''Realsports Volleyball'' is a

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written by Bob Polaro and Jim Huether for the

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and published by

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in 1982. Polaro also programmed the Atari 2600 port of '' Defender''.

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 ''

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'' series of games.

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). The game won ''The Video Game Update'' magazine's 1982 Awards of Excellence in the "Best New Sports Game" category.

Legacy

The

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rights for the game passed to

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and were subsequently bought by

Infogrames Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA) is a French video game holding company headquartered in Paris. Its subsidiaries include Atari Interactive and Atari, Inc. It is the current owner of the Atari brand through Atari Interactive. Bec ...

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

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company. As of 2021, the game has been included on all subsequent ''Flashback'' consoles, including the ''Flashback 4'', ''5'', ''6'', ''7'', ''8'', ''9'', and ''X''.

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* 1982 video games Atari 2600 games Atari 2600-only games Beach volleyball video games Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games developed in the United States {{sports-videogame-stub