Pat Riley Basketball

Pat Riley Basketball
Pat Riley Basketball
Developer	Sega
Publisher	Sega
Composer	Hikoshi Hashimoto
Platform	Genesis
Release	JP: March 2, 1990; NA: August 1990; EU: 1990;
Genre	Traditional basketball simulator
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer (for both Exhibition and Tournament modes)

Pat Riley Basketball is a basketball video game which was released for the Sega Genesis, for the Mega Drive in Japan on March 2, 1990^[1] under the title Super Real Basketball (スーパーリアルバスケットボール, Sūpā Riaru Basukettobōru) and Europe under the same title as Japan. It was released in August 1990 in the United States.^[2] It was also developed for the Master System, but was never released. Pat Riley was the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers at the time of the game's release. There are two modes and eight different teams to choose from.^[3]

Gameplay

There are eight teams to choose from:

Pat Riley Basketball	Super Real Basketball	World Cup Basketball
L.A. Hoops	L.A. Rainbows	Team U.S.A.
Detroit Jets	Detroit Jets	Team Japan
Dallas Wings	Dallas Wings	Team Brazil
Seattle Bears	Seattle Rams	Team China
Boston Bashers	Boston Bug	Team Italy
N.Y. Busters	N.Y. Busters	Team Mexico
Denver Jammers	Denver Rocks	Team England
Houston Rebels	Houston Legs	Team Korea

Like regulation basketball, there are four quarters, but the player can set the length of the quarters (five, twelve, or twenty minutes per quarter). The game supports two players. Its modes are exhibition and tournament.

References

1 2 "Software List (Sega Release)". Sega Hardware Encyclopedia (in Japanese). Sega Corporation. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
1 2 "Sega's 'Target Earth' a great game, but hard". The Milwaukee Journal. June 5, 1990. Retrieved April 10, 2019 – via NewsLibrary. For August things will pick up with "Pat Riley Basketball", "Cyberball" and "Ghostbusters".
↑ "Pat Riley Basketball for Genesis". MobyGames. Retrieved 2010-09-17.

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[Sega_titles_-_Sega_JP-1] 1 2 "Software List (Sega Release)". Sega Hardware Encyclopedia (in Japanese). Sega Corporation. Retrieved May 15, 2023.

[Newspaper-2] 1 2 "Sega's 'Target Earth' a great game, but hard". The Milwaukee Journal. June 5, 1990. Retrieved April 10, 2019 – via NewsLibrary. For August things will pick up with "Pat Riley Basketball", "Cyberball" and "Ghostbusters".

[mobygames-3] "Pat Riley Basketball for Genesis". MobyGames. Retrieved 2010-09-17.

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