In Basketball, which is one of the earliest games to feature one or two player functionality, you play one-on-one basketball against either another human, or the VCS. There's only two game variations, 2 player, and 1 player - very very few for a early 2600 title. It features a diagonal "isometric" videw of the single-screen basketball court, with goals on both sides that match the player that's associated with that goal. It's also one of the earliest 2600 games, or video games in general, to have a computer A.I. to play against you in the game.

So imagine how I felt when I got this in 1998 with my first Heavy Sixer, a darn-near-mint 1977 SUnnyvale I bought at some overpriced Opelika thrift shop for $25. I got the Sears release of this game - with the same name and manual - with it. I remember playing it the first time, and hating how the computer AI could open a total can of whoopass on me. I mean, that little purple jerk is AGGRESSIVE! He's making me wonder if he's the purple guy from Five Nights at Freddy's for pete's sake....he's not far from it, just a few pixels over budget and missing a badge.

Eventually that copy was sold off in the great cash-out at Half Price Books in 2015. Then 2024 comes along, almost 10 years later, and I end up with another Heavy Sixer and it comes with the manual, but no cart. So I seek the cartridge out, and got it. Mostly because my WIFE Wants to play this game (she likes PLAYING basketball....not watchingit). So it might be a fun couple's activity.