Throwback Thursday: MVP 2005

[underdog13]

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I've heard that...never looked into it, however, and don't know how much it would go for.

Everytime I've tried to buy the pc version it has always been selling for $100

[boomhauertjs]

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I always thought the hitting was little too hard (too many soft groundout), but the PC mods fixed that. I was still playing it as recent as a year or two ago.

[Geolink]

Amazing article. Can't believe it's been so long since MVP 05. Still have my old PS2 copy and my PC copy which the disc cracked somewhere. I spent so many hours playing MVP 05 that this article brought back so many good memories. I wish EA would make a new one.

[Shadymamba]

IMO - still the best Pre-Gen baseball game!!

[Thrash13]

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I definitely logged MANY hours into this game, and until the most recent versions of The Show, probably more hours than any baseball game since. There was definitely a period of 8-10 years after MVP 05 that I didn't play much video game baseball.

As a fan of the college game, I really enjoyed MVP NCAA Baseball 06 and 07 as well and still play both of those to this day. I just really enjoyed that game engine, and while The Show is amazing these days, it's a real shame EA has never gotten back into the MLB side of things. Crazy really..

[DrJones]

Re: Throwback Thursday: MVP 2005

In celebration of the captivating MLB postseason, this week’s Throwback Thursday focuses on a particular baseball game many consider not only as the best baseball game of all-time, but one of the greatest games ever made.

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[bmf395]

This game had actual contracts as well. Something next gen games cannot figure out for some reason.

[Fiddy]

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Being able to use custom rosters online against friends. The leagues i was in with this game were awesome!

[santa7999]

Funny story, when MVP 2004 came out I used to love the music, one song in particular "Take Me As I Am" by Seven Wiser. A few years after playing the game my buddy who is a drummer calls me up, "hey man, I got a proposition for you, do you want to play guitar in this band I just joined." I asked him, "what band?". "Seven Wiser" he said....at the time it didn't click because I hadn't played the game in a couple years. Then I was going through the songs learning them to prepare for my first practice/audition and there it was...."Take Me As I Am". I was like, "No Way!!!" I love this song. What are the odds of that. I ended up playing for them for a few years, even co wrote and released an album with them until we split in 2011. Sorry, I know its off topic but this totally reminded me of that! I miss the MVP series! Love it!

[BrianFifaFan]

Greatest baseball game ever. Would play every game on AA and AAA, as well as Major League games for the Reds. And MVP Mods made the PC game an even better experience. Greatest baseball game, ever.....

[BrianFifaFan]

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I always thought the hitting was little too hard (too many soft groundout), but the PC mods fixed that. I was still playing it as recent as a year or two ago.

I remember when 2004 came out and they messed up the left handed hitters power. Everyone was tweaking the ini. files to try and get lefties to hit homeruns. I still played it about 500-600 games worth. 05. even more......

[binga30]

Why is it that the peak of Sports games was around 2003-2006, ie- before xbox 360 and ps3? Ncaa Football 05 and 06, Tiger Woods 05 and 06, NBA Live 05 and 06. With each new console it feels like sports games are slowly dying.

[sheredia]

just imagine if EA still had baseball to this day? how good it could have been.....

[daflyboys]

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Been proud to be part of the MVP modding community contributing rosters over the past several years. With classic pitching possible via tweaking a file and the realistic faces that guys have made over the years, this game still produces to this day. Still play this online. It has a few quirks but they are easily overlooked by the overall experience.

[drugsbunny]

I still play this game at least twice a week... I am on year 18 of my owner mode. I have it on PC and xbox original, I thought life was going to be even better as I loaded the gamecube emulator on to my Macbook and loaded mvp 05 .iso but it does not really play well. close but no cigar. This will always be the best baseball video game. I don't see todays standard of video games every taking these kinds of chances. The fact that you can take time after a play and throw the ball around so you can get the timing down and just have fun doing it has still yet to be challanged.