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Home Run is a 1978 sports video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed to the Atari 2600). It was the first baseball-themed game released for an Atari platform. [1] [2] The game received mostly negative critical reception due to its unrealistic portrayal of the sport.
- Console
- Batter
- Pitcher
- Fielding
Color/BW: Switch between color display and black & white display. (This feature made the game look better on black & white TVs that were still prominent at the time of the game's release.)Left/Right Difficulty Switch: Each difficulty switch affects the respective player. The standard setting is "b". When switched to the "a" difficult, the outfielders move slower than usual, and ball...Game Select: Select a game variation. The variations cycle from 1 to 8 and start back over at 1.Game Reset: Starts a new game in whatever game variation is currently selected. Both players' scores are reset to 0, and the game will start at the top of the first inning.Joystick: Press the joystick in any directionto swing the bat.Button: Runners automatically advance to the next base if the ball has not been picked up by any of the outfielders. If you would like to prevent any of your runners from advancing to the next base...Button: Press the button to begin pitching the ball to the batter.Joystick: Use the joystick to guide the pitch. Press left or right to curve the ball in either direction. Press up to speed up the pitch, or press down to slow down the pitch. Leave the joystick in...Button: Not used while fielding.Joystick: Use the joystick to control the outfielder who catches the ball. You can guide the outfielder in any one of eight directions.By 1982, the Atari 2600 was the dominant game system in North America. Poor decisions by Atari management damaged both the system and company's reputation, most notably the release of two highly anticipated games for the 2600: a port of the arcade game Pac-Man and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
This article traces the rise and fall of Atari 45 years later and explores some of the major game releases that made the Atari 2600 a household name. An interesting look at the history of one of the first video game systems that changed how we understood, played, and lived with video games.
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is an arcade game developed and published by Atari, inc in 1977. It was also released to the Atari 2600 in 1978. The pitcher throws the ball to the batter who hits the ball. The pitcher attempts to pick up the ball, if successful the batter will move to the next base, if not the batter will earn a home run. Flyball cabinets developed a year prior also used the same style for Homerun. It is not ...
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Dec 25, 2013 · Home Run was one of the eleven Atari 2600 titles that were part of the second wave of games released in 1978. It is a simplified version of the popular American pastime, baseball. Two players can compete against one another, or one player can play against a simple computer controlled opponent, to see who could score the must runs through nine ...
