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DeuceDouglas · 02-22-2011, 12:03 PM

You should do a top five for the SNES too.

bcruise · 02-22-2011, 12:11 PM

For me, replace original Baseball with either Bad News or Base Wars and you've got my list. Bad News' appeal was in its humor and cutscenes (ala Tecmo Super Bowl), and Base Wars was just.....crazy.

I mean, who HASN'T wanted to take a Laser Sword to the catcher in order to score a run?

Also notable even though it's not on the list - RBI's sequels. One of them (can't remember if it was 2 or 3) had a feature we take for granted nowadays - replay of big plays.

matt314hew · 02-22-2011, 12:30 PM

I like the list. One of my favorite baseball games was Bad News Baseball. Basewars was a fun game to play too.

Dirty Turtles · 02-22-2011, 01:42 PM

My favorite is still Little League Baseball: Championship Series. Little League style with the Baseball Stars engine.

jyoung · 02-22-2011, 03:22 PM

Baseball Stars is great, but Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball was my favorite.

The field hazards made the different parks play uniquely.

Plus you had DRACULA and SATAN as selectable characters.

Flaxseed Oil · 02-22-2011, 04:36 PM

I have a few underrated titles to spice up the convo:

Little League Baseball. You pick a team and try and advance through the whole little league world series.

Bad News Baseball.... this game was awesome!

Techmo Baseball ... I def. remember this being pretty good.

teebee · 02-22-2011, 04:49 PM

I swear you couldn't control the fielders in NES Baseball. You could only control where you were throwing it, used to drive me nuts because guys would make errors all over and you weren't even controlling them!

I also was so good at cheesing the cpu defense that i could get on by a single and just keep going back and forth timing the throws and make it all the way home, think i scored 50 or so runs one game doing it

swaldo · 02-22-2011, 04:59 PM

Haha "The MIDI soundtracks piercing" I love it. Nice article, and after hearing all this talk about 'Baseball Stars' has made me want to find a way to play it. I'm looking forward to your top five 16 & 32 bit games. On Bill Harris' blog he talks about 'World Series baseball '98' for the Sega Saturn as one of the best ever. If you do more of these articles please include that one in your nominations.

02-22-2011, 12:11 PM	#58
bcruise Hall Of Fame OVR: 48 Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 23,320 Blog Entries: 8	Re: The Top Five 8-Bit NES Baseball Games For me, replace original Baseball with either Bad News or Base Wars and you've got my list. Bad News' appeal was in its humor and cutscenes (ala Tecmo Super Bowl), and Base Wars was just.....crazy. I mean, who HASN'T wanted to take a Laser Sword to the catcher in order to score a run? Also notable even though it's not on the list - RBI's sequels. One of them (can't remember if it was 2 or 3) had a feature we take for granted nowadays - replay of big plays.

02-22-2011, 04:36 PM	#62
Flaxseed Oil MVP OVR: 8 Join Date: Feb 2007	Re: The Top Five 8-Bit NES Baseball Games I have a few underrated titles to spice up the convo: Little League Baseball. You pick a team and try and advance through the whole little league world series. Bad News Baseball.... this game was awesome! Techmo Baseball ... I def. remember this being pretty good.

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02-22-2011, 12:03 PM	#57
DeuceDouglas Madden Dev Team OVR: 22 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 4,313	You should do a top five for the SNES too.

02-22-2011, 12:30 PM	#59
matt314hew Pro OVR: 13 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Blog Entries: 9	I like the list. One of my favorite baseball games was Bad News Baseball. Basewars was a fun game to play too.

02-22-2011, 01:42 PM	#60
Dirty Turtles MVP OVR: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Mapleton Depot, PA	My favorite is still Little League Baseball: Championship Series. Little League style with the Baseball Stars engine.

02-22-2011, 03:22 PM	#61
jyoung Hall Of Fame OVR: 38 Join Date: Dec 2006 Blog Entries: 49	Baseball Stars is great, but Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball was my favorite. The field hazards made the different parks play uniquely. Plus you had DRACULA and SATAN as selectable characters.

02-22-2011, 04:49 PM	#63
teebee Rookie OVR: 17 Join Date: Feb 2003 Blog Entries: 4	I swear you couldn't control the fielders in NES Baseball. You could only control where you were throwing it, used to drive me nuts because guys would make errors all over and you weren't even controlling them! I also was so good at cheesing the cpu defense that i could get on by a single and just keep going back and forth timing the throws and make it all the way home, think i scored 50 or so runs one game doing it

02-22-2011, 04:59 PM	#64
swaldo MVP OVR: 20 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,268 Blog Entries: 1	Haha "The MIDI soundtracks piercing" I love it. Nice article, and after hearing all this talk about 'Baseball Stars' has made me want to find a way to play it. I'm looking forward to your top five 16 & 32 bit games. On Bill Harris' blog he talks about 'World Series baseball '98' for the Sega Saturn as one of the best ever. If you do more of these articles please include that one in your nominations.

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