Software:Street Sports Basketball

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Street Sports Basketball
Street Sports Basketball Coverart.png
Developer(s)Epyx
Publisher(s)
Artist(s)Dave Worton
Platform(s)Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum
Release
Genre(s)Sports game

Street Sports Basketball is a 1987 computer basketball game for the IBM PC, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It was developed by Epyx and published by U.S. Gold.[1]

Gameplay

The game features a 3-a-side basketball match. Each team is made by three players with different skills chosen from the neighbours.[2]

Reception

Computer Gaming World stated in 1987 that Street Sports Basketball's "graphics are smooth and the action is fast".[3] The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #131 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3​12 out of 5 stars.[4]

Reviews

  • Info (Jan, 1989)[5]
  • Happy Computer (Dec, 1987)[6]
  • Power Play (1987)[7]
  • Commodore User (Jan, 1988)[8]
  • Zzap! (Dec, 1988)[9]
  • Génération 4 (Dec, 1988)[10]
  • Sinclair User (Jul, 1988)[11]
  • Your Sinclair (Aug, 1988)[12]
  • Power Play (Mar, 1988)[13]
  • Power Play (Dec, 1988)[14]
  • Amiga User International (Dec, 1988)[15]

References

  1. "Street Sports Basketball (1987)". 2000-02-27. https://www.mobygames.com/game/400/street-sports-basketball/. 
  2. "Street Sports Basketball". http://www.thelegacy.de/Museum/game.php3?titel_id=7068&game_id=7146. 
  3. "Christmas Buyers Guide". Computer Gaming World (41): 20. November 1987. https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_41/page/n19/mode/2up. 
  4. Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (March 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (131): 78–86. 
  5. "Info - Issue 24 (1989-01)(Info Publications)(US)". January 1989. https://archive.org/details/Info_Issue_24_1989-01_Info_Publications_US/page/n69/mode/2up. 
  6. "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!". https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=1649. 
  7. "Kultpower Archiv: Komplettscan Powerplay 1/1988". http://www.kultpower.de/archiv/heft_powerplay_1988-01_seite78. 
  8. "Commodore User Magazine Issue 52". January 1988. https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-52/page/n19/mode/2up. 
  9. "Amiga Reviews: Street Sports Basketball". https://amigareviews.leveluphost.com/streetsp.htm#streetsportsbasketballzzap. 
  10. "Le site des anciennes revues informatiques - www.abandonware-magazines.org". https://abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=27&num=394. 
  11. "Sinclair User Magazine Issue 076". July 1988. https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-076/page/n63/mode/2up. 
  12. "Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 32". August 1988. https://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-32/page/n65/mode/2up. 
  13. "Kultpower Archiv: Komplettscan Powerplay 4/1988". http://www.kultpower.de/archiv/heft_powerplay_1988-04_seite81. 
  14. "Kultpower Archiv: Komplettscan Powerplay 1/1989". http://www.kultpower.de/archiv/heft_powerplay_1989-01_seite64. 
  15. "Street Sports Basketball review from AUI Vol 2 No 12 (Dec 1988) - Amiga Magazine Rack". http://amr.abime.net/review_7199. 

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