gilsaluki Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Ok. Somewhat confused. I know there was a 2600 and 5200 title called Realsports Tennis. I have searched around the net and game reviewers call the 8-bit version Realsports Tennis as well. The cart number they refer to is 8042, I believe is the number. However the packaging Atarimania and even the reviewer displays simply says, "Tennis". No Realsports moniker attached to the title. Am I missing something? Is their a rare XE version called, Realsports Tennis AND an old brown label Tennis as well? Or, are they really the same game. Again, I cannot find a box representing Realsports Tennis, anywhere. I know their IS a Realsports Football. Enlighten me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) RX8042 is Realsports Tennis, the just didn't put Realsports on the label. they did the same with football. take a look at the pictures here http://orph.atarinet.com/gallery/main.php?cmd=imageview&var1=Atari+8bit%2Fa8+Carts%2FAlternate+Labels.jpg Also this ad, http://www.atarimania.com/catalogues/hi_res/cat214001.jpg you will see it's listed as realsports tennis and matches the cart number Edited October 9, 2016 by orpheuswaking 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted October 9, 2016 Author Share Posted October 9, 2016 Thanks for the info. Don't know why I never owned this game. The RealSports Football looks slow and impossible to play. Tennis, looks more like a Pong variant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 For me, the biggest Atari 400/800 mystery was RX8028 (Soccer /Realsports Soccer) Why wasn't it released? Why has a Proto never surfaced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 Thorn/EMI's Soccer is good. I have played it for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 One game reviewer commented that the moniker RealSports was added in later runs of Tennis and Football as a marketing tool. Sounds cooler. It followed the example set by the Atari 2600 RealSport Series. Cool thing about this hobby, I am still learning after 35 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 For me, the biggest Atari 400/800 mystery was RX8028 (Soccer /Realsports Soccer) Why wasn't it released? Why has a Proto never surfaced? Does it use the keypad a lot? That's why the didn't do RS Baseball on the 8-Bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentarian Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 RS Soccer 5200 conversion just used the joystick and one button from what I can remember. I always wanted a RS Baseball conversion though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 RS Soccer 5200 conversion just used the joystick and one button from what I can remember. I always wanted a RS Baseball conversion though. It probably didn't sell well enough to bother. I *think* (and I may be wrong here) that there was an 8-bit version found on some of John Segher's disks, but I might be misremembering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 One game reviewer commented that the moniker RealSports was added in later runs of Tennis and Football as a marketing tool. Sounds cooler. It followed the example set by the Atari 2600 RealSport Series. Cool thing about this hobby, I am still learning after 35 years. There was a time when all the console manufacturers were touting their realistic sports titles. I'd imagine it was in response to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 One game reviewer commented that the moniker RealSports was added in later runs of Tennis and Football as a marketing tool. Sounds cooler. It followed the example set by the Atari 2600 RealSport Series. Cool thing about this hobby, I am still learning after 35 years. That may have been from my page (http://www.atariprotos.com/). I think I mentioned that a few times in my various RealSports reviews. I believe only Football and Soccer for the 5200 ever got out the door without the RealSports branding. I'd have to double check on that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Hmmm, Homesoft has an "Atari Soccer" in his game collection (disk 49) - is this (a proto of) Real Sports Soccer or something completely different ?!? http://www.mushca.com/f/atari/index.php?dl=049|ATARCCER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Hmmm, Homesoft has an "Atari Soccer" in his game collection (disk 49) - is this (a proto of) Real Sports Soccer or something completely different ?!? http://www.mushca.com/f/atari/index.php?dl=049|ATARCCER I'm almost 100% positive that someone hacked the game to run on an Atari 8-bit in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariGeezer Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Fandal also has a 5200 Conversion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentarian Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Fandal also has a 5200 Conversion Thanks! That is the one I remember playing. I also found 5200 Baseball there: http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5025. I'll have to try that tonight and see how it compares to Star League and Hardball. I played the heck out of RS Baseball on the VCS as a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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