Double Dribble (PlayChoice-10)

PlayChoice-10 is an arcade machine which can consist of as many as 10 different games previously available only on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) home console. The games for this system are in the modular form of circuit boards which are plugged into one of the ten open slots on the PlayChoice-10’s motherboard.

Double Dribble, known in Japan as Exciting Basket, is a basketball arcade game developed and released in 1986 by Konami. It was the second basketball arcade game by Konami, following Super Basketball. Much of the game’s popularity came from its animation sequences showing basketball players performing slam dunks, as well as “The Star-Spangled Banner” theme during attract mode, which was the first arcade game to feature the national anthem. These were uncommon in video games at the time of Double Dribble’s release. While successful in the arcades, the game became and remained popular and remembered when it was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987.