Hoops (1988 video game)

{{Infobox video game

|title = Hoops

|image = File:Hoops Cover.jpg

|caption = North American cover art

|developer = Aicom

|publisher = Jaleco

|series = Moero!!

|designer = Kenji Nakajima{{cite web | url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/hoops | title = Designer/composer information | publisher = MobyGames | date = | accessdate = 2012-04-22}}
Hiroshi Kazama

|composer = Kiyoshi Yokoyama
Dōta Andō
Masaki Nagakura

|released = {{vgrelease|JP|November 22, 1988|NA|June 1989{{cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/587343.html | title = Release information | publisher = GameFAQs | date = | accessdate = 2008-08-12}}|EU|1989}}

|genre = Half-court basketball{{cite web | url = http://www.rfgeneration.com/cgi-bin/getinfo.pl?ID=U-027-S-02930-A | title = Genre information | publisher = RF Generation | date = | accessdate = 2008-08-12}}

|modes = Single-player, multiplayer (up to 2 players)

|platforms = NES

}}

Hoops is an NES basketball video game that was released in 1988 for a Japanese audience and in 1989 for a North American audience. In Japan, the game is known as {{nihongo|Moero!! Junior Basket - Two on Two|燃えろ！！ジュニアバスケット ツー オン ツー}},{{cite web|url=http://superfamicom.org/famicom/info/moero-junior-basket-two-on-two |title=Japanese title |publisher=Superfamicom.org |accessdate=2012-07-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210547/http://superfamicom.org/famicom/info/moero-junior-basket-two-on-two |archivedate=2014-07-14}} which a part of "Moero!!" sports series.{{cite book |last1=Weiss |first1=Brett |title=Classic Home Video Games, 1985-1988: A Complete Reference Guide |date=12 November 2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476601410 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F01wiUr9LKQC&q=%22Hoops%22+%22Jaleco%22&pg=PT284 |accessdate=16 November 2020}} The game was re-released for the Evercade platform in 2021.{{cite news |last1=Shehan |first1=Gavin |title=Evercade Reveales Two New Collections For Jaleco & Piko Interactive |url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/evercade-reveales-two-new-collections-for-jaleco-piko-interactive/ |accessdate=16 November 2020 |work=Bleeding Cool News |date=12 September 2021}}

The game is done in a half court style{{cite journal |last1=Eddy |first1=Andy |last2=Kunkel |first2=Bill |title=AN ALL-STAR TEAM OF SPORTS VIDEO GAMES |journal=Boys Life |date=November 1989 |volume=79 |issue=11 |pages=28–29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0GYEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Hoops%22+%22Jaleco%22&pg=PA11 |accessdate=16 November 2020}} with the player having a choice to disable or enable winners outs. No fouls are called. There is also an around the world mode that allows players to focus on making baskets without worrying about the charging, pushing, and traveling fouls that are found in the standard mode of play. Similar to Double Dribble the game features slow-motion sequences when the player goes for a dunk, though these can be blocked.{{cite book |last1=Scullion |first1=Chris |title=The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System |date=30 March 2019 |publisher=Pen & Sword |isbn=978-1526737823 |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GcGnDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Hoops%22+%22Jaleco%22&pg=PA93 |accessdate=16 November 2020}}