Arch Rivals

Arch Rivals is a basketball game developed and published by Midway in 1989. The game introduces violence as an important part of the game, encouraging players to punch opposing players and stealing the ball…

1 May 1989

Arcade Sport Comedy

Arch Rivals is an arcade developed by Bally Midway, released 1 May 1989 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Arcade and DOS.

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What Arch Rivals is

Arch Rivals is an arcade game developed by Bally Midway and released in 1989. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Arcade and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Players are able to select between a vareity of fictional teams and players. Games follow the standard basketball rules, with the exception of the accepted level of violence. The objective is to outscore the opponent. There are only two players on each team on the court, rather than the standard 5 men/team that is standard in basketballl.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.