# I am the queen of Double Dribble

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-queen-of-double-dribble/101601>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 3, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-queen-of-double-dribble/101601 "2002-04-03T16:20:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-queen-of-double-dribble/101601/1 "2002-04-03T16:20:06Z")

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I just beat my computer! And I must be the most pre-adolescent boy-stuck-in-a-grown-woman’s-body on Earth!

(Double Dribble is an old Nintendo game that simulates a basketball game. Don’t pretend you’ve never played it before. I know you still have that old Nintendo tucked away in the corner, next to a pair of MC Hammer parachute pants and Milli Vanilli album covers. As we say in Super Mario land, DOUBLE DRIBBLE!!)

[sub]I really really hope someone understands this post.[/sub]

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**Author:** ![sorrel554](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-queen-of-double-dribble/101601/2 "2002-04-03T19:29:29Z")

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Congrats! I know exactly what you’re talking about. We used to play all the time but I was never that good.

Even now, when I’m watching hoops on TV and someone is called for a double dribble, I automatically think of that computerized voice in my head saying “Double Dribble!” 😃

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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-queen-of-double-dribble/101601/3 "2002-04-03T21:20:27Z")

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That same digitised voice played in my head too…even though I usually played DD with the sound off, allowing for a truly Zen-like experience with the flashing lights of the TV screen.

My real addiction to low-tech basketball sims was with the arcade game _Super Konami Basketball_, in which you only played offense. “ **BLOCKING!** ”

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**Author:** ![webguy1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb9ed0/32.png) [@webguy1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/webguy1000)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-queen-of-double-dribble/101601/4 "2002-04-04T16:06:26Z")

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hmm, if I recall correctly it sounds a little more like “Rubble Ribble,” doesn’t it? 😃

I am the King of Rubble Ribble. Who here says we should have an 8-bit nintendo conference and declare the true national champion!

Hoorah!