Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition is a basketball

Basketball

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 video game by Konami

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, a direct sequel to the original

Double Dribble (video game)

Double Dribble, known in Japan as , was the second basketball arcade game developed and released in 1986 by Konami, following Super Basketball...

 arcade version

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 in 1986 and the NES version

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 in 1987. It was released for the Sega Genesis.

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With the help of Sega's Team Player Adaptor

Multitap

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 peripheral

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, up to 8 different players can play the game. Three modes of play are Exhibition, Multi-Play, and Playoff. In Playoff Mode, one team is selected and placed in a tournament bracket. The first round is a best-of-5 series while the remaining rounds are best-of-7. Passwords are given during the semi-final round.

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