Basket Master

ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX +11987

  1. JP—
  2. NA—
  3. EU1987
  4. RU—

In Spain the game is Fernando Martín Basket Master; elsewhere Imagine sold it simply as Basket Master. It came out in 1987 and has no current official store release listed.

Fernando Martín Basket Master is a one-on-one basketball game published by Dinamic Software in 1987 for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Commodore 64, with a PC version in 1990. It is based on the Spanish player Fernando Martín. The project was first meant to feature both him and Epi, but Epi declined.

Gonzalo Martín Erro wrote the original code and Julio Martín Erro drew the graphics for all versions. A match has two five-minute halves for one or two players, with three difficulty levels and editable player names. The game includes two- and three-point shots, dunks with slow-motion replays, steals, blocks, rebounds and free throws, and it calls fouls such as backcourt violations and double dribbles.

Outside Spain, Imagine distributed the game as Basket Master.1

Names and releases

RegionTitle on the boxPlatformDatePublisherSrc
ES Fernando Martín Basket MasterAmstrad CPC 464. Amstrad CPC 1987 Dinamic Software 1
EU Basket MasterC64 version developed by Imagine. Commodore 64 1987 Imagine Software 1
ES Fernando Martín Basket Master MSX 1987 Dinamic Software 1
ES Fernando Martín Basket Master ZX Spectrum 1987 Dinamic Software 1
EU Basket MasterDistributed outside Spain by Imagine; the source gives no separate date. ZX Spectrum 1987 Imagine Software 1
ES Fernando Martín Basket Master MS-DOS 1990 Dinamic Software 1

Box art by region

  • Basket Master box art, Europe release
    EU Basket Master

Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: Wikipedia.

Version differences

  • TitleOutside Spain

    Outside Spain, Imagine sold the game as Basket Master, without the player's name.1

  • GameplayCommodore 64

    The Commodore 64 version was developed by Imagine Software rather than Dinamic.2

  • GameplayMSX

    A reprogrammed MSX version, MSX Executive, replaced the original MSX release on the market.1

Reception

English Wikipedia's article on Dinamic calls it one of the most successful Spanish video games; its success led Dinamic to sign famous athletes to endorse its games.3

In lists

Sources

  1. 1es.wikipedia.org
  2. 2en.wikipedia.org
  3. 3en.wikipedia.org

Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13

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