Home Run atari 2600

The game can be played against the computer or with another player. You have the option of having 1, 2 or 3 players on the field. As the pitcher, you use the joystick to throw the ball and control its speed and curve. Once the ball is hit, you control all of your men (they all move together since they follow commands from a single joystick) on the field to catch the ball. As a batter, you can control the position of the baseball bat with the joystick. If you consider that your runners would go to the next base, you can press the button on the controller to make them stop at their current base.

The rest of the rules are basically like real baseball. Each team has nine innings in a match. You're out after three strikes, you get to first base after four balls (balls that don't fly over the house) or if the pitcher hits you with a ball. In the field, you can retire a batter by catching his ball and then another runner by reaching his next base before him or simply by touching him between bases, thus completing a double play. The only way to complete a home run is to hit the ball over second base without having it caught by the outfielders. You score a point for each runner who reaches base after each of the first three.