<s>
Home	B-Application
Run	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1978	O
sports	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
baseball-themed	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
an	O
Atari	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
used	O
by	O
console	O
competitor	O
Mattel	O
to	O
show	O
the	O
quality	O
improvement	O
of	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
sports	O
games	O
over	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
replaced	O
Home	B-Application
Run	I-Application
with	O
RealSports	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
only	O
vaguely	O
resembles	O
actual	O
baseball	B-Application
as	O
it	O
lacks	O
fly	O
balls	O
or	O
independent	O
fielders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Home	B-Application
Run	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Bob	O
Whitehead	O
,	O
who	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
found	O
Activision	O
,	O
and	O
David	O
Rolfe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
1978	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
interview	O
with	O
Nolan	O
Bushnell	O
,	O
the	O
engineer	O
who	O
was	O
first	O
assigned	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
n't	O
know	O
the	O
rules	O
of	O
the	O
sport	O
of	O
baseball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
television	O
advertising	O
campaign	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
whole	O
)	O
was	O
fronted	O
by	O
Pete	O
Rose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
used	O
in	O
advertisements	O
by	O
console	O
competitor	O
Mattel	O
to	O
show	O
the	O
quality	O
improvement	O
of	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
sports	O
games	O
over	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
in	O
the	O
December	O
1982	O
issue	O
of	O
JoyStik	O
magazine	O
was	O
heavily	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
nothing	O
like	O
real	O
baseball	B-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
describing	O
the	O
graphics	O
as	O
"	O
primitive	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
in	O
The	O
Player	O
's	O
Strategy	O
Guide	O
to	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
Home	O
Video	O
Games	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
editors	O
Arnie	O
Katz	O
and	O
Bill	O
Kunkel	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
so	O
pared	O
down	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
sport	O
that	O
it	O
only	O
barely	O
qualifies	O
as	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
simulation	O
,	O
"	O
stating	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
it	O
might	O
more	O
accurately	O
be	O
called	O
'	O
Video	O
Stickball	O
 '	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
December	O
2000	O
review	O
by	O
Patrick	O
Wong	O
in	O
Classic	O
Gamer	O
magazine	O
panned	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
(	O
together	O
with	O
Atari	O
's	O
Golf	B-Application
)	O
"	O
two	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
games	O
ever	O
made	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wong	O
criticised	O
the	O
"	O
boring	O
"	O
graphics	O
,	O
the	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
fielders	O
deployable	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
unrealistic	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
summed	O
the	O
game	O
up	O
by	O
saying	O
"	O
Gamers	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
real	O
baseball	B-Application
experience	O
will	O
have	O
to	O
look	O
elsewhere	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kieren	O
Hawken	O
writing	O
in	O
The	O
A	O
–	O
Z	O
of	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
Games	O
:	O
Volume	O
2	O
criticised	O
the	O
excessively	O
basic	O
game-play	O
and	O
graphics	O
and	O
compared	O
it	O
negatively	O
to	O
later	O
baseball	B-Application
games	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
where	O
the	O
developers	O
had	O
better	O
utilised	O
the	O
platform	O
's	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
aggressive	O
marketing	O
campaign	O
by	O
Mattel	B-Operating_System
Electronics	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
graphically	O
and	O
gameplay-wise	O
more	O
advanced	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
counterpart	O
Major	B-Application
League	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
,	O
sparking	O
off	O
the	O
first	O
console	O
war	O
.	O
</s>
