Double Dribble

Description

A marvel in early competitive sports gaming, this basketball game offers both artificially intelligent computer opponents and player versus player competition. This was the first game to incorporate the national anthem in pre-game introductions.

Double Dribble was produced by Konami in 1986.

Konami released 434 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 Double Dribble was produced include: Ping Pong, Scooter Shooter, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Twin Bee, Shao-lin's Road, Bass Angler, Castlevania, Goonies, The, Gradius (PlayChoice), and Iron Horse

Specs

Name	Double Dribble
Developer	Konami (Japan)
Year	1986
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7624
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Sports
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 3 - Shoot/Block\|Dribble\|Pass/Steal
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Double Dribble Control Panel Image

Double Dribble KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.08 (2 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.40

Overall Like	3.50
Fun (Social)	3.50
Fun (Solo)	3.50
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 2.75

Gameplay	2.50
Graphics	2.00
Originality	3.00
Sound/Music	3.50

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cabinet Information

The original kits for this game were designed for mini or cabaret cabinets. The regular upright cabinets of today will not house the graphics or marquee properly.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Double Dribble Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 65 known instances of this machine owned by Double Dribble collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 of them are original dedicated machines. 7 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 53 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a Double Dribble machines for sale. There are 6 active VAPS members with a Double Dribble circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Double Dribble.

This game ranks a 22 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

PlayChoice-10: Fresh Choices

1988 / 4 Pages

Manuals

Double Dribble - Manual - Double Dribble Manual — **Double Dribble - Manual**
(12 pages, 1.3 MB File)

Double Dribble - Schematic - Double Dribble Manual — **Double Dribble - Schematic**
(2 pages, 553 kB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (9dc40f58-c6d5-4ae2-94f1-84b574dedcdc)

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