The Top Five Console Baseball Sims Not Named The Show

[Profit89]

Quote: Originally Posted by boomhauertjs

I don't understand why Microsoft purchased the rights to High Heat when 3D0 went under and then never did anything with it. Would've made a great XBLA game with updated rosters, unis, etc. every year. As a non-PS3 owner, I'm still playing MVP 05 on my PC with the great mods over at mvpmods.com. If only it had HD graphics...

Same here. MVP 05 with mods is fantastic !!

[Eyeman79]

I can't argue with any of your choices, although I always though HH2003 was so much better on the PC it made playing the console version less fun.For honorable mention I might add: Baseball Simulator 1.000 and Tony LaRussa 95. Although again Tony was much better on PC.

[inkcil]

Interplay Sports Baseball 2000 on PS1 (the follow up to Vr baseball 99) had the best fielding engine until MVP 05 game along...

Also, I loved Triple Play 98 on PS1...Bases Loaded on NES...RBI baseball on NES & MVP 06 NCAA baseball on Xbox...I still love the sound of those aluminum bats.

[Robschina]

Please...don't forget World Series 98 (Sega Saturn).

[KBLover]

Baseball Stars qualifies as a sim game?

I don't know about that - but it is a very good game.

If EA did revive the MVP series - it would have to be better than MVP13 or else...why buy?

That might be a tall order since MVP 05 was solid and the mods just made it better.

[Ryan97]

High Heat single handily restored me lost love for baseball. The console version sucked and by that time the series had already peaked.

[speedtrucker]

EA MVP '06 NCAA college world series was actually better than MVP '05.

MVP'06 introduced Precision load'n'fire throwing in the field and load'n'fire batting.

[Blzer]

After reading the qualifications, I can tell this is not about the top five most realistic games (or you know, regarding stats and what not).

Making the list exhaustive and varied, as far as simulation baseball games go, here are my top five favorite not named The Show:

- World Series Baseball '95
- Interplay Sports Baseball 2000
- All Star Baseball 2003
- ESPN Major League Baseball 2K5
- MLB Power Pros