Not gonna lie tho, I think “the show” has rlly nailed it over the years. It’s so detailed and the reactions are like immediate with whatever button you hit, the best baseball series that I’ll buy EVERY year
I thought so before I bought The Show 22. Every year, new improvements, I was so excited to see what they would do. It's the same thing. Literally, the same exact thing
Griffey Presents is still my all time favorite baseball game. I still play seasons here and there to this day. Triple Play 98 was good too, and MVP 2005 was outstanding.
The first baseball game I got into was Tommy Lasorda on the Genesis. My old man used to whoop me on it and I would make my best efforts to get good enough to not get blown out. As a teen I spent a great deal of time playing Triple Play 2000 & 2001. I had always liked the PS Trople Play games but those were the first ones I could buy since I joined the workforce; these were the most fun to me and will always have special places in my heart.
Same game here. Tommy Lasorda. Me and My Dad used to play each other for a chocolate bar. One night he had to pee so he paused the game, and I threw a strike while he was in the bathroom, and he vowed to never play against me again lmao. Its fuked up cuz I was like 8 or somethin. N he meant it. Never played again
Baseball for NES was the first game I bought April 30, 1987. Yes, I remember the actual date we got the Nintendo. I'm glad you included Base Wars, which was a really fun game. It combined 2 of my favorite things: baseball........and FIGHTING. You could have included Major League Baseball for NES ca. 1988 and KGJ for N64 circa 1996. "Going.. Gone.."
This list should have included the Front Page Sports Baseball series from Sierra. While not great playing games, the on/off field simulation side of things was years ahead of it's time.
Hardball 3 for Sega Genesis was def ahead of it's time. My fav baseball game of all time relative to the year it was made. Al Michaels behind the mic and you could even make your own logo! As much fun as I have had playing the Show over the years, the gameplay hasn't changed all that much in 15 years lol.
Nice showcase of the baseball games. The first one I played was Baseball on NES (1986 or 1987). Then, I really enjoyed the first Bases Loaded (1987) also on NES. But I don't know how much hours I played MVP Baseball 2005 on PS2 and Windows. I'm still playing my dynasty mode today on Windows. In that case, MVP Baseball 2005 is my all-time favorite!
I love baseball and as a gamer I was always partial to MLB '10 The Show for the PS3. GREAT graphics and easy game play always made this my go-to game when I needed my baseball fix.
Baseball Stars was peak 2 player baseball. You could create your own players, and it kept stats! Most importantly, it was fun as hell to play! Me and 2 friends played seasons in it because it actually had schedules and it let you play out of order, so if my friend couldn't come over for 2-3 days, he could just play all of his scheduled games in a clump later. Peak gaming with friends.
@@mindphaserxy that's like saying the genesis super tecmo bowl was better than the previous nes version. Slow it down, more sluggish control, give it more realism. Nah it's the speed, fluidity, control and lack of realism that makes it classic. So take ur cherished childhood memories etc etc.. but seriously why slow it down and change the graphics at the expense of the fluid motion of the thing, never a recipe for success.
Reggie Jackson Baseball (1988) for the Sega Master System was advanced for the time. It included voice call outs for all the key plays like - Playball, Strike, Ball, Out, Safe, and Home run. It also featured sweet picture in picture for the watching first for the steal.
You forgot two HIGHLY underrated games on the wii called MLB Power Pros and Power Pros 08. American releases of at this point japan only series, not counting these two. They were insanely fun to play and had a unique style that really made it a great kids game that fans of baseball could easily get into.
I just love the fact we had so many more options of baseball games then.There were at least 6 different baseball games for the NES alone. Master system even had 4 different games
microsoft baseball looks amazing - graphics, frame rate, presentation. Seems like a huge leap from previous games Altho I grew up on NES RBI baseball, then went to Base Wars, and then recently tried The Show '20. Missed everything in between!
My first baseball game was Baseball for Colecovision, with the special controllers. Great times. WSB 2 on Sega Saturn is one of the best ever. Still fun to this day.
Like I mentioned I alone have gotten probably 70+ baseball games. Almost all of the Sega Genesis games, many of the Saturn and Dreamcast versions as well, then the Playstation 1, 2, 3, 4, the PSP, the Vita. The Gameboy, the Nintendos. OMG so much money on the same crap....lol. My game collection was 90% sports/racing, and 10% adventure and fighting. 0% RPG. Except for Knights of the Old Republic. I forgot about the Apple IIe games and the Commodore 64. Again WTH!??
@@slicknick7999 Oh shit, you're right. Where the hell did I get 04 from? Couldn't have been a typo. Not sure why I was thinking 04. It was actually 07 or it could have been 06. It was the one with David Ortiz on the cover. I would play it everywhere on my PSP. My bad, I'll fix it.
How is Tony La Russa baseball not on here? Spent many nights with my buddy on Tony La Russa Baseball 3 '96 edition getting our butts whooped by the computer.
For Arcade Sports yeah, but the early 2000s blows it outta the water with Console sports games... NFL Blitz, NHL Hitz, MLB Slugfest, MLB Baseball 2005, NBA Street, NFL Street, NBA Ballers, etc etc
Earl Weaver Baseball was the best - especially with the Commissioner’s Disk and Players Disks - back in the late 80’s nothing came close. wish it was ported to the iphone
I remember playing the 162 game regular season and the playoffs in KGJ baseball. They had some really fun baseball games back in the 8/16 bit days. Now they're too focused on realism.
MVP 2005 was a great game... I remember it for graphics, but also because I was a Yankee fan and it was full of songs and players from the 2004 collapse I had to live through. I loved beating the Red Sox over and over, even if I had to play low difficulty to put up 50 runs on them... lol
RBI was really fun, but Baseball Stars was the best. Way before its time. Custom player names and ability to upgrade players on your team. Best of all was ability to play a season with stats being tracked. I believe that was a first. Awesome graphics are nice but if those animations get in the way of the player moving naturally where you want them it is sort of useless. Super intuitive as well to dive, climb wall to rob a HR or make a super hard throw from 3rd to 1st. Only downside was the dreaded blinking red light on start up and losing hours of work to get your team good
You missed the best baseball game ever!!! 'Tony Larussa baseball' for sega genesis.. after a close call you could actually argue with the ump and possibly get ejected!!
Anyone remember the huge difference between Bases Loaded 1 and 2 on Nintendo in the late 80's? Both games were fun, but bases loaded 1 took almost a hour in a half to play. Sometimes more then that. Just because it took about ten seconds for the catcher to throw the ball back to the pitcher after every single pitch! Haha, as a kid I didn't mind. Before there were memory cards, I just had pen and paper to log down each individual stat on my team. Now the memory chips are built in the system. PlayStation 2 and 3 baseball is really cool. Gets the player involved in every aspect of the game. Such as trading players, testing the free agent market for available players, scheduling promotion days for the fans, checking out the progress in the minor leagues, adding concession stands etc. Probably why I never get tired of my 2008 MLB game. Had it for atleast a decade or so. Played over 11 seasons. I stick to 2008 because I believe it's one of the years where the game was still real. Not now to players complaining they only make 20 million a year, and still have the gull to go on strike! One update I always wanted to see. And that's the individually on the fan graphics. You don't see any kids in the stands. I mean this is baseball right? Also let's bring more variety on the fan graphics, instead of one row of fans looking the same as the other. This i only observed on my PlayStation 3 baseball game as it's the only one I have and play. What can I say? Eric Brynes had wonderful seasons in that era before injuries. For me to actually upgrade on another baseball game, I would like to see PlayStation turn back the clock some. Not just Hall Of Famer games but actual seasons. Perhaps 1987 MLB that comes out in 2023. Where we still have names such as Gary Carter, Will Clark, Jeffrey Leonard, Charlie Hough, Eric Davis, Jose Canseco, Bo Jackson, Darrell Evans, Tim Wallach etc. You noticed that I didn't name just the superstars. But also players that were so dedicated giving their best to one team for a number of seasons. I think this would be very fun to play such a video game in seasons. Sure there is now Aldonis Chapman. But in 1987 we still had Nolan Ryan throwing starter heat. And what about that wicked palm ball from Fernando Valenzuela? Wait a minute. Hold the phone. That must be an stat typo. Mark McGwire hit 49 homeruns? As a rookie?!?! If anyone looks at his Topps card from 1988, his arms really doesn't say steroids. Most people now heard of Alex Rodriguez and Miguel Tejada brilliant seasons at short stop. But who the hell was Alfredo Griffin?? Robin Yount led the American League in sacrafice flies? Lee Smiths stamina bar on PlayStation says he is good for three innings. And he is a closer!!! Wow. Tim Wallach's glove in this game snags any type of ground ball like a Hoover vacuum cleaner taking care of dust. Boy that Ricky Henderson is sure fast. But check out Vince Coleman and Harold Reynolds. Wait, Brian Downing is a lead off hitter? He doesn't steal bases. But check out that on base percentage. This video game sure got some hitting machines in George Brett, Tony Gwynn, and Wade Boggs but that Kevin Seitzer isn't that bad either. Hey Reggie Jackson played his last season in 1987. I wonder if I can install him at DH on my team. He might slam 60 big ones. Now that I have McGwire, and Strawberry to provide Mr. October with plenty of bat protection. Got Rickey Henderson and Steve Sax at the top of my lineup. This should make the opposing pitcher nervous with these two on base. My third hitter Darryl Strawberry should see plenty of fat pitches to conquer. Even have Wallach batting sixth to hit a clutch double, perhaps a homerun of his own. Yes I can have all superstars on this team, but I like competition. So instead of having Eric The Red Davis in the outfield I'll throw in gap hitter Stan Javier. At shortstop instead of Ozzie Smith I'll install Jose Uribe. Not much on offence but they were just as reliable on defense as the two above mentioned superstars. Who were great catchers in 1987? Gary Carter, Lance Parrish, Matt Nokes, Benito Santiago. On this team I'll take Ernie Whitt. He will hit one out from time to time, but he sure does throw out runners. If I figure out a pitching staff, this text will be much longer. Haha. I admit I had fun texting this spontaneous stuff. But I think MLB the Show from 1987 would be fucking awesome! I invite fellow fans, or fans that are not fans anymore to share input on such ideas. Peace people. I mean who wouldn't want to see Dave Parker launch one over center field?
Bases Loaded 1 on NES will always be my favorite. I had a knack for finding the pitchers on each team's roster that could throw the unhittable "down and in" slider. Most teams had 2 pitchers. Kansas had 4 of them: Ryan, Carter, Porco and Sako. Using 2 pitchers per game you could play an entire season of 80 consecutive perfect games.
@@jfturner73 cool. I think bases loaded one was the first Nintendo baseball game I played. Lol before then there was those little battery operated portable games. I never owned bases loaded one, but my cousin did. Fun game. I remember taking so long to play one game. But I didn't care. Then I got bases loaded two. Wow huge difference on the play time. Incredibly easy to play like the first one. I always played full seasons on bases loaded two. Hadn't played it probably since 92. But I had that theme song and Mario Bros 1 song in my head for decades ha ha.
I played so many games of Baseball Simulation 1000, something about rocketing a guy out at first with the rocket ability or jump and rob homerun ability was so fun.
@Bread And Circuses more factors than I can list but some are these: dozens of historic ballparks and old hall of famers you can unlock, you could create players with extremely unique pitches and approximate their throwing mechanics like Koufax’s curve ball, fantastic challenging mini-game to unlock content, the game mechanics felt and looked great, used to set up 1 inning games with friends essentially sudden death… unfortunately it was EA’s final entry in MLB games
Agreed! Unfortunately, I only got to play Baseball Stars once, but it was a blast (and I’m pretty sure that somebody stole it from the Blockbuster Video that I used to rent from since it was NEVER there and I used to go 4-5 times/week) and I absolutely loved Baseball Simulator 1.000
@@t-max7261 me, my brother and one friend rented baseball simulator 1000 from blockbuster and played a 60 game season in like 4 days. We had are own teams so that's like 180 games. Still not sure how we did it.
@@briangoodie3420 For sure! My buddy would invite 5 of us over when we were like 14 or 15 and we would all create our own teams and then stay up all night playing the 5-game, round-robin season against each other. Great fun!
I love how Super baseball 2020 had robots and all sorts of futuristic tech but in reality 2020 baseball was cardboard cutouts of fans in the stands instead.
I gotta give it to MLB The Show, it's a series that knew how to evolve, even in the smallest ways. The 2018 game was the peak in terms of quality and modes to offer, with the 4 later years just making things either more polished, expanding on things and just getting more and more accessible with multiplatform versions
In terms of old and gold baseball games, my favorites are... Super World Stadium 92 Sports Talk Baseball Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB Super Kyukyoku Harikiri Stadium 1 and 2 Super Bases Loaded 3 Baseball Stars 2 on Neo Geo 2020 Super Baseball Bottom of the 9th on PS1 Base Wars Clutch Hitter on Game Gear and arcades MVP Baseball 2005 RBI Baseball on NES and RBI Baseball 94
@@angelriverasantana7755 In australia i've never seen a P.S 1 OR Xbox 360 baseball game. Any recomendations for an all round one, for those consoles? Thnx. single player mainly.
Bases Loaded was my jam back in the day. Played as Jersey and Ford was practically an auto home run hitter. What was funny, if you hit their star player they would attack you and I forget if either you got ejected or both of you did
Yes! I played this faithfully. Miss those days. My two best friends also had Commodore 64s and we would just copy tons of games to floppy disc. The Olympic games were fun as well.
Pretty sure I played that one from 1976. This was in the early 90's though. I was in the hospital, and the doctor asked me if I wanted to play video games. I got so excited I was like sweet they have nintendo, then they brought out whatever system played that game. I was gutted. Some nurse was probably cleaning out their garage and thought the kids would love it, I was not amused. Lol.
baseball games are the shit! Something about the different positions being separate and easy to go between makes it better than other sports games for me
"Homerun" and "Real Sports Baseball" for the Atari 2600! Andvthen the original "Backyard Sports Baseball" from the late 90s, the old PC game. " We want a batter not a broken ladder!"
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Sports games are one genre where "better graphics" doesn't necessarily equate to "more fun".. RBI Baseball (Nintendo) will always be my favorite! :D
That one was my fav along with World Series Baseball ‘95 for Sega
Not mlb the show
For me it was MLB Slugfest
Yup good ole Stadium Hero will always hold a place in my heart.
For me as a kid it was little league world series on NES
MVP 2005 was a masterpiece. Very ahead of its time.
The greatest baseball game of all time. That year we also got NFL 2k5...
Played a full 162 game season and lost in the World Series. Still one of my favorite accomplishments in gaming.
@@Salsa_Shark not too shabby. I’ll never forget the one time I got a perfect score on the home run derby on legendary difficulty.
It truly was. I feel like modern baseball games can look back at that game as their true ancestor.
For sure, I think 2000 and beyond is when the devs got a good handle on realism of baseball games.
Not gonna lie tho, I think “the show” has rlly nailed it over the years. It’s so detailed and the reactions are like immediate with whatever button you hit, the best baseball series that I’ll buy EVERY year
They're turning into Madden though. Same game in a different skin.
show22 is awesome
The last 5 years been the same game tho. Hasn’t improved one bit
The show is all canned animations and randomness. Super mega baseball for the win!
I thought so before I bought The Show 22. Every year, new improvements, I was so excited to see what they would do. It's the same thing. Literally, the same exact thing
Griffey Presents is still my all time favorite baseball game. I still play seasons here and there to this day. Triple Play 98 was good too, and MVP 2005 was outstanding.
94 Griffey still the best baseball video game
Hell yeah
Intellivision MLB was really the first one that featured any real semblance of a baseball game. I definitely played that one.
The first baseball game I got into was Tommy Lasorda on the Genesis. My old man used to whoop me on it and I would make my best efforts to get good enough to not get blown out.
As a teen I spent a great deal of time playing Triple Play 2000 & 2001. I had always liked the PS Trople Play games but those were the first ones I could buy since I joined the workforce; these were the most fun to me and will always have special places in my heart.
I pretty much played the same games. Very nostalgic
Same game here. Tommy Lasorda. Me and My Dad used to play each other for a chocolate bar. One night he had to pee so he paused the game, and I threw a strike while he was in the bathroom, and he vowed to never play against me again lmao. Its fuked up cuz I was like 8 or somethin. N he meant it. Never played again
Same 💯💯💯
Baseball Stars for NES will always hold a special place in my heart.
Agreed. One hell of an addicting game at the time. Hours and hours put in developing my own team
@@Skier10haha yes, spent days and months on it
Baseball for NES was the first game I bought April 30, 1987. Yes, I remember the actual date we got the Nintendo. I'm glad you included Base Wars, which was a really fun game. It combined 2 of my favorite things: baseball........and FIGHTING. You could have included Major League Baseball for NES ca. 1988 and KGJ for N64 circa 1996. "Going.. Gone.."
This list should have included the Front Page Sports Baseball series from Sierra. While not great playing games, the on/off field simulation side of things was years ahead of it's time.
I had front page sports football. Joe Montana was replaced with Maurice Dakota lol.
When was that?
Hardball 3 for Sega Genesis was def ahead of it's time. My fav baseball game of all time relative to the year it was made. Al Michaels behind the mic and you could even make your own logo! As much fun as I have had playing the Show over the years, the gameplay hasn't changed all that much in 15 years lol.
Nice showcase of the baseball games. The first one I played was Baseball on NES (1986 or 1987). Then, I really enjoyed the first Bases Loaded (1987) also on NES. But I don't know how much hours I played MVP Baseball 2005 on PS2 and Windows. I'm still playing my dynasty mode today on Windows. In that case, MVP Baseball 2005 is my all-time favorite!
I love baseball and as a gamer I was always partial to MLB '10 The Show for the PS3. GREAT graphics and easy game play always made this my go-to game when I needed my baseball fix.
Tommy Lasorda baseball was a great game for Sega. I loved how you could read the ball on home runs.
That game lasted super long in my house.. We played it for years and years
frank thomas big hurt baseball legit taught me how to play baseball when i was 5. thanks for unlocking some good memories
Triple Play 98 was my first baseball game on the OG Playstation. The sound of a hit on that game is still my favorite in a baseball game ever.
Griffey Jr Presents still one of my favorite baseball games ever
Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 is still my favorite baseball video game and one of my favorite games of all time.
Baseball Stars was peak 2 player baseball. You could create your own players, and it kept stats! Most importantly, it was fun as hell to play! Me and 2 friends played seasons in it because it actually had schedules and it let you play out of order, so if my friend couldn't come over for 2-3 days, he could just play all of his scheduled games in a clump later.
Peak gaming with friends.
We had a league at a shop with league leaders posted on the wall
@@supernothing77 That is awesome, those days will never be replicated!
Grew up with Backyard Baseball so they lowkey might be my favorite
Ken Griffey Jr on SNES is still one of my favorite games of all time.
played sooo smooth n so fun.. That and super tecmo bowl are my 2 fav sports games
The 2nd one was the best. KG Jr Winning Run
@@mindphaserxy that's like saying the genesis super tecmo bowl was better than the previous nes version. Slow it down, more sluggish control, give it more realism. Nah it's the speed, fluidity, control and lack of realism that makes it classic. So take ur cherished childhood memories etc etc.. but seriously why slow it down and change the graphics at the expense of the fluid motion of the thing, never a recipe for success.
It' best baseball game ver
Agreed! I used to play that game sooooooo much back in the day! 👊😎
Reggie Jackson Baseball (1988) for the Sega Master System was advanced for the time. It included voice call outs for all the key plays like - Playball, Strike, Ball, Out, Safe, and Home run.
It also featured sweet picture in picture for the watching first for the steal.
This is missing Cal Ripken Jr Baseball and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball
I enjoyed Triple Play 2001. The Extreme Home Run Derby was a lot of fun. Always loved the living room level.
That POV replay from MLB 2005 is possibly my favorite improvement. Also love that you included wii sports baseball, amazing
dude, in 1976 baseball games were like 10 pixels total. That thumbnail LOL
No way backyard baseball was my favorite I remember playing that on an ancient laptop I got from garage sale I was the happiest kid at the time
I also enjoyed BB.
You forgot two HIGHLY underrated games on the wii called MLB Power Pros and Power Pros 08. American releases of at this point japan only series, not counting these two. They were insanely fun to play and had a unique style that really made it a great kids game that fans of baseball could easily get into.
I remember those, the players looked kind of like Funko Pops. I still have the games somewhere
@@literallyunderrated I still play 2008 all the time. I really wish they would bring the new ones over and include the japanese teams
Thank you for reminding me of my childhood! Things were so much simpler back then 🙂
2:21 Somebody Should've Done An Mecha Albert Pujols Topps Project 70 Card In 2021 When The Project First Started With The 1991 Card Design
I just love the fact we had so many more options of baseball games then.There were at least 6 different baseball games for the NES alone. Master system even had 4 different games
microsoft baseball looks amazing - graphics, frame rate, presentation. Seems like a huge leap from previous games
Altho I grew up on NES RBI baseball, then went to Base Wars, and then recently tried The Show '20. Missed everything in between!
My first baseball game was Baseball for Colecovision, with the special controllers. Great times.
WSB 2 on Sega Saturn is one of the best ever. Still fun to this day.
Clutch hitter in the arcades was the bomb. Sports talk baseball on the sega genesis I think was the first game to have play by play.
And to think this is only a fraction of the baseball games that have come out. Covering them all would take hours at this pace.
Like I mentioned I alone have gotten probably 70+ baseball games. Almost all of the Sega Genesis games, many of the Saturn and Dreamcast versions as well, then the Playstation 1, 2, 3, 4, the PSP, the Vita. The Gameboy, the Nintendos. OMG so much money on the same crap....lol. My game collection was 90% sports/racing, and 10% adventure and fighting. 0% RPG. Except for Knights of the Old Republic. I forgot about the Apple IIe games and the Commodore 64. Again WTH!??
I’ve been trying to remember the name of Base Wars for like 25 years. Thank you!!! Also nice to see Quilvio Veras getting a screen cap in 2022
Super baseball 2020, ken griffey, big hurt baseball and mlb 2k5 brought back memories I forgot I had!
Super Baseball 2020 , ken griffey jr presents mlb, and mlb '05 are my all time favs
Base Wars and Ken Griffy Jr were the games I played the most as a kid
Bases Loaded was the most fun to play as a kid. MLB the Show 2006 was the best as an adult.
bases loaded was good. i had a lot more fun games with RBI though.
MLB the show series didn’t start until 06
@@slicknick7999 Oh shit, you're right. Where the hell did I get 04 from? Couldn't have been a typo. Not sure why I was thinking 04. It was actually 07 or it could have been 06. It was the one with David Ortiz on the cover. I would play it everywhere on my PSP. My bad, I'll fix it.
Glad they mentioned Super Mega Baseball at the end. He's baseball game out there, especially if you're nostalgic for the old ones
How is Tony La Russa baseball not on here? Spent many nights with my buddy on Tony La Russa Baseball 3 '96 edition getting our butts whooped by the computer.
All Star Baseball ‘99 was my first baseball game on Nintendo 64! Awesome memories!
Played some Bases Loaded II. Hated it. Then Ken Griffey Jr Baseball came out. One of my favorite games of all time.
90s were the best era for any sports game.
For Arcade Sports yeah, but the early 2000s blows it outta the water with Console sports games... NFL Blitz, NHL Hitz, MLB Slugfest, MLB Baseball 2005, NBA Street, NFL Street, NBA Ballers, etc etc
Earl Weaver Baseball was the best - especially with the Commissioner’s Disk and Players Disks - back in the late 80’s nothing came close. wish it was ported to the iphone
I remember playing the 162 game regular season and the playoffs in KGJ baseball. They had some really fun baseball games back in the 8/16 bit days. Now they're too focused on realism.
Haha, I did that on MVP 2005 for the PS. God, I'd love to have that kind of time again...
i was there from the beginning. amazing how far its come.
MVP 2005 was a great game... I remember it for graphics, but also because I was a Yankee fan and it was full of songs and players from the 2004 collapse I had to live through. I loved beating the Red Sox over and over, even if I had to play low difficulty to put up 50 runs on them... lol
Microsoft Baseball 2000 looks SO SMOOTH! TF?
He got the drip
Baseball stars is the best for me. Underrated game.
RBI was really fun, but Baseball Stars was the best. Way before its time. Custom player names and ability to upgrade players on your team. Best of all was ability to play a season with stats being tracked. I believe that was a first. Awesome graphics are nice but if those animations get in the way of the player moving naturally where you want them it is sort of useless. Super intuitive as well to dive, climb wall to rob a HR or make a super hard throw from 3rd to 1st. Only downside was the dreaded blinking red light on start up and losing hours of work to get your team good
Nailed it. Baseball Stars was an amazing addicting game for its time
The Show has been the exact same since 2012.
Just that little bit of sight and sound from Base Wars brings up all of the nostalgia. Wish someone would remake it for either PS5 or Series X
Triple play baseball brought to you by lobster cola!
2:19 love the way this was perceived to be in 2020 back in 1991. Imagine how we think 2049 will be like
watching this I feel triple play was when the experience became more immersive
You missed the best baseball game ever!!! 'Tony Larussa baseball' for sega genesis.. after a close call you could actually argue with the ump and possibly get ejected!!
hell yea
I think Ken Griffey Jr in 94 was the last video game I ever bought or received. Got it for my 12th birthday
Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. was the best baseball game in the 90s
Anyone remember the huge difference between Bases Loaded 1 and 2 on Nintendo in the late 80's? Both games were fun, but bases loaded 1 took almost a hour in a half to play. Sometimes more then that. Just because it took about ten seconds for the catcher to throw the ball back to the pitcher after every single pitch! Haha, as a kid I didn't mind. Before there were memory cards, I just had pen and paper to log down each individual stat on my team. Now the memory chips are built in the system. PlayStation 2 and 3 baseball is really cool. Gets the player involved in every aspect of the game. Such as trading players, testing the free agent market for available players, scheduling promotion days for the fans, checking out the progress in the minor leagues, adding concession stands etc. Probably why I never get tired of my 2008 MLB game. Had it for atleast a decade or so. Played over 11 seasons. I stick to 2008 because I believe it's one of the years where the game was still real. Not now to players complaining they only make 20 million a year, and still have the gull to go on strike! One update I always wanted to see. And that's the individually on the fan graphics. You don't see any kids in the stands. I mean this is baseball right? Also let's bring more variety on the fan graphics, instead of one row of fans looking the same as the other. This i only observed on my PlayStation 3 baseball game as it's the only one I have and play. What can I say? Eric Brynes had wonderful seasons in that era before injuries. For me to actually upgrade on another baseball game, I would like to see PlayStation turn back the clock some. Not just Hall Of Famer games but actual seasons. Perhaps 1987 MLB that comes out in 2023. Where we still have names such as Gary Carter, Will Clark, Jeffrey Leonard, Charlie Hough, Eric Davis, Jose Canseco, Bo Jackson, Darrell Evans, Tim Wallach etc. You noticed that I didn't name just the superstars. But also players that were so dedicated giving their best to one team for a number of seasons. I think this would be very fun to play such a video game in seasons. Sure there is now Aldonis Chapman. But in 1987 we still had Nolan Ryan throwing starter heat. And what about that wicked palm ball from Fernando Valenzuela? Wait a minute. Hold the phone. That must be an stat typo. Mark McGwire hit 49 homeruns? As a rookie?!?! If anyone looks at his Topps card from 1988, his arms really doesn't say steroids. Most people now heard of Alex Rodriguez and Miguel Tejada brilliant seasons at short stop. But who the hell was Alfredo Griffin?? Robin Yount led the American League in sacrafice flies? Lee Smiths stamina bar on PlayStation says he is good for three innings. And he is a closer!!! Wow. Tim Wallach's glove in this game snags any type of ground ball like a Hoover vacuum cleaner taking care of dust. Boy that Ricky Henderson is sure fast. But check out Vince Coleman and Harold Reynolds. Wait, Brian Downing is a lead off hitter? He doesn't steal bases. But check out that on base percentage. This video game sure got some hitting machines in George Brett, Tony Gwynn, and Wade Boggs but that Kevin Seitzer isn't that bad either. Hey Reggie Jackson played his last season in 1987. I wonder if I can install him at DH on my team. He might slam 60 big ones. Now that I have McGwire, and Strawberry to provide Mr. October with plenty of bat protection. Got Rickey Henderson and Steve Sax at the top of my lineup. This should make the opposing pitcher nervous with these two on base. My third hitter Darryl Strawberry should see plenty of fat pitches to conquer. Even have Wallach batting sixth to hit a clutch double, perhaps a homerun of his own. Yes I can have all superstars on this team, but I like competition. So instead of having Eric The Red Davis in the outfield I'll throw in gap hitter Stan Javier. At shortstop instead of Ozzie Smith I'll install Jose Uribe. Not much on offence but they were just as reliable on defense as the two above mentioned superstars. Who were great catchers in 1987? Gary Carter, Lance Parrish, Matt Nokes, Benito Santiago. On this team I'll take Ernie Whitt. He will hit one out from time to time, but he sure does throw out runners. If I figure out a pitching staff, this text will be much longer. Haha. I admit I had fun texting this spontaneous stuff. But I think MLB the Show from 1987 would be fucking awesome! I invite fellow fans, or fans that are not fans anymore to share input on such ideas. Peace people. I mean who wouldn't want to see Dave Parker launch one over center field?
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Bases Loaded 1 on NES will always be my favorite. I had a knack for finding the pitchers on each team's roster that could throw the unhittable "down and in" slider. Most teams had 2 pitchers. Kansas had 4 of them: Ryan, Carter, Porco and Sako. Using 2 pitchers per game you could play an entire season of 80 consecutive perfect games.
@@jfturner73 cool. I think bases loaded one was the first Nintendo baseball game I played. Lol before then there was those little battery operated portable games. I never owned bases loaded one, but my cousin did. Fun game. I remember taking so long to play one game. But I didn't care. Then I got bases loaded two. Wow huge difference on the play time. Incredibly easy to play like the first one. I always played full seasons on bases loaded two. Hadn't played it probably since 92. But I had that theme song and Mario Bros 1 song in my head for decades ha ha.
One of my favorites was Hardball. Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball was my first sports game for the super Nintendo
I played so many games of Baseball Simulation 1000, something about rocketing a guy out at first with the rocket ability or jump and rob homerun ability was so fun.
I think all the players in the 1976 game were on juice. It was ahead of its time
man...me and my boys played RBI baseball religiously back in the day.
Star League Baseball was so much fun on my Atari 800.
More people need to learn about and try the Super Mega Baseball games! They're a ton of fun
3:34 I remember playing this on PC as a kid.
Hardball 3 for PC wasn’t very statistically accurate, but I had fun creating my own teams, leagues and players
I still regularly play Baseball Stars on NES and World Series Baseball 95 on Genesis
Nice trip down memory lane..missing Rodgers Clemons baseball and mlbpa to big ones
@3:09 1994 World Series Baseball (Sega Genesis) AI play by play man still CRACKS me up to this day. 🤣 ROFL
At least there is some kind of existence of a 1994 World Series...😒
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 EH AGAIN?
EA’s final entry MVP Baseball 2005 is still the gold standard in terms of player creation, stadiums, flexibility, and fun game modes
@Bread And Circuses more factors than I can list but some are these: dozens of historic ballparks and old hall of famers you can unlock, you could create players with extremely unique pitches and approximate their throwing mechanics like Koufax’s curve ball, fantastic challenging mini-game to unlock content, the game mechanics felt and looked great, used to set up 1 inning games with friends essentially sudden death… unfortunately it was EA’s final entry in MLB games
Baseball stars and baseball simulator 1000 were probably the best baseball games.
Agreed! Unfortunately, I only got to play Baseball Stars once, but it was a blast (and I’m pretty sure that somebody stole it from the Blockbuster Video that I used to rent from since it was NEVER there and I used to go 4-5 times/week) and I absolutely loved Baseball Simulator 1.000
@@t-max7261 me, my brother and one friend rented baseball simulator 1000 from blockbuster and played a 60 game season in like 4 days. We had are own teams so that's like 180 games. Still not sure how we did it.
@@briangoodie3420 For sure! My buddy would invite 5 of us over when we were like 14 or 15 and we would all create our own teams and then stay up all night playing the 5-game, round-robin season against each other. Great fun!
I love how Super baseball 2020 had robots and all sorts of futuristic tech but in reality 2020 baseball was cardboard cutouts of fans in the stands instead.
MVP Baseball 2005 and MLB 08 The Show are the best games I ever played hands down
I gotta give it to MLB The Show, it's a series that knew how to evolve, even in the smallest ways. The 2018 game was the peak in terms of quality and modes to offer, with the 4 later years just making things either more polished, expanding on things and just getting more and more accessible with multiplatform versions
In terms of old and gold baseball games, my favorites are...
Super World Stadium 92
Sports Talk Baseball
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB
Super Kyukyoku Harikiri Stadium 1 and 2
Super Bases Loaded 3
Baseball Stars 2 on Neo Geo
2020 Super Baseball
Bottom of the 9th on PS1
Base Wars
Clutch Hitter on Game Gear and arcades
MVP Baseball 2005
RBI Baseball on NES and RBI Baseball 94
@@angelriverasantana7755 In australia i've never seen a P.S 1 OR Xbox 360 baseball game. Any recomendations for an all round one, for those consoles? Thnx. single player mainly.
I saw the thumbnails, but outside of Japan, there existed a game with such amazing graphics in 1976.
For the 1995 the graphics look very good
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball looks awesome
Bases Loaded was my jam back in the day. Played as Jersey and Ford was practically an auto home run hitter. What was funny, if you hit their star player they would attack you and I forget if either you got ejected or both of you did
Hey how can you miss HARDBALL for commodore 64 and 128? Came out in 1985. Graphics sound unbelievable.
Yes! I played this faithfully. Miss those days. My two best friends also had Commodore 64s and we would just copy tons of games to floppy disc. The Olympic games were fun as well.
Good list, but missed a lot of good ones back in the SNES and Sega days
All Star Baseball 2002 is my favorite baseball game of all time
You forgot the best baseball video game of all time! Sports Talk Baseball 91. Great video!
I almost expected that last bit to show Bellinger injuring his shoulder on a flying forearm bump.
Reggie Jackson baseball for the Sega Master System was great too.
That bag sound in triple play 98 wow
Pretty sure I played that one from 1976. This was in the early 90's though. I was in the hospital, and the doctor asked me if I wanted to play video games. I got so excited I was like sweet they have nintendo, then they brought out whatever system played that game. I was gutted. Some nurse was probably cleaning out their garage and thought the kids would love it, I was not amused. Lol.
Super mega baseball 1-3 is so fun it’s this generations ken Griffie Junior present Major League Baseball
80年代後半には既に完成されてる！普通にプレイしてみたい！
I used to love the Ken grifey game on my super nintengo when i finally got one
World Series Baseball was my favorite. I think it was the first game with the Marlins and Rockies and the last with Nolan Ryan on an active roster.
0:16 sounds like ns error sound 👾
I still play slugfest and backyard baseball lmao. I love those games
baseball games are the shit! Something about the different positions being separate and easy to go between makes it better than other sports games for me
MLB 2k13 wasn’t even shown but man that might be one of the best baseball games I’ve ever played.
Damn I forgot about basewars. That was such a fun game lol
Baseball Stars for NES was the my best.
MLB Slugfest will forever be the pinnacle of baseball gaming
"Homerun" and "Real Sports Baseball" for the Atari 2600! Andvthen the original "Backyard Sports Baseball" from the late 90s, the old PC game. " We want a batter not a broken ladder!"
No Video Games in the World before the 1990s.