The Top Five 8-Bit NES Baseball Games

[Shobiz]

I'm probably as old as Christian. Its only 3 baseball games that matter on NES. 1. Baseball (1985) - cause it was good and first one out. 2. Bases Loaded- cause it was real. Do the names Paste and Bay ring bells! 3. Baseball Stars! The game play alone kills everything. Also the Franchise Mode was ridiculous. 6 human controlled teams, 25 game , stat tracking, and power ups. IT WAS THE FIRST GAME TO LET YOU DIVE FOR CATCHES AND CLIMB WALLS TO STEAL HOME RUNS! After thinking about, it might still be number one.

[literacola]

dusty diamond softball is an all time great. super batter up is highly under rated. basically a more updated version of rbi baseball. also loved earl weaver baseball and hardball.

[Shobiz]

RBI baseball sucked! Even having real players didn't help. You guys only played it because Baseball Stars and Bases Loaded were sold out. LOL

[xBaBaBooeyx]

Quote: Originally Posted by PlottyDawg

Having played all these games at one point or another, I would have rated them: 5) RBI Baseball 4) Baseball 3) Baseball Simulator 1.000 2) Baseball Stars 1) Bases Loaded...and that isn't even close. I always thought this was the most realistic baseball game for NES. And Paste on the Jersey team is the REAL Albert Pujols. .450 BA, 60 homerun power. Anything he touched flew out of the park. And his protector Bay wasn't too shabby, either.

Paste was the man!!! Forget McGwire and Canseco, Paste and Bay were the true Bash Brothers.

[mlblover15]

how did Tecmo Baseball not make the cut? it was the only game i nearly threw a no hitter at. i loved that game... now lets start talking about 16 bit baseball games. the first Triple Play on the Genesis was a great game. I hit (count em') 12 home runs in one game with Jose Canseco.

then of course we had the whole, World Series baseball series. what else has to be said. each year the game added just one more feature that brought it so much closer to real life. oh those were the days!! not that today is that bad, hardly that at all but for use that are old enough to remember all these games... ah yes... what a time it was...

[Claymaker52]

The first baseball game I ever played was on the Super NES and had Ken Griffey Jr. on the cover. The name of the game escapes me, I was probably too young to remember anyways. That game even had a Newspaper section after each game. I haven't played any of the games on the list, nevertheless, I still have found memories of the aformentioned game.

[SonicZulu25]

Although RBI was definitely good for it's time, there was just something about baseball stars that made it shine. Too long ago now to remember what that was really. All I do remember is that my buddy I logged a lot of time on that one.

[antdawg9]

I can't take this seriously without Bad News Baseball. That game was so fun as a kid.