Released in February 1991 in the USA. 879 units were produced.

Hoops was the last Gottlieb 'street level' game. 'Street level' games were an experiment by Gottlieb towards designing a simpler, single level (no ramps), slightly smaller and cheaper game. They did not sell very well, and only six models ("Silver Slugger", "Vegas", "Deadly Weapon", "Title Fight", "Car Hop" and Hoops) were made.