NCAA Basketball

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This article is about the Nintendo game. For the collegiate sport, see College basketball.

NCAA Basketball

Developer(s)	Sculptured Software
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Super NES
Release date	^NA October, 1992 ^JPN June 19, 1992 ^[1] ^PAL July 22, 1993 ^[2]
Genre(s)	Sports game
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Media	32-Mbit cartridge

NCAA Basketball (known as World League Basketball in Europe [3])is a basketball video game which was developed by Sculptured Software and/or HAL Laboratory for the Super NES.

[edit] Gameplay

In the game, the player chooses a basketball team and then plays against either a computer or human player on a court. The goal is to score the most baskets within the given time through dribbling and passing. Players also have the ability to save the game as well as change options and difficulty settings.

The game allows the player to play either an exhibition game or a full season.

The U.S. version of the game contains college teams from five major NCAA Division I-A conferences (see below), while the European game features fictional professional teams located throughout the world.

NCAA Basketball was the first 3D basketball game for a console. It used the Super Nintendo's Mode 7 to create a 3D players' perspective that is now the standard for basketball video games.