| RealSports | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Developer(s) | Atari, Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | Atari, Inc. |
| Platform(s) | Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit |
| First release | RealSports Baseball (2600) October 1982 |
| Latest release | RealSports Baseball (7800) March 1989 |
RealSports is a series of sports video games originally developed and published Atari, Inc. The first games were released in 1982 for the Atari 2600, then the series expanded to the Atari 5200, Atari 7800, and Atari 8-bit computers. By the early 1980s, Atari's initial sports releases for the VCS — Home Run and Football — were dated in terms of visuals and gameplay, and targeted by an Intellivision ad campaign from Mattel. The RealSports series was an attempt by Atari to revitalize the sports game lineup for their consoles.[1]