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Description

A black and white two-player baseball game.

Atari Baseball was produced by Atari in 1979.

Atari released 136 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Atari Baseball was produced include: Sky Raider, Fire Truck, Avalanche, Orbit, Skydiver, Hercules, Superman, Lunar Lander, Atari Soccer, and Asteroids

Atari Baseball / Atari Basketball
Atari Baseball / Atari Basketball

Specs

Name Atari Baseball
Developer Atari (United States)
Year 1979
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 6955
Class Wide Release
Genre Baseball
Monitor
Conversion Class Atari BW Raster
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Competitive
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Trackball: Optical
  • Buttons: 2 [Scroll/Swing/PitchSelect]
Sound Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles
  • Table/Island

Game Play

Press one button to scroll through your hitting or pitching choices (depending on if your side is up to bat or in the feild). Next, use the other button to select your choice, then press the first button again to swing bat or throw the ball. Use the trackball to move players around the field.

Atari Baseball KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.10 (2 votes)

Fun Factor: 2.20

Overall Like 2.00
Fun (Social) 2.50
Fun (Solo) 2.00
Collector Desire 2.50

Technical Rating: 2.00

Gameplay 2.00
Graphics 2.00
Originality 2.00
Sound/Music 2.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Atari Baseball Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 16 known instances of this machine owned by Atari Baseball collectors who are active members. Of these, 16 of them are original dedicated machines.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Atari Baseball machine for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 4 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

CPU: M6502
SOUND: DAC

Foto-Finder® (Books)

  1. The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 71; Color photo Price guide: No

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Year Count Median $ Average $
2015 1 287.50 287.50
2016 2 129.38 129.38
All Years 3 172.50 182.08

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