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'''''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/>
'''''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/>

==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>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:55, 2 January 2019

RealSports Volleyball
Developer(s)Atari, Inc.
Publisher(s)Atari, Inc.[2]
Programmer(s)Bob Polaro
Jim Huether[1]
Artist(s)Alan Murphy
Platform(s)Atari 2600
Release
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer
Gameplay screenshot shortly after the blue player has 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.[1] Polaro also programmed the Atari 2600 port of Defender.[3]

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).[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "RealSports Volleyball". Atari Mania.
  2. ^ "RealSports Volleyball". AtariAge. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  3. ^ Backiel, Al. "DP Interviews Bob Polaro". Digital Press.
  4. ^ Davidson, Steve (July 17, 1983). "The Hotseat: Reviews of New Products". Arcade Express. 1 (25).

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