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Home Run

by Atari·published by Polyvox, Atari

197819
Atari 2600

Reader score

4.4/ 10

20 votes

Trailer

Gallery

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About

The game can be played against the computer or with another player. You have the option to have 1, 2 or 3 players in the field. As a pitcher, you use the joystick to throw the ball and to control its speed and curve. After the ball is hit, you control all your men (they all move together since they follow the orders of a single joystick) in the field to catch the ball. As a batter, you can control the position of the baseball bat with the joystick. If you consider that your runners would make it to the next base, you can press the controller button so they stop at their current base.

The rest of the rules are basically like real baseball. Each team has nine innings in a game. You are out after three strikes, you get to first base after four balls (balls that do not fly over Home) or if the pitcher hits you with a ball. In the field, you can put out a batter by catching his ball, then another runner by reaching his next base before him or simply by touching him between bases, thus completing a double play. The only way to accomplish a home run is by hitting the ball over second base without having it caught by the field players. You score a point for each runner that reaches Home base after each of the first three.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayer

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Players

2 offline

Included in

Atari Greatest Hits Volume 1Atari Flashback Classics Vol. 132 in 1Atari Retro Handheld Console: Pac-Man EditionAtari Flashback XAtari Flashback 6Atari Retro Handheld ConsoleAtari Flashback 4Atari Flashback X DeluxeAtari Flashback 3Atari VaultAtari Flashback 4: 40th Anniversary - Deluxe EditionAtari AnthologyAtari Flashback 8 Gold: Activision Edition

Game details

Controller Types Supported

Digital Joystick

Multiplayer Options

Same/Split-Screen

Multiplayer Game Modes

Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS)

Number of Players Supported

1-2 Players

Box art

Also known as

Baseball — Sears Tele-Games Release

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Facts

Developer

Atari

Publisher

Polyvox, Atari

Released

1978

Platforms

Atari 2600

Age ratings

CLASS_INDL

Standing

Top 98% by want to play

Tags

Top-downFixed / flip-screenDirect controlBaseball