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joshuar9476 · 03-03-2009, 11:07 AM

Baseball Stars ... I still play it today and even spent last summer making a whole new roster to replace the default CPU teams

High Heat 2003 ... the one thing i love about baseball games is the ability to contract teams, reorganize divisions, and do a fantasy draft. HH2k3 did this perfectly. i also spent last summer making a 1915 roster for this game.

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.

johnprestonevans · 03-03-2009, 11:08 AM

The strike of 94/95 marked a turning point in my love for Major League Baseball. Before that i was a rabbid fan, enjoying the high-riding Toronto Blue Jays and their World Series ways. Since then baseball has been dogged by increasing imparity and steroid scandals. However, every year around this time that little part of me that used to love the sport returns in the hopes that at least in videogame terms, baseball will rule the summer.
I have loved a lot of great classic baseball games. Here are a few:
Baseball Stars for NES. Why? The ability to create my own players, tweak stats and save highlights to show my friends. This was as good as baseball got before the Major League player liceince was established.
Bottom of the Ninth in the arcade. Why? It was the first baseball game to really show some presentation. Seeing my fielders runing in one window and in closeup in another just blew my mind. I love the homerun animation.
Hardball! for the PC. Why? The camera angles were plentiful. Now i could see a game as it appeared on TV - with that behind-the-pitcher view. From then on i would not play a baseball game from the batter view again. Also i loved being able to create my own teams and design their logos and uni's.
Tommy Lasorda Baseball for the Genesis. I bought this game even before I had the system. While the game doesnt hold up well today, back then I was obsessed with the topdown fielding view and "zoom" of the ball. The players started looking more human when batting. This game came out at the hight of my baseball love and i think thats why it is still a favorite.
Tripple Play 98 for the PS1. Polygons. I loved them and i hated them. Finally baseball was in full 3D space, however crude it looked and i spent hours listening to the announces talk generically about the action.
High Heat Baseball 2004. This game did a lot of things right. The cameras were great and the gameplay was solid as far as i can remember.
MVP 2005. The end of an era of great baseball games in my opinion. With stellar grahics for the time, and excellent controls there was no better representation of America's pastime.

My eyes have been re-opened thanks to MLB 09 The Show and MLB 2K9. Both look to be solid games this year.

SBartlett · 03-03-2009, 11:22 AM

= ) Yeah all those games are classics. i couldn't incorporate all of them otherwise the article would've been 10 pages lol. i liked tony larussa back in the day and world series baseball 95. i also played high heat 02/03 once and remember it was nice.

hq3000 · 03-03-2009, 11:41 AM

A game that i remember to be legendary just for the sheer amount of games I played was Tony Larussa Baseball. I just remember keeping track of my stats on hundreds of pages of paper. It was ridiculous how big of a nerd I was back then. Still am because I wouldn't be constantly daydreaming of the Show 09.

I also like to remember a little known beast of a player only known as Gerald Williams. His stats for his season with the Yanks was really low but for some reason he could hit 60 HR's a season. HIm and Kevin Maas were like Mantle and Maris of the videogame circuit. Go figure.

cinders · 03-03-2009, 11:41 AM

Bad News Baseball...I can remember, it was one of the only games my dad liked to play with me (that and NES Open golf!)
The other for me would have to be World Series Baseball on the genesis...I used to play it on my game gear and it was the first portable sports game that I remember being great.

Chizzypoof · 03-03-2009, 11:53 AM

Bases Loaded
This was my legendary series. It was the first baseball game I played that had a behind the pitcher view. Plus the packed lineup of the J team had a heart of the order that had legendary players Becker, Paste and Bay.Finally, this was the game I was playing in '89 when the Earthquake hit San Francisco. There is no better way to place a game into legendary status than to have a natural disaster make it a lasting memory.

techhokies · 03-03-2009, 11:56 AM

Maybe not legendary like some of the other games mentioned, but the first game that got me into running a franchise in baseball games was World series baseball 2k3.

mwjr · 03-03-2009, 12:18 PM

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.

03-03-2009, 11:07 AM	#9
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03-03-2009, 11:08 AM	#10
johnprestonevans Pro OVR: 18 Join Date: Oct 2008 Blog Entries: 11	The strike of 94/95 marked a turning point in my love for Major League Baseball. Before that i was a rabbid fan, enjoying the high-riding Toronto Blue Jays and their World Series ways. Since then baseball has been dogged by increasing imparity and steroid scandals. However, every year around this time that little part of me that used to love the sport returns in the hopes that at least in videogame terms, baseball will rule the summer. I have loved a lot of great classic baseball games. Here are a few: Baseball Stars for NES. Why? The ability to create my own players, tweak stats and save highlights to show my friends. This was as good as baseball got before the Major League player liceince was established. Bottom of the Ninth in the arcade. Why? It was the first baseball game to really show some presentation. Seeing my fielders runing in one window and in closeup in another just blew my mind. I love the homerun animation. Hardball! for the PC. Why? The camera angles were plentiful. Now i could see a game as it appeared on TV - with that behind-the-pitcher view. From then on i would not play a baseball game from the batter view again. Also i loved being able to create my own teams and design their logos and uni's. Tommy Lasorda Baseball for the Genesis. I bought this game even before I had the system. While the game doesnt hold up well today, back then I was obsessed with the topdown fielding view and "zoom" of the ball. The players started looking more human when batting. This game came out at the hight of my baseball love and i think thats why it is still a favorite. Tripple Play 98 for the PS1. Polygons. I loved them and i hated them. Finally baseball was in full 3D space, however crude it looked and i spent hours listening to the announces talk generically about the action. High Heat Baseball 2004. This game did a lot of things right. The cameras were great and the gameplay was solid as far as i can remember. MVP 2005. The end of an era of great baseball games in my opinion. With stellar grahics for the time, and excellent controls there was no better representation of America's pastime. My eyes have been re-opened thanks to MLB 09 The Show and MLB 2K9. Both look to be solid games this year.

03-03-2009, 11:22 AM	#11
SBartlett Staff Writer OVR: 29 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 152 Blog Entries: 41	= ) Yeah all those games are classics. i couldn't incorporate all of them otherwise the article would've been 10 pages lol. i liked tony larussa back in the day and world series baseball 95. i also played high heat 02/03 once and remember it was nice.

03-03-2009, 11:41 AM	#12
hq3000 Rookie OVR: 7 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queens, NY	A game that i remember to be legendary just for the sheer amount of games I played was Tony Larussa Baseball. I just remember keeping track of my stats on hundreds of pages of paper. It was ridiculous how big of a nerd I was back then. Still am because I wouldn't be constantly daydreaming of the Show 09. I also like to remember a little known beast of a player only known as Gerald Williams. His stats for his season with the Yanks was really low but for some reason he could hit 60 HR's a season. HIm and Kevin Maas were like Mantle and Maris of the videogame circuit. Go figure.

03-03-2009, 11:41 AM	#13
cinders Rookie OVR: 9 Join Date: Mar 2008 Blog Entries: 1	Bad News Baseball...I can remember, it was one of the only games my dad liked to play with me (that and NES Open golf!) The other for me would have to be World Series Baseball on the genesis...I used to play it on my game gear and it was the first portable sports game that I remember being great.

03-03-2009, 11:53 AM	#14
Chizzypoof MVP OVR: 15 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: K-Ingleside- SF,CA Posts: 1,651	Bases Loaded This was my legendary series. It was the first baseball game I played that had a behind the pitcher view. Plus the packed lineup of the J team had a heart of the order that had legendary players Becker, Paste and Bay.Finally, this was the game I was playing in '89 when the Earthquake hit San Francisco. There is no better way to place a game into legendary status than to have a natural disaster make it a lasting memory.

03-03-2009, 11:56 AM	#15
techhokies Pro OVR: 12 Join Date: Apr 2004	Maybe not legendary like some of the other games mentioned, but the first game that got me into running a franchise in baseball games was World series baseball 2k3.

03-03-2009, 12:18 PM	#16
mwjr MVP OVR: 10 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Columbia, SC	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.

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