The Top Five 8-Bit NES Baseball Games

[RaychelSnr]

It's no secret that I am the resident old man on staff here at Operation Sports. Sure, I take quite a beating from the young whipper snappers on staff, but growing up in the '80s and early '90s did have its perks, specifically some great 8-bit baseball gaming on the NES.

The Nintendo Entertainment System was synonymous with great sports titles, and baseball was no exception. To this day, many of the NES' baseball titles still play great, with a select few defining the genre.

Being the classic gaming aficionado that I am, I could not resist taking a trip down baseball gaming memory lane. With my NES ready to go, a few cold beverages, and a complete disregard for my "honey do" list, I dove into my massive NES baseball collection in an attempt to identify the five greatest hardball titles to be released for the system.

The competition was fierce, the hours of testing long, the MIDI soundtracks piercing, but in the end only five could make the cut. So which games stood the test of time and are worthy of being in my top five list of the best NES baseball games of all time? The answers may surprise you.

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[Doormat]

Nice pic for the #1 spot, can't agree any more than that.

[Joey]

We have a modified Dreamcast at work that can play all the old Nintendo and Sega games...I've played all of these but Nintendo Baseball within the last 3 weeks or so. I'm 35 now so I got plenty of gameplay out of all these growing up. I replaced the Baseball Stars' teams with my own creation of current all stars and kept stats in a scorebook. The other 2 guys I work with refuse to play that game with me!

The one Ultra team on BS 1.000 is insane. Something like a .460 AVG and 70+ homeruns or something like that. Nice article!

[superbus]

No Little League Baseball: Championship Series?

[travis72]

Brings back some good memories as a kid. Baseball Stars was my all time favorite game. I played that game so much that eventually it would not load and all i got was a black screen. A friend and I made up fake names and used breeds of livestock and seed corn and seed bean companies as team names. Man that game was so much fun with that game more than I do any games to date.

[TLasorda]

Bases loaded Is the only baseball video game that included a bench clearing brawl when you hit a batter. I liked Baseball Simulator too because you could make your own players.

[davis420]

I forgot all about Baseball Simulater 1.000! Baseball Stars was also GREAT!

[areobee401]

Bases Loaded 2 or Baseball Stars would have been my top pick. WIth that said you can't go wrong with any of the games on this list.

[nomo17k]

Wasted many hours nibbling the outside corner on Nintendo's Baseball & RBI Baseball. My personal best is Best Play Pro Yakyuu. Not sure it was ever released in USA but it was a great sim if you enjoy the managing/stats aspect of baseball.

[tazbk]

That is an awesome list. I owned all of those with the exception of baseball simulator. RBI baseball, Baseball Stars and Bases Loaded Part 2 were my favorites of that generation. That brings back a lot of memories of elementary school and my first NES right there. Makes me feel proud to be "older" than most around here.

[legend88]

what about basewars? Was a bit over the top but was kind of a mix between baseball and a fighting game.

[ChaseB]

what about basewars? Was a bit over the top but was kind of a mix between baseball and a fighting game.

That would have been on my list.

[The Bimmer]

Bases Loaded is my all time favorite. Who can forget the " you bum your out", when striking out with the bases loaded.

[RynoAid]

you got all my favs... nothing to add here. Good job.

[hope4bob]

The one I most fondly remember is Earl Weaver Baseball on the Amiga. I never went the Nintendo route. Started gaming on a Matel Intellevision, then Amiga, then Playstation 1, 2, & 3.