Game: Home Run
Company: Atari
Game System: Atari 2600
Model No.: CX2623
Year: 1978
Notes: I guess you can call this "baseball" but it is a poor representation of the game and a great representation of the Atari 2600's limited capabilities in the late 1970s. This game was received as a gift and was played about 10 times before returning to a steady diet of Circus Atari, Space Invaders and Asteroids.
The text version was the first one sold and it came packaged with the smaller black instruction guide. The picture label version came next, now packaged with a larger, white instruction guide.
Later, the game was sold in a black and white box with black and white instructions as the company cut back on color printing to save money as the market for the Atari 2600 dried up.
I'm convinced that the pitcher in the middle of the cover art was modeled after Jim Palmer.
I'm convinced that the pitcher in the middle of the cover art was modeled after Jim Palmer.
Box front |
Box back |
Gray box
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Second generation instructions |
Gray box instructions |
Screenshot - credit: www.atariage.com |
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