ever made.
Everything that we've come to expect from Cinemaware is included in the game, from the amazing opening sequence to the announcer's previews, to being able to edit all aspects of the players attributes. Although great as a one-player game, it is much more fun playing human opponents. Those who are reflexes-impaired can choose to only manage the team and watch the players carry out their strategies on the court. There's the option of playing against each other or playing on the same team with each other. You have the option of controlling a specific player or whatever player has the ball.
Joystick control is excellent, its very responsive and easy to pull off different kinds of shots. The better your players shooting attribute, the more accuracy of his shot. You can even pull off some razzle dazzle when close to the basket. This can include slamdunks, to full body turning slams. You can even alley oop.
The game is about as realistic as possible for computer basketball. The graphics and animations are great, but it's the sound that adds all the atmosphere. You can actually hear the squeeks of the players sneakers! Another great touch is the crowd sounds. If you're the home team, you will hear cheers when the team is doing well, the better you play, the louder the cheers. Start to play bad and the crowd will actually boo you. Although there is some luck involved in shooting, there is also plenty of skill involved. You must substitute players at appropriate times and know when to pass and shoot.
In conclusion, I have to say that this is one of the best sports simulations that I have played on the Amiga. Every game is different and no two teams play alike. Some teams are better than others, although for some reason the Cinemaware team is always one of the best. If you are a fan of basketball, this is a keeper.
Review By HOTUD
English 
Comments and reviews
This is probably the best basketball game every produced. There are many others I enjoyed, such as NBA jam or NBA EA series, but this has such an exciting arcade element I have played it on an off for 35 years now!! The animation is smooth, the shooting is quite realistic and you even control the moment of release of the ball; all that for a game that came out in 1989!!!! We used to play for hours with my friends 1 on 1
Play it with your kids; they'll love it
Still one of my favorite basketball games ever released! The animations are really nice for the time, you can edit almost anything and you can make it as realistic as you want it to be. Played it A LOT back in the early 90's, preferred it over other games. It also has a nice presentation that makes it seems like a great TV broadcast. Highly recommend!
Who remembers name of players? I remember them being creative but only recall Ben Scwarmer
I used to love playing this one. I used to edit all team to match real NBA rosters with realistic data and atibutes. This was an amazing game!
I remember on my version of the game that Nate McMilan was a giant amongst the other players. The height stats were entered in incorrectly for him.
Defense Wins ball games. One closer. One or two supermans on the team 20 or 30 pt avg. And the whole bench plays defense. Your team won't score on my team unless we allow it or we are just being nice to you.
Password was required to enter the game. I had about ten passwords from a total of ca 50 which meant I had to be patient to play because if you were not able to get them right you had to launch the game all over and try again.
I still remember these passwords even though it’s more than twenty years since i played it :-D
Cool!!! I still play it...since 1991. Amazing basket game.
This is a brilliant piece of software.
Thanks!
This is one of my favorite games ever that I totally forgot about. Thanks for the info.
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