RealSports Baseball

RealSports Baseball
Atari 7800 cover showing the alternative title of "Baseball" and the "RealSports" trademark
Developer(s)Atari, Inc.
Publisher(s)Atari, Inc.
Programmer(s)Jim Andreasen
Keithen Hayenga
SeriesRealSports
Platform(s)Atari 2600
Atari 5200
Atari 7800
Release
  • US: October 1982 (2600)[1]
  • US: October 1983 (5200)[2]
  • US: 1988 (7800, Super Baseball)
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

RealSports Baseball (also known as Super Baseball and simply as Baseball) is a 1982 sports video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. originally for the Atari 2600. It was also launched on the Atari 5200 and 7800 machines. A version for the Atari 8-bit computers was in development, but cancelled.[3]

The game was developed in response to an aggressive marketing campaign by Mattel and released as part of the RealSports game series. The Atari 5200 version of the game was positively reviewed both contemporarily and retrospectively. The game has been re-released by Atari SA who inherited the intellectual property in the game.

  1. ^ "Availability Update" (PDF). The Video Game Update. 1 (7). October 1982. ISSN 0890-2143. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "Availability Update" (PDF). The Video Game Update. 2 (8): 128. November 1983. ISSN 0890-2143. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Retro Gamer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).