Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Arch Rivals (c) 1989 Bally Midway Mfg. Co.

Arch Rivals is a hilarious basketball game featuring customizing team names and colors. A full game consists of four quarters, with four minutes each. Each team has two players, and the objective of the game is to outscore the opponent until the final buzzer sounds.

If the game results in a tie after four quarters, a sudden death overtime period is added, in which case the next basket to go in will win the game for the team who scored it. The overtime period is one minute long. A player can call for his teammate to pass him the ball or to shoot it.

There are eight characters that the player can play as, each with a unique characteristic. They are: * Blade: A crowd pleaser. * Hammer: Rebound king. * Lewis: Top shooter. * Mohawk: Tough & mean. * Moose: A real champ. * Reggie: All-American. * Tyrone: Defensive giant. * Vinnie: A great player.

- TECHNICAL -

Bally Midway MCR 68k hardware

Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 7.7238 Mhz) Sound CPU: Motorola M6809 (@ 2 Mhz) Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), DAC, HC55516 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)

Players: 2 Control: stick Buttons: 2

- TRIVIA -

Arch Rivals was released in May 1989.

It was one of the first sports games to gain popularity among its players. The game billed itself as a 'Basket Brawl'.

Tyrone was one of the heroes of the cartoon titled the 'Power Team'.

An Arch Rivals unit appears in the 1991 movie 'Terminator 2 - Judgment Day', and in the 1990 sitcom 'Parker Lewis Can't Lose'; Season 1, Episode 19 (Citizen Kube).

- UPDATES -

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- STAFF -

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Arch Rivals (rev 4.0 6/29/89). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Sports, Arcade.