Atari Baseball

Description

A black and white two-player baseball game.

Atari Baseball was produced by Atari in 1979.

Atari released 137 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

Specs

Name	Atari Baseball
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1979
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	6955
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Baseball
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White
Conversion Class	Atari BW Raster
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	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 15,165 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,628 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,321 machines (6,975 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 17 known instances of this machine owned by Atari Baseball collectors who are active members. Of these, 17 of them are original dedicated machines.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Atari Baseball machines 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)

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

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