<s>
Basketball	B-Application
is	O
an	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Alan	O
Miller	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	O
presents	O
a	O
simple	O
game	O
of	O
one-on-one	O
basketball	B-Application
playable	O
by	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
players	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
early	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
titles	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
single-player	O
mode	O
with	O
an	O
AI-controlled	O
opponent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miller	O
wrote	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Basketball	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
with	O
improved	O
graphics	O
,	O
published	O
in	O
1979	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
an	O
arcade	B-Application
version	I-Application
similar	O
to	O
the	O
computer	O
port	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Atari	O
but	O
in	O
black	O
and	O
white	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
two	O
difficulty	O
levels	O
using	O
the	O
Difficulty	O
Switch	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Video	O
magazine	O
's	O
"	O
Arcade	O
Alley	O
"	O
review	O
column	O
,	O
reviewers	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
that	O
rare	O
game	O
that	O
plays	O
well	O
solitaire	O
or	O
with	O
a	O
human	O
opponent	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
game	O
definitely	O
captures	O
the	O
flavor	O
of	O
basketball.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1980	O
comedy	O
film	O
Airplane	O
!,	O
flight	O
controllers	O
are	O
seen	O
playing	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
Basketball	B-Application
rather	O
than	O
watching	O
the	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
