What Baseball Games Are Legendary?

[mwjr]

World Series baseball for the Genesis. That game just took the genre and set a new tone. I had an SNES at the time, but my brother had a Genesis and this game. I tried and tried to find a comparable baseball game for the SNES but could never find one. I ended up trading in my SNES for a Genesis at a local pawn shop and couldn't quit playing.

IIRC, it was one of the first (if not THE first) baseball games with the real-time bullpen.

Man, what a great game that was.

[rodperezto]

Just this morning I wrote a very long post in a forum about my experience with baseball games. I spoke of everything from MLB from Intellivision to MLB 08, which was the one that brought me back to loving baseball games again. Read here: http://www.mlbtheshow.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=244

@hq3000 Dude, you are like my soulmate. I spent ridiculous amounts of time playing Tony LaRussa Baseball and going through all the stats. Also, i remember loving Gerald Williams who did have 12 points in speed and 12 in power (the max if i remember correctly).

[WazzuRC]

Re: What Baseball Games are Legendary?

Some of my all-time favorites:

MVP 2005
World Series Baseball '95 and '98
Bases Loaded III
Hardball '95 (the ability to edit EVERYTHING)

[sportyguyfl31]

Some of my all-time favorites:

MVP 2005
World Series Baseball '95 and '98
Bases Loaded III
Hardball '95 (the ability to edit EVERYTHING)

Wow, Hardball '95, thats one I forgot entirely...thats a real blast from the past.

Anyone remember the Front Page Sports Baseball series?

Wonderful Franchise Mode, and physics for its time.

I would still play that game.

[Chizzypoof]

Just this morning I wrote a very long post in a forum about my experience with baseball games. I spoke of everything from MLB from Intellivision to MLB 08, which was the one that brought me back to loving baseball games again. Read here: http://www.mlbtheshow.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=244

@hq3000 Dude, you are like my soulmate. I spent ridiculous amounts of time playing Tony LaRussa Baseball and going through all the stats. Also, i remember loving Gerald Williams who did have 12 points in speed and 12 in power (the max if i remember correctly).

Intellivision Baseball.. ahh. When I was pitching, I always pressed "5" immediately after the batter made contact. The pitcher could stop everything from going to SS or 2nd.

[Chip1010]

Can't argue with the MVP and Griffey games. I also loved the High Heat series. And while Bases Loaded wasn't anything special, it was the first baseball game I ever owned as a child, so it has a special spot in my heart.

I'm buying my first MLB The Show game this afternoon. Hopefully I can add that to my list of legendary games.

[vegaas]

Most everyone here mentioned them. But if you talk about Legendary, here they are.

Baseball Stars
Bases Loaded
Earl Weaver Baseball
Tony LaRussa Baseball
High Heat (Number 1 in my humble opinion)
and maybe MVP

[daflyboys]

Re: What Baseball Games are Legendary?

MVP 2005 ... one of the best modded baseball games. if it let you play a contracted schedule i'd still be playing to this day.

If you mean on the PC, it does.


WS98 on the Saturn was good for it's day.

[nycfabuloso]

MVP BASEBALL 05 THEY SHOULD HAVE THE HITTERS EYE IN EVERYBASEBALL GAME

[ShaolinSteez]

The Sega Saturn World Series Baseball series and the PC High Heat series. Legendary in my book.

[Boucher]

mlb 09 anyone??

[JonahFalcon]

Earl Weaver Baseball
Earl Weaver Baseball
Earl Weaver Baseball
Earl Weaver Baseball
and
High Heat Baseball series.

[JonahFalcon]

Intellivision Baseball.. ahh. When I was pitching, I always pressed "5" immediately after the batter made contact. The pitcher could stop everything from going to SS or 2nd.

Of course, Dan Daglow and Eddie Dombrower took what they did with that game and made Earl Weaver Baseball. That game was proto-EWB.

[DubTrey1]

For me - (in no particular order....
ASB05 - PS2
WS98 - Saturn
MVP05 - XBOX
WSB2k3 - XBOX

[a1boogz]

1: Baseball Stars
2: RBI Baseball
3: Triple Play '96 (PSX)
4: Baseball Stars

In Baseball Stars, your manager would literally stand behind home plate after a win and catch bundles of $$$ from the sky...it was awesome.