Super Basketball
スーパー・バスケットボール
Description
Compete against different computer-controlled teams such as Junior High School, High School, College, University, etc. After you beat a team you will move on to the next until you compete against the ultimate team.
Super Basketball was produced by Konami in 1984.
Konami released 442 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Konami was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Konami during the time period Super Basketball was produced include: Mega Zone, Roc'n Rope, Juno First, Gyruss, Hyper Olympic, Badlands, Circus Charlie, Comic Bakery, Hyper Olympic '84, and Antarctic Adventure
Specs
| Name | Super Basketball |
|---|---|
| Developer | Konami (Japan) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 9864 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Sports |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | Konami Classic |
| Game Specific | Super Basketball Pinout |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
| Cabinet Styles |
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| Dipswitch Settings |
Video Clips
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Game Play
The computer team will start out with a certain score. You, playing offence, must score enough points in a certain amount of time to beat the computer team in order to move on to the next group of opponents.
Super Basketball KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 1.25 (1 vote)
Fun Factor: 0.25
Overall Like |
0.00 |
|---|---|
| Fun (Social) | 1.00 |
| Fun (Solo) | 0.00 |
| Collector Desire | 0.00 |
Technical Rating: 2.25
| Gameplay | 5.00 |
|---|---|
| Graphics | 3.00 |
| Originality | 0.00 |
| Sound/Music | 1.00 |
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Conversion
This game uses the same pinouts as most other vertical Konami games of that time such as Scramble, Super Cobra, Gyruss, Time Pilot and Time Pilot '84.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Super Basketball Census
There are 16,777 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 10,137 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 172,846 machines (7,256 unique titles).
There is one known instance of this machine owned by an active member Super Basketball collector. Of these, 1 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. Active members hold 10 circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. Additionally, former members held 2 original machines, 3 conversions, and 25 game boards.
For Sale - No active members have this machine for sale. Former members previously had 1 machine and 4 boards for sale.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Super Basketball. Former members previously were looking for 1 game.
This game ranks a 15 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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Flyers
1984
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Manuals
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MLA Citation Style
"Super Basketball - Videogame by Konami." Museum of the Game, www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/super-basketball. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.
Chicago Bibliographic
International Arcade Museum. "Super Basketball - Videogame by Konami." Accessed July 15, 2026. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/super-basketball.
Chicago Footnote/Endnote
1. "Super Basketball - Videogame by Konami," International Arcade Museum, accessed July 15, 2026, https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/super-basketball.
APA Bibliographic
International Arcade Museum. (n.d.). Super Basketball - videogame by Konami. Retrieved July 15, 2026 from https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/super-basketball