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Atari Baseball 1979 Atari

1979

Atari Baseball (c) 1979 Atari.
A black and white 2-player baseball game.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Cabinet dimensions : 38,62'' (98,02cm) high x 44,18'' (112,22cm) wide x 25,25'' (64,14cm) deep. Monitor : 23'' B/W.
Game ID : 034711-034738
Main CPU : M6502 (@ 750 Khz)
Sound Chips : Discrete
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 304 x 248 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 4
Players : 2
Control : trackball
Buttons : 1

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in June 1979.
First Rotberg coin-op game. Approximately 1,050 units were produced.
This was originally slated to be Atari's first game to feature digitized speech. Dan Pliskin designed a speech board that included the umpire's calls, but management eventually nixed the idea.
An Atari Baseball machine was shown at the 2003 classic arcade games show 'California Extreme' in San Jose, California.

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Designed and programmed by : Ed Rotberg
Hardware Engineer : John Ray

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
All In Color For a Quarter - Keith Smith

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