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No slam dunks in this game!

Graphics: 3 Sound: 3 Replay Value: 3 Notes: 2-player game Screen Shots

NBA Basketball ran on an accelerated game play clock. It also stretched the standard Intellivision "Running Man" sprite to illustrate the tendency of basketball players to be tall. And the little curly leg kick on the jump shot and wrist action on a set shot are just hilarious. This game is actually quite a bit of fun. INTV Corporation's Slam Dunk! is even better!

A total of ten NBA Basketball box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	2615-0910	None	U.S.A.	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2615-0910	None	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover
	Mattel Electronics	2615-0910-G1	None	U.S.A.	Plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; text on bottom flap is on blue sticker
	Mattel Electronics	2615-0510	None	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontano, Canada (yes, Ontano) on sticker on back
	Mattel Electronics	2615-0410	1979	Hong Kong	International Edition; no NBA logo; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne CA on sticker on bottom of box; slots in back for extra manual(s); slots inside for overlays; submitted by Moonbeam
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2615-0810	1979	Hong Kong	International Edition?; no NBA logo; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, on bottom on white Lifestyle Electronics sticker (Australian market only?)
	Intellivision Inc.	2615	1979	U.S.A.	Standard Intellivision, Inc. box
	Sears	3865-0910	1978	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; blue game title on top, black on back
	Digiplay	N/A	1979	Brazil	Mattel Electronics logo on box; no part number apparent; © Mattel Inc. 1979 on front; trayless pocket; manual and overlays in separate slots; 'Rua Acaraá' Digiplay address on back
	Digiplay	N/A	1979	Brazil	Mattel Electronics logo on box; no part number apparent; © Mattel Inc. 1979 on front; trayless pocket; manual and overlays in separate slots; 'Av. Açcí' Digiplay address on back

It's rumored that two versions exist. In the older version, it was allegedly more difficult to score a basket than in the later version.

A total of fourteen NBA Basketball manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	2615-0920(A)	1979	U.S.A.	Full color
	Mattel Electronics	2615-0920(B)	1979	Hong Kong	Orange, with orange border
	Mattel Electronics	2615-0920-G1	1979	Hong Kong	Orange, with orange border
	Mattel Electronics	2615-0720	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; orange artwork
	Mattel Electronics	2615-0720	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; blue artwork
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2615-0820-G1	1979	Hong Kong	NEED CONFIRMATION; Orange, without orange border; NBA logo removed; part number upper right; submitted by Hankster
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2615-0820-G1	1979	Hong Kong	NEED CONFIRMATION; Orange, without orange border; NBA logo removed; part number lower right; submitted by Hankster
	Mattel Electronics	2615-0720	1979	Hong Kong	Italian version; blue artwork; submitted by Moonbeam
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	PC-2615-0920	1979	U.S.A.	PlayCable version; orange and black artwork; NBA logo removed from front cover; part number on back
	Intellivision Inc.	2615-0820	None	U.S.A.	Stapled along top edge
Image not available.	Intellivision Inc.	2615-0820	None	U.S.A.	Accordian-style folding
	Sears	3865-0920	1979	Hong Kong
	Digiplay	N/A	1979	Brazil	Digiplay edition; © M.I. 1979 on back; no apparent part number; 'Rua Acaraá' Digiplay address on back
Image not available.	Digiplay	N/A	1979	Brazil	Digiplay edition; © M.I. 1979 on back; no apparent part number; 'Av. Açcí' Digiplay address on back

Placement of the Trademark symbol next to the Intellivision log on the back cover changed.

There were also some variations of the 'Running Man' and Mattel logo on the back cover.

A total of six NBA Basketball overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	mattel	2615-4289	1979	U.S.A.	NBA logo in title area; also seems to be made of more durable stuff than later revisions
	mattel	2615-4289 (A)	1979	U.S.A.	NBA logo has been removed
	mattel	2615-4289 (A)	1979	Hong Kong	NBA logo has been removed; note also that the 'stripes' on the 'court' are not filled in white, as on the original and U.S.A. printing of rev. A
	intellivisioninc	2615	None		Plain yellow and navy blue overlay, printed on paper-like material; copyright information removed; image courtesy of Hankster
	digiplay	N/A	1979		Localized in Brazilian Portuguese; printed on laminated paper
	digiplay	2615-4289 (A)	None		Seems same as the U.S.A. overlay with the same overaly, but with the part copyright masked out

A total of seven NBA Basketball label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None		No origin upper right, NBA logo &trade lower left
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Hong Kong	Origin upper right, NBA logo &trade lower left
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Hong Kong	Origin upper right, plain BASKETBALL label
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1979	U.S.A.	Origin lower right; © I.I. 1979 to left of origin; ™ small, centered vertically on right edge; smaller label, rounded corners
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	None		No origin, copyright or date info; larger label, square corners; large bold font for game title
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	None		No origin, copyright or date info; larger label, square corners; smallish bold font for game title
	Digiplay	N/A	None		No origin or copyright; &tm; upper right; large dark blue label, rounded corners

	Title screen for NBA Basketball.
	Looks like they took the regular Intellivision 'Running Man' and put him on the rack before burning him into this cart. ;-)

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