Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge

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Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge
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North American cover art
Developer(s) Park Place Productions [1]
Publisher(s) Mindscape, Inc. [1]
Producer(s) Mark Beaumont [1]
Programmer(s) Jim Hanson [1]
Composer(s) Michelle Simon [1]
Platform(s) NES
Release
Genre(s) Traditional sports [1] (arcade basketball)
Mode(s) Single-player

Roundball: 2-On-2 Challenge is a two-on-two basketball video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that is played on a half court. [3]

Games are played in an arena with a scoreboard and crowd. [4]

There is also an option to play a one-on-one game. The game modes contain an exhibition game and a tournament mode. Four teams play against each other in a round-robin format in order to determine the winner. Games can be set for either four, eight, twelve or sixteen minutes. Players can choose from 24 fictional basketball athletes - named after the game developers - who each have their own individual stats. [3] The referee is capable of calling fouls in this game.

Reception

Allgame gave Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge a rating of 2.5 out of a possible 5 stars. [4] N-Force gave the a 77% rating while NES Archives gave Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge a letter grade of C+. [3]

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