Baseball (1978)
Baseball, also packaged and sold as Home Run, is an early, extremely crude attempt at video baseball for the Atari 2600 by Telegames. Players control a single fielder or three fielders moving in unison. They cannot throw the ball, and there are no fly balls to catch, but tagging players out is ridiculously easy. Two-player games between competent gamers usually end in a zero to zero tie, and the computer is very easy to beat. Pitching, on the other hand, is nicely executed as players can throw curves, fastballs, screwballs, or change-ups in a fairly convincing manner. Home runs, strangely enough, are scored only by hitting the ball directly over second base.
![Atari Baseball](https://baseballismy.life/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/baseball-atari-cover-o2n0pzjbnp9s9845nsc9uy4dfgnko9amt2zyp4l33w.jpg)
![Atari Baseball Cartridge](https://baseballismy.life/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/baseball-atari-cartridge-o2n0pwpt375xae89494e5gtznb1h15zfsp1i9ap9mk.jpg)
![Atari Home Run Baseball](https://baseballismy.life/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/baseball-atari-homerun-cover-o2n0q7216dk2u3t8fvlaew826jmidu4hi47ujc9xq4.jpg)
![Atari Home Run Baseball Cartridge](https://baseballismy.life/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/baseball-atari-homerun-cartridge-o2n0q56csphi6vvyqus19wp4zrvryfx0tuwvkscq2k.jpg)
![Atari Baseball Screenshot](https://baseballismy.life/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/baseball-atari-hscreenshot-o2n0q8xpk1mnhbqi4wejjvqzdbd8t8by6dithw75do.jpg)
First commercial for the Atari VCS/2600 for Baseball/Home Run, Air-Sea Battle, and Breakout, featuring baseball legend Pete Rose, soccer legend Pelé, and TV star Don Knotts. See the commercial:
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