Tom and Jerry Backyard Hoops

As Tom, shoot basketballs as many times as you can.

A cutscene plays periodically between baskets.

The strength of your movement does not matter, but what matters is the left or right angle.

How the game is programmed you shoot further left or right than your motion would make it appear, as small changes in your shot angle make dramatic differences to the shot direction.

In general, you can only miss 3 times

The number of misses you’ve made can be seen at the backboard next to the hoop.

Once you miss a third time, it’s game over.

Jerry will laugh at you if you miss.

On occasion, the game will give you a chance to earn an extra life

You get to shoot a white, red, and blue ball.

If that ball goes through, you regain an extra life.

After shooting a few baskets, the game increases the difficulty

Sometimes, Jerry will actively try to block the ball. If he is standing on the rim wait for him to go back onto the backboard to shoot

After the first few shots, the basket will shift positions, either to the right or to the left.

A few shots after that, the basket will move back and forth.

Each basket you make is worth 2 points if the ball touches the rim

If the ball does not touch the rim your basket counts as 3 points.

If you hit multiple 3 pointers in a row that enables a score multiplier bonus where the second shot is worth double, the third shot is worth double that, and so on.

It is easy to score near 100 points if you get off to a good start.

For example, if you made 5 shots in a row without hitting the rim you would score 93 points (3 + 6 + 12 + 24 + 48).

Getting the multiplier going and keeping it for an extended period of time is easiest at the start of the game when the basket is directly in front of you.

After getting off to a good start a couple times I received a fire ball. Making that shot would double the total game score.

There is also an ice ball which may show up, but I never obtained it after a few dozen plays