<s>
RealSports	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Soccer	O
,	O
Football	O
and	O
RealSports	B-Application
Football	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
1983	O
sports	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
platforms	O
,	O
concentrating	O
on	O
the	O
sport	O
of	O
association	O
football	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
games	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
RealSports	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
RealSports	B-Application
Football	I-Application
,	O
RealSports	B-Application
Volleyball	I-Application
,	O
and	O
RealSports	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
developed	O
for	O
it	O
,	O
originally	O
known	O
simply	O
as	O
Soccer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
Atari	O
's	O
second	O
association	O
football-themed	O
game	O
after	O
Pelé	B-Application
's	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
home	O
computers	O
was	O
also	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
it	O
was	O
cancelled	O
in	O
hope	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
sell	O
more	O
5200	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
version	O
featured	O
computer-controlled	O
goal-keepers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
of	O
RealSports	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
in	O
the	O
March	O
1983	O
issue	O
of	O
the	O
UK	O
magazine	O
TV	O
Gamer	O
criticised	O
the	O
high	O
price	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
nearly	O
£30	O
,	O
or	O
roughly	O
£100	O
at	O
2020	O
prices	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
summed	O
up	O
their	O
impression	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
saying	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
just	O
football	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
May	O
1983	O
review	O
in	O
the	O
French	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
Tilt	O
also	O
criticised	O
the	O
lack-lustre	O
gameplay	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
praised	O
the	O
improved	O
graphics	O
over	O
Atari	O
's	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
Pelé	B-Application
's	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1984	O
Book	O
of	O
Atari	O
Software	O
criticised	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
realism	O
in	O
RealSports	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
for	O
the	O
2600	O
platform	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
"lack[ed]	O
the	O
complexity	O
and	O
players	O
to	O
hold	O
anyone	O
's	O
interest	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
"	O
D	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
article	O
in	O
the	O
November/December	O
1992	O
edition	O
of	O
Digital	O
Press	O
listed	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
ever	O
made	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
criticising	O
especially	O
the	O
poor	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
,	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
November/December	O
1997	O
edition	O
of	O
Digital	O
Press	O
was	O
mildly	O
more	O
positive	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
improved	O
graphics	O
over	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
version	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
impressive	O
(	O
for	O
its	O
day	O
)	O
analog	O
controls	O
,	O
though	O
also	O
criticising	O
the	O
ease	O
of	O
scoring	O
against	O
the	O
computer	O
in	O
the	O
one-player	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
5/10	O
overall	O
.	O
</s>
