Lost In Translation/Arch Rivals

About The Game
Arch Rivals is an hilarious basketball game featuring customizing team names and colours. A full game consists of 4 quarters, with 4 minutes each. Each team has 2 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 4 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 1 minute long. A player can call for his teammate to pass him the ball or to shoot it.

There are 8 characters that the player can play as, each with a unique characteristic. They are :

Trivia
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'.

Staff

 * Concept and Design:
 * Jeff Nauman
 * Brian Colin


 * Sounds:
 * Dan Forden


 * Graphics:
 * Brian Colin


 * Software:
 * Jeff Nauman


 * Hardware and Support:
 * Glen Ship
 * Mark Loffredo
 * Al Lasko
 * Greg Tastad
 * Greg Freres
 * John
 * Brian
 * Elaine Ditton
 * Ben
 * Jim
 * Soumya
 * Laura
 * The Doctor!


 * Joystick Designed by:
 * Ken Lantz

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Nintendo Famicom (1989)
 * Sega Game Gear (1992)
 * Sega Mega Drive (1992)
 * Microsoft XBOX (2004, "Midway Arcade Treasures 2")
 * Nintendo GameCube (2004, "Midway Arcade Treasures 2")
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, "Midway Arcade Treasures 2")
 * Sony PSP (2005, "Midway Arcade Treasures - Extended Play")


 * Computers :
 * PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (2006, "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition")


 * Others :
 * LCD handheld game (1989) : released by Acclaim.