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{{Notability|Products|date=August 2010}}
{{Infobox video game
{{Infobox video game
|title = RealSports Volleyball
|title = RealSports Volleyball
|image = RealSports Volleyball Coverart.png
|image = RealSports Volleyball Coverart.png
|caption =
|caption = Box art
|developer = [[Atari]]
|developer = [[Atari, Inc.]]
|publisher = Atari<ref name="atariage">{{cite web | url = http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=404| title = RealSports Volleyball| publisher = www.atariage.com | date = | accessdate = 2010-07-29}}</ref>
|publisher = [[Atari, Inc.]]<ref name="atariage">{{cite web | url = http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=404| title = RealSports Volleyball| publisher = AtariAge | date = | accessdate = 2010-07-29}}</ref>
|artist = Alan Murphy
|designer = Alan Murphy (Graphics)<br>Bob Polaro (Programmer)<ref name="atariage"/><ref>[http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_bob_polaro.html Digital Press interview with programmer Bob Polaro]</ref>
|programmer = Bob Polaro<br>Jim Huether<ref name=mania/>
|engine =
| series = ''[[RealSports]]''
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|1982}}<ref name="gamefaqs">{{cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/atari2600/585023-realsports-volleyball/data| title = Release information| publisher = [[GameFAQs]]| date = | accessdate = 2010-07-29}}</ref>
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|November 1982<ref>{{cite journal |journal=[[Computer Entertainer|The Video Game Update]] |title=Availability Update |date=December 1983 |volume=1 |issue=9 |issn=0890-2143 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/4/48/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.1_09.pdf |accessdate=February 27, 2021}}</ref>}}
|genre = [[Sports game|Sports]]<ref name="gamefaqs"/>
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
|genre = [[Sports game|Sports]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[Atari 2600]]
|platforms = [[Atari 2600]]
}}
}}
[[File:RealSports_Voleyball_Screenshot.png|thumb|right|250px|The blue player has just served the ball]]


'''''Realsports Volleyball''''' is a 1982 [[volleyball]] [[video game]] made by [[Atari]] for the [[Atari 2600]] platform.
'''''Realsports Volleyball''''' is a [[volleyball]] [[video game]] written by Bob Polaro and Jim Huether for the [[Atari 2600]] and published by [[Atari, Inc.]] in 1982.<ref name=mania/> Polaro also programmed the Atari 2600 port of ''[[Defender (video game)|Defender]]''.<ref name=dp/>


==Ports==
== Development ==
''RealSports Volleyball'' is an enhanced version of programmer Bob Polaro's never released game ''Volleyball''. He asked to make several improvements on it, including better animations and more colourful backgrounds. It is part of the ''[[RealSports]]'' series of games.<ref name="Retro Gamer">{{cite journal |last=Jainschigg |first=John |title=The History of RealSports |journal=[[Retro Gamer]] |issue=183 |date=August 2018 |pages=44–49 |publisher=[[Future plc]]}}</ref>
''RealSports Volleyball'' was added to [[Microsoft|Microsoft's]] ''[[Game Room]]'' service on May 5, 2010.

==Reception==
Steve Davidson wrote in ''Arcade Express'' in 1983, "Unlike some video volleyball contests, this one really does play like the sport," and called the game "a triumph" (8/10).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Davidson |first1=Steve |title=The Hotseat: Reviews of New Products |journal=Arcade Express |date=July 17, 1983 |volume=1 |issue=25 |url=https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n25/page/n5}}</ref> The game won ''[[Computer Entertainer|The Video Game Update]]'' magazine's 1982 Awards of Excellence in the "Best New Sports Game" category.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=The Video Game Update |title=Availability Update |date=January 1983 |volume=1 |issue=10 |issn=0890-2143 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/5/59/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.1_10.pdf |accessdate=February 27, 2021}}</ref>

==Reviews==
*''[[Games (magazine)|Games]]'' #44<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/games-44-1983-october/page/n63/mode/2up | title=GAMES Magazine #44 | date=October 1983 }}</ref>

==Legacy==
The [[intellectual property]] rights for the game passed to [[Hasbro Interactive]] and were subsequently bought by [[Infogrames]] in 2001, which was subsequently renamed Atari SA. It was then re-released for the [[Atari Flashback series#Atari Flashback 3|Atari Flashback 3]] in 2011, which was the first console of the ''Flashback'' series made by the [[AtGames]] company.<ref name="Eurogamer">{{cite news |last1=Purchese |first1=Robert |title=Atari Flashback 3 console: 60 games, £50 - Two pads, looks like Atari 2600 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-07-atari-flashback-3-console-60-games-GBP50 |access-date=February 28, 2021 |work=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network Limited |date=September 7, 2011}}</ref> As of 2021, the game has been included on all subsequent ''Flashback'' consoles, including the ''Flashback 4'',<ref name="Flashback 4">{{cite news |last1=Pescovitz |first1=David |title=Atari Flashback 4 console |url=https://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/atari-flashback-4-console.html |access-date=March 2, 2021 |work=Boing Boing |date=December 3, 2012}}</ref> ''5'',<ref name="Flashback 5">{{cite book |title=Atgames Atari Flashback 5 User Guide |date=2014 |publisher=AtGames Digital Media Inc |url=https://archive.org/stream/atgames-atari-flashback-5/atgames-atari-flashback-5_djvu.txt |access-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref> ''6'',<ref name="Flashback 6">{{cite book |title=Atgames Atari Flashback 6 User Guide |date=2015 |publisher=AtGames Digital Media Inc. |url=https://archive.org/stream/atgames-atari-flashback-6/atgames-atari-flashback-6_djvu.txt |access-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref> ''7'',<ref name="Flashback 7">{{cite news |last1=Fenech |first1=Steven |title=Play classic games like Space Invaders, Frogger and Pong on your TV with Atari Flashback 7 |url=https://www.techguide.com.au/news/play-classic-games-like-space-invaders-frogger-pong-tv-atari-flashback-7/ |access-date=March 1, 2021 |work=Tech Guide |date=February 15, 2017}}</ref> ''8'',<ref name="Flashback 8">{{cite news |last1=Falcone |first1=John |title=Flashback 8 Gold is Atari fans' SNES Classic alternative |url=https://www.cnet.com/reviews/atari-flashback-8-gold-preview/ |access-date=March 1, 2021 |work=CNET |date=July 17, 2017}}</ref> ''9'',<ref name="Flashback 9">{{cite news |title=Atari Flashback 9 User Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/atgames-atari-flashback-9-user-guide/mode/1up?q=Baseball |access-date=March 2, 2021 |agency=ATGames |date=2019}}</ref> and ''X''.<ref name="Flashback X">{{cite news |last1=Adcock |first1=Dan |title=Atari Flashback X Review |url=https://pixelatedgamer.com/atari-flashback-x-review/ |access-date=March 2, 2021 |work=Pixelated Gamer |date=2020}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
{{reflist}}
<ref name=mania>{{cite web|url=http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-realsports-volleyball_8213.html |website=Atari Mania |title=RealSports Volleyball}}</ref>
<ref name="dp">{{cite web |last1=Backiel |first1=Al |title=DP Interviews Bob Polaro |url=http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_bob_polaro.html |website=Digital Press}}</ref>
}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IAg|atari_2600_volleyball_aka_realsports_volleyball_1983_digitel}}

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Latest revision as of 16:49, 6 January 2024

RealSports Volleyball
Box art
Developer(s)Atari, Inc.
Publisher(s)Atari, Inc.[2]
Programmer(s)Bob Polaro
Jim Huether[3]
Artist(s)Alan Murphy
SeriesRealSports
Platform(s)Atari 2600
Release
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
The blue player has just served the ball

Realsports Volleyball is a volleyball video game written by Bob Polaro and Jim Huether for the Atari 2600 and published by Atari, Inc. in 1982.[3] Polaro also programmed the Atari 2600 port of Defender.[4]

Development[edit]

RealSports Volleyball is an enhanced version of programmer Bob Polaro's never released game Volleyball. He asked to make several improvements on it, including better animations and more colourful backgrounds. It is part of the RealSports series of games.[5]

Reception[edit]

Steve Davidson wrote in Arcade Express in 1983, "Unlike some video volleyball contests, this one really does play like the sport," and called the game "a triumph" (8/10).[6] The game won The Video Game Update magazine's 1982 Awards of Excellence in the "Best New Sports Game" category.[7]

Reviews[edit]

Legacy[edit]

The intellectual property rights for the game passed to Hasbro Interactive and were subsequently bought by Infogrames in 2001, which was subsequently renamed Atari SA. It was then re-released for the Atari Flashback 3 in 2011, which was the first console of the Flashback series made by the AtGames company.[9] As of 2021, the game has been included on all subsequent Flashback consoles, including the Flashback 4,[10] 5,[11] 6,[12] 7,[13] 8,[14] 9,[15] and X.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Availability Update" (PDF). The Video Game Update. 1 (9). December 1983. ISSN 0890-2143. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "RealSports Volleyball". AtariAge. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  3. ^ a b "RealSports Volleyball". Atari Mania.
  4. ^ Backiel, Al. "DP Interviews Bob Polaro". Digital Press.
  5. ^ Jainschigg, John (August 2018). "The History of RealSports". Retro Gamer (183). Future plc: 44–49.
  6. ^ Davidson, Steve (July 17, 1983). "The Hotseat: Reviews of New Products". Arcade Express. 1 (25).
  7. ^ "Availability Update" (PDF). The Video Game Update. 1 (10). January 1983. ISSN 0890-2143. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  8. ^ "GAMES Magazine #44". October 1983.
  9. ^ Purchese, Robert (September 7, 2011). "Atari Flashback 3 console: 60 games, £50 - Two pads, looks like Atari 2600". Eurogamer. Gamer Network Limited. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  10. ^ Pescovitz, David (December 3, 2012). "Atari Flashback 4 console". Boing Boing. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  11. ^ Atgames Atari Flashback 5 User Guide. AtGames Digital Media Inc. 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  12. ^ Atgames Atari Flashback 6 User Guide. AtGames Digital Media Inc. 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  13. ^ Fenech, Steven (February 15, 2017). "Play classic games like Space Invaders, Frogger and Pong on your TV with Atari Flashback 7". Tech Guide. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  14. ^ Falcone, John (July 17, 2017). "Flashback 8 Gold is Atari fans' SNES Classic alternative". CNET. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  15. ^ "Atari Flashback 9 User Guide". ATGames. 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  16. ^ Adcock, Dan (2020). "Atari Flashback X Review". Pixelated Gamer. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

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