Double Dribble (NES, Famicom Disk System)

Double Dribble is an early basketball game for the NES, infamous for the bad quality of its voice sample at the title screen. Fans have interpreted the sound as "Dubble Dibble", "Bubble Bibble", or "Vubble Dwibble".

Bit Reversal#

Due to a misunderstanding of the NES/Famicom hardware, the game's voice samples are actually corrupted. Much of the announcer's speech becomes unclear, and the "Free Throw" sample becomes "Too Slow".

It's not just Double Dribble that's affected; nearly every game that use DPCM samples have this bug! For more information, click here.

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

In the European version, the copyright info is slightly different and the Konami logo is yellow and red instead of orange and red.

Japan	US	Europe

Intro#

The intro was given changes for the NES versions: Palm trees (that are apparently as tall as skyscrapers) were added to the background (which as a whole was redrawn), the stadium was redrawn, the generic balloons are now all the same color, and the Konami logo balloons and blimp now carry the American flag.

FDS	NES

Music#

While Konami had previously brought over their own FDS games (such as Castlevania, Rush'n Attack, and Stinger) to the NES for international audiences, Exciting Basket/Double Dribble would mark the first time they ported a game that utilized the extra audio hardware in the FDS. Due to the NES lacking said hardware, Konami had to alter the music and sound effects that utilized the extra FDS audio (similar to what they would later do for Castlevania II and Gyruss).

Track names are taken from the album KONAMI FAMICOM CHRONICLE Vol.1: Disk System Compilation (EMCA-0018) where available.

While most of the (admittedly-short) soundtrack was reworked to use the NES hardware, Konami for whatever reason chose to remove the main song that plays during gameplay in the FDS version:

In place of that, Konami added a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" to the intro of the NES version:

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