# Need the name of an 80's basketball arcade game

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**Created:** [January 6, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-the-name-of-an-80s-basketball-arcade-game/566567 "2011-01-06T02:23:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-the-name-of-an-80s-basketball-arcade-game/566567/1 "2011-01-06T02:23:23Z")

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And no it’s not “Double Dribble”. The premise is that you are down with 8 seconds left and you get the ball and have to make the shot quickly. If you do, you get some time put back on the clock. Either way, you always got the ball back.  
I think the first level was you being 4 points down and later levels had you down by more.

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**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-the-name-of-an-80s-basketball-arcade-game/566567/2 "2011-01-06T04:14:44Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> And no it’s not “Double Dribble”. The premise is that you are down with 8 seconds left and you get the ball and have to make the shot quickly. If you do, you get some time put back on the clock. Either way, you always got the ball back.  
> I think the first level was you being 4 points down and later levels had you down by more.

Super Basketball by Konami.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Tyh2GhrCB_E/hqdefault.jpg "Super Basketball (Konami, 1984) - Arcade Gameplay") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyh2GhrCB_E)